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A Few Top Tips for Tahiti (OneTravel)
Io rana! I’m just back from spending a week and a half in French Polynesia. Tahiti and her islands are gorgeous – and definitely live up to all the hype! That said – and no matter where you’re coming from – this South Pacific archipelago isn’t somewhere you simply hop over to for the weekend. To make the most out of your time in paradise, here are a few top tips so you won’t have to hit the ground running but instead can assuredly stroll along in leisurely style to the beach. Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, Hotels, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel, Wine
Tagged beer, chris osburn, Drink, Food, french polynesia, hinano, hotel, INTERCONTINENTAL, InterContinental Resort Tahiti, OneTravel, pacific, pacific ocean, polyneisa, polynesia, polynesian, resort, sailing, society islands, south pacific, tahiti, tahiti yacht charter, tahitian, tahitian wine, tiki, tikichris, Travel, wine
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Sneak Peek at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013
It’s time again for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show which this year celebrates its 100th anniversary. Got tix? Here’s a sneak peek from the VIP and press day of what you can expect. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Celebrities, Design, Food, London, Photography, Shopping
Tagged andy burgess, Art, BBQ, beatles, big green egg, carving, Celebrities, chelsea, Chelsea Pensioners, chris osburn, cooking, dame helen mirren, design, drummer, fair trade, flower, flower show, flowers, Food, Garden of Magical Childhood, gardening, gardens, hats, helen mirren, herbert smith freehills, horticulture, jerry hall, joanna lumley, London, NSPCC, pachacuti, Panama hats, photographs, Photography, plants, RHS, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, ringo starr, royal horticultural society, Royal Hospital, sculpture, sneak peek, SW3, SW3 4SR, The Beatles, tikichris, wateraid
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“New Yorker Loves Denim” Video
Denim love – true enough! Inspiration in our veins, jeans on our skin – New Yorker is denim! Check out New Yorker’s new Denim-Spot which features some of the newest articles of their collection. Continue reading
Posted in Shopping, Video
Tagged clip, denim, denim love, denim-spot, jeans, new yorker, new yorker demin, new yorker loves denim, Video
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Coronation Afternoon Tea at Fortnum and Mason (CheapOair)
In March 2012, her Majesty the Queen opened the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon in honor of her 60 years as Monarch since her ascension to the throne in February 1952. This year sees the continuation of the celebrations, to mark the 60th anniversary since her coronation at Westminster Abbey in June 1953. Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Drink, Food, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged afternoon tea, cheapoair, chris osburn, coronation, Coronation Afternoon Tea, diamond jubilee tea salon, QUEEN ELIZABETH II, tea, tikichris
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Taste of London Celebrates 10th Anniversary (OneTravel)
The perennially popular Taste of London restaurant festival marks its tenth anniversary this summer with its biggest and best line up to date. Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
Posted in Drink, Food, London, OneTravel, restaurants, Shopping, Travel
Tagged alfred prasad, Ben Tish, chefs, Drink, festival, Food, francesco mazzei, London, MICHEL ROUX JR, OneTravel, Pascal Aussignac, regent's park, restaurants, summer, taste of london, Travel
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Foodie Fun at England’s Seaside in Sussex (CheapOair)
Located along the coast in Southeastern England, Sussex offers the best of British surf and turf for gourmet travelers visiting the UK and all within easy reach of London and its two main airports – Heathrow and Gatwick. Indeed Gatwick is located halfway between London and Sussex seaside communities of Brighton and Hove. Here’s a selection of upcoming food and drink events around in Brighton and Hove and surrounding Sussex countryside. Happy eating! Continue reading
Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Drink, england, Food, London, restaurants, Shopping, Street Markets, Travel, Wine
Tagged beer, brighton, Brighton Farmers Market, cheapoair, chris osburn, Churchill Square Farmers Market, cider, Drink, Food, Henry Butler, Hove, L'Eglise, restaurants, seafood, South Downs Beer & Cider Festival, sussex, Sussex Gourmet Bus Tour, tikichris, Travel, wine
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Good Stuff and Grand Designs
Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought was worth sharing with you. Enjoy! Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Design, Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, Photography, restaurants, Shopping
Tagged All Star Lanes, appliances, Bodean's, cameras, cherry soda, chocolate, chocolate week, chris osburn, digital appliances, Dominion American Craft Sodas, Drink, Excel London, fine chocolate, four-door refrigerator, Galaxy Camera, ginger beer, Grand Designs Live, international chocolate awards, jellyfish, Jellyfish Capsule, Jellyfish Capsules, kitchen, London, Mygind Design, orange soda, restaurants, root beer, SAMSUNG, Samsung four-door refrigerator, Samsung Galaxy, Samsung Galaxy Camera, Samsung refrigerator, seventy%, should have gone to specsavers, should've gone to specsavers, slurp.co.uk, soda, spec savers, specsavers, The Diner, tikichris, Tree Tents
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I’ve Got 4 Pairs of Really Comfy Workforce Socks to Give Away
I’ve got 4 Pairs of Really Comfy Workforce Socks to Give Away. Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Freebies, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged chris osburn, competition, contest, cushioned foot work socks, cushioned soles, free, free socks, freebie, giveaway, retweet, socks, sockshop, tikichris, twitter competition, work socks, workforce, workforce brand, workforce socks
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Good Stuff + Beyoncé Dancing Around in a Swimsuit
Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought was worth sharing with you … including H&M Swimwear video featuring Beyoncé! Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities, Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, music, restaurants, Shopping, Video
Tagged bethnal green, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Dancing, Beyoncé in a Swimsuit, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyoncé video, cambridge heath, cambridge heath road, Canadian lobster, chris osburn, clapton, Colchester oysters, dance video, Devon crab claws, E5, east london, george jones, george jones video, good stuff, H&M, H&M Swimwear, H&M Swimwear featuring Beyoncé, hackeny, hackney, he stopped loving her today, lea bridge road roundabout, lobster, locksmith, Locksmith Service, London, Mrs Carter, music video, mutton, nicos popupalot, pop-up, seafood, shetland night, shetland night 2, shetland night in london, SPONSORED POST, standing on the sun, supperclub, Swimwear, the lobster pot, tikchris, upper clapton road, Video, vieo
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The Great British Tapas Project with José Pizarro and Codorníu (Blue Tomato)
With his eponymous and popular tapas bar and an equally adored sit-down restaurant (each just a minute’s walk away from the other on the trendy restaurant row that is Bermondsey Street), chef patron José Pizarro knows a thing or two about tapas and the British palate. Now, this master of the London tapa (before opening his own eateries, José was a chef at Eyre Brothers, Gaudi and Brindisa) has teamed up with cava brand, Codorníu, to add a Spanish twist to some of Britain’s most popular dishes – with the launch of the Great British Tapas project. Continue reading
Posted in Blue Tomato, Drink, Food, London, Recipes, restaurants, Shopping, Wine
Tagged apple crumble and custard, apple crumble crema Catalana, beef and pimentón Yorkshire mini puds, bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, BLUE TOMATO, brindisa, british cuisine, british food, CAVA, chef, chef patron, chris osburn, CODORNÍU, EYRE BROTHERS, fish and chip tostados, fish and chips, full english breakfast, full English sourdoughs, Gaudi, Great British Tapas Project, jose, JOSE PIZARRO, London, PIZARRO, restaurant, restaurants, roast beef, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Shepherd’s Pie, shepherd’s pie croquetas, spanish cuisine, spanish food, spanish restaurant, spanish wine, sparkling wine, tapas, tikichris, yorkshire pudding
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Win a Free Pair of Tickets to @LdnCoffeeFest
I’ve got a pair of tix to giveaway for this weekend’s upcoming London Coffee Festival. Continue reading
Posted in coffee, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Shopping
Tagged chris osburn, competition, east london, free, free tickets, freebies, giveaway, London, london coffee festival, old truman brewery, starbucks, tikichris, WIN
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Where to Shop in Rome (CheapOair)
Wondering how Italians always seem to look so effortlessly fashionable? Or maybe you’re hoping to score a few summer vacation souvenirs at bargain prices or come home from your Roman holiday with some truly unique gifts? Have a quick glance at these four Roman shopping hubs and decide which best suits your tastes and budget. Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Italy, Rome, Shopping, Travel
Tagged cheapoair, chris osburn, designer brands, flea market, italian designers, Italy, Porta Portese, roma, Shopping, shopping in rome, tikichris, Travel, Via Condotti, Via del Boschetto, Via del Corso
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The Best Food Shopping in Bologna (OneTravel)
Here’s a list of some of the best places in Bologna to shop for food – all centrally located within easy walking distance of each other, near the Piazza Maggiore and around the evocative and quaint Via Drapperie. But the wisest advice for any Italian food lover visiting Bologna would be simply to hit the cobbled streets and explore every last portico of this delicious city. Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Chocolate, Drink, Food, Italy, OneTravel, restaurants, Shopping, Street Markets, Travel
Tagged A F Tamburini, beer, bologna, chocolate, chris osburn, Drink, Drogheria Gilberto, Eataly, Food, Italy, Mercato delle Erbe, Mercato di Mezzo, OneTravel, Piazza Maggiore, Shopping, street markets, tikichris, Travel, Via Drapperie
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Google Hangout with Chef Marcello Tully and Great British Chefs
I had a lot of fun last Saturday “hanging out” with Chef Marcello Tully of the Kinloch Lodge on the Isle of Skye. The Great British Chefs Google Hangout in association with Tesco Real Food offered an up close and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, Recipes, restaurants, Scotland, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged chef, Chef Marcello Tully, Cooking with Kids, fish fingers, fish fingers recipe, GBC, google hangout, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, Isle of Skye, Kinloch Lodge, Marcello Tully, Rice Krispie Fish Fingers, Skye, Tesco Real Food
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Guatemala Antigua: Starbucks’ First Origin Espresso (Sponsored Video)
Guatemala Antigua: Starbuck’s First Origin Espresso Continue reading
Posted in coffee, Drink, Shopping, Video
Tagged coffee, espresso, guatemala, Guatemala Antigua, SPONSORED POST, starbucks, Starbucks' First Origin Espresso, Video
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Takeaway Pizza from Palm 2, Clapton E5
Just a quick little post to say the freshly made sourdough pizzas for takeaway at Palm 2 (my local grocery, the pride of Clapton Pond and arguably London’s best cornershop) are delicious and very good value. Continue reading
Posted in Food, London, Shopping
Tagged chris osburn, clapton, CLAPTON POND, clapton village, cornershop, E5, E5 0QJ, east london, Food, grocery, London, LOWER CLAPTON, lower clapton road, palm 2, palm II, pizza, review, takeway, tikichris
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“The Big One” – Giant Jaffa Cakes Now on Sale
The Big One – an actual cake-sized Jaffa Cafe – has been launched by McVitie’s. Large enough to yield 12 ample slices, the new cake combines “three layers of fluffy, light Jaffa Cake sponge with zingy orangey filling, all covered with a thick layer of sensational dark crackly chocolate.” Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Food, Shopping
Tagged asda, cake, Food, giant jaffa cake, jaffa, jaffa cakes, mcvitie's, morrison's, the big one
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Go Green and Win a $50 Gift Card from @zinio #ziniogoesgreen
Zinio is offering one lucky reader the chance to “go green” and win a $50 gift card! Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Discounts and Special Offers, Freebies, Shopping, Social Media, Zinio
Tagged #ziniogoesgreen, $50 gift card, chris osburn, competition, free, free magazine subscriptions, free magazines, freebies, magazine discounts, magazine titles, magazines, subscriptions, tikichris, win a $50 gift card, win free digital magazine subscriptions, zinio
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Go Green and Win a $50 Gift Card from @zino #ziniogoesgreen
Zinio is offering one lucky reader the chance to “go green” and win a $50 gift card! Continue reading
Aromo Coffee
Aromo Coffee is an online espresso coffee pod retailer. They sell ESE coffee pods Senseo Coffee Pods and Nespresso compatible coffee capsules to customers in the UK. They also sell their ground coffee and coffee beans. Continue reading
Posted in coffee, Drink, London, Shopping
Tagged Arabica, aromo, aromo coffee, chris osburn, coffee, coffee capsules, coffee pods, coffee review, ESE coffee pods, espresso, nespresso, Nespresso compatible coffee capsules, online coffee retailer, online espresso coffee retailer, review, senseo, Senseo Coffee Pods, tikichris
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Great British Chefs – Cooking with Kids – Infographic
Great British Chefs recently launched a Cooking with Kids collection featuring more than 100 recipes from 21 of the UK’s greatest chefs, including Marcus Wareing, Nathan Outlaw, Lisa Allen and Frances Atkins. Every recipe has tips for how to get children … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, infograph, restaurants, Shopping
Tagged chris osburn, Cooking with Kids, Food, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, infograph, infographic, tikichris
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought I’d share with you. Enjoy! Brindisa: I wandered by their Borough Market shop en route to a meeting last week and could not resist stocking up on … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Food, Good Stuff, London, restaurants, Shopping
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Gorilla Perfumes Pop-Up, East London (CheapOair)
No fancy schmancy bottles, no fashion labels bashing you over the head with over the top branding, no celebrities tarting things up: just pretty smelling perfumes. Gorilla Perfume is an East London pop-up open until June and selling its own fragrances and range of related items. Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged cheapoair, chris osburn, east london, frangrance, gorilla perfume, hackney, London, lush cosmetics, perfume, pop-up, Shopping, shoreditch, tikichris, Travel
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Wine of the Month: Soryu Koshu 2010
Japanese wine … yes, by “wine” as in fermented grape juice. Who knew? Not me until very recently when I attended the fourth annual Koshu of Japan UK Trade and Press Tasting late last month at the Westbury Hotel. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, Hotels, Japan, London, restaurants, Shopping, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged chris osburn, Food, japan, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, japanese wine, KOJ, koshu, Koshu of Japan UK Trade and Press Tasting, koshu wine, London, review, Soryu, Soryu Koshu, Soryu Koshu 2010, Soryu Winery, tikichris, umu restaurant, westbury hotel, white wine, wine, Wine of the Month, wotm, yamanashi, yamanashi prefecture
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The Breakfast Bible | Seb Emina & Malcolm Eggs
If you love breakfast but haven’t read this newly published work of delicious dedication by Seb Emina and Malcolm Eggs (of The London Review of Breakfasts fame), you should. The book is written with dry wit, authority and spread thick with useful knowledge and quirky fact. Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Food, London, Recipes, Shopping
Tagged biscuits and gravy, blog, bloombury publishing, books, breakfast, chris osburn, Food, London, malcolm eggs, recipes, review, seb emina, the breakfast bible, the london review of breakfasts, tikichris
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick list of good stuff: things I’ve come across lately and really liked but for whatever reason weren’t featured in a dedicated blog post here or on one of my client blogs. New Pies at Vintage Inns: Lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Celebrities, Design, Food, Good Stuff, London, Movies, pubs, Shopping, Video
Tagged book, cookbook, ephotozine, james martin, Jez Fenwick, meatballs, mobile phone, pies, pubs, recipes, sony, sony xperia z, stewart fawcett, the bowler, the bowler's meatball cookbook, vintage inns
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A New Generation of Tablets
Have you jumped onboard the tablet bandwagon yet? Me neither. I reckon I’ll hop on for a ride sooner than later though. And, I must admit I’m doing my best to try and keep pace of what’s what with tablet … Continue reading
Butchery Classes at the Ginger Pig (Great British Chefs)
With two decades in the business and five butcher shops throughout London selling rare breed meat reared across more than 3,000 acres of the North York Moors, The Ginger Pig is one of the best known and most highly respected bands of butchers in all of Britain. Offering classes that allow the public behind the counter and the chopping block demonstrates confidence and a refreshing nothing-to-hide approach to promoting the quality of their products. Continue reading
Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, London, Shopping
Tagged butcher shops, butchers, butchery, chris osburn, GBC, ginger pig, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, London, marylebone, meat, moxon street, sausage, sausage making, sausages, the ginger pig, tikichris, W1
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Easter 2013 at Hotel Chocolat
I swung by Roast + Conch last night for the press launch of Hotel Chocolat’s collection of chocolates for Easter 2013. This year’s yield is an especially delicious assortment that’s attractively presented with a bit a quirk. Hand tied ribbon hat boxes, a dapper Beau Bunny illustration by Neal Murren adorning most packaging, prettily coloured pralines and bonbons all help to ensure delight whether the chocolates are a treat for yourself or a gift for someone special. Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Easter, Food, London, Shopping
Tagged beau bunny, bonbons, chocolate, chocolate easter eggs, competition, contest, easter, easter eggs, Extra Thick Egg, fine chocolate, Hotel Chocolat, London, milk chocolate, neal murren, pralines, Roast + Conch, Shopping
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Win an Extra Thick Easter Egg from Hotel Chocolat
To celebrate the launch of this year’s range of Easter goodies, Hotel Chocolat is kindly offering one of these Extra Thick Eggs to one very lucky tikichris reader for free! Continue reading
Posted in Chocolate, Competition, Easter, Food, Freebies, Shopping, Social Media
Tagged caramel, chocolate, chocolate easter eggs, competition, contest, easter, easter eggs, Extra Thick Egg, fine chocolate, free, freebie, Hotel Chocolat, milk chocolate, Rocky Road to Caramel, Rocky Road to Caramel Extra Thick Egg, Shopping, twitter competition
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Kopi Coffee Club
So, when the folks at Kopi – an “exclusive monthly subscription coffee club that is passionate about premium taste and ethical sourcing” – dropped me a line to ask if I’d like to sample their coffee in exchange for review, I was keen … and maybe a little suspicious too. Gourmet, fair trade, luxury … these days there are so many endowments attached to the front of too otherwise straightforward words like coffee that descriptions such as “exclusive” and “premium” don’t necessarily mean anything anymore. Continue reading
