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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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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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Red, White or RAW? (Great British Chefs)
Whether you’re looking to quaff some environmentally friendly vino, keen to sample something dramatically different than that same old pinot grigio or you’re simply curious about what might just be the next big thing in viticulture and in the cellars of the world’s top chefs, this year’s RAW takes place at London’s Old Truman Brewery in London on the 19th and 20th of May. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Florida, Great British Chefs, Hotels, London, restaurants, Wine
Tagged artisan wine, bethnal green, biodynamic, canapes, chef, chef nuno mendes, chris osburn, corner room, Crazy FrenchWoman, Drink, east london, Food, french wines, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, hotel, ISABELLE LEGERON, London, NATURAL WINES, nuno mendes, old town hall, old truman brewery, orange wine, organic, RAW WINE FAIR, the corner room, tikichris, tower hamlets, town hall hotel, viajante, viticulture, wine, WINE FAIR, wine tasting
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Guest Post: 3 Steps to Getting the Best Deals on Wine
Last week, Pierre decided to invite his three friends, Toulouse, René and Vincent for an evening meal the size of the Waterloo Banquet. Eager to impress, and desperate to knock that old gloater Toulouse off his pedestal, Pierre picked exactly … Continue reading
Raw Wine Festival Returns to London (OneTravel)
Coming to London next month is RAW, a “totally independent” wine fair created and organized by “Crazy FrenchWoman” and the first French female Master of Wine, Isabelle Legeron. The two-day fair celebrates natural wines from around the world that, as Isabelle puts it, are “authentic expressions of place” and the “polar opposites of industrialized, big-brand, manufactured, nothing-but-alcoholic-grape-juice wines, that use imagery and suggestion to sell a product.” Continue reading
Posted in Drink, London, OneTravel, Travel, Wine
Tagged artisan wine, biodynamic, chris osburn, french wines, Klinec Medana, London, NATURAL WINES, old truman brewery, organic, RAW WINE FAIR, tikichris, tower hamlets, wine, WINE FAIR
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Guest Post: Will Britain See an Influx in Chinese Wine?
When asked to name the top 10 wine producing countries, who would you pick? Most people would start with the old world regulars such as Italy, France and Spain, but who follows? Australia, South Africa and Chile will probably get … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Guest Post, London, Wine
Tagged britain, china, chinese wine, great britain, guest post, London, wine
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Spice Routes #wineNcanapes with …
I had a lot of fun at last night’s #wineNcanapes wine and Indian food pairing. It was one of those “get a bunch of bloggers in a room together” kind of nights. Really friendly, enthusiastic vibe and a good group of people. The food was absolutely gorgeous, the wine thoughtfully paired and the venue a fun and accommodating setting. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, London, Social Media
Tagged #winencanapes, a grape night in, canapes, chris osburn, darjeeling express, Drink, edible experiences, Food, London, nuffnangx, school of wok, spice routes, tikichris, wine, wine and indian food, wine tasting
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A Beguiling Ode to Great Britain at Alvin Leung’s Bo London (CDCLifestyle)
It’s been a little over a month now, yet I still find myself carrying on about how lovely my dining experience at Bo London was. I’ve enjoyed a fair number of fine meals since but, still, something about my time there lingers. Odds are my dinner will go down as the best meal of the year. And if not, well then, the rest of 2013 promises to be one of exquisite culinary delight. Continue reading
Posted in CDCLifestyle, Drink, Food, London, restaurants, Wine
Tagged alvin leung, bo innovation, bo london, CDCLifestyle, chefs, chinese, chinese cuisine, chinese food, chris osburn, comte des cierges, dim sum, extreme chinese, extreme chinese cuisine, fine dining, Food, London, mayfair, michelin stars, mill street, new restaurant review, restaurant review, restaurants, review, tikichris, W1, wine
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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 Maverick: Alvin Leung (Salt)
Salt is a newly launched trade publication for the hospitality industry with a focus on “innovation, creation and evolution of food.” For the inaugural issue I interviewed Hong Kong demon chef, Alvin Leung, about his own innovative style and his … Continue reading
Posted in Food, interview, London, restaurants, Salt
Tagged alvin leung, bo innovation, bo london, chefs, chinese, chinese cuisine, chinese food, chris osburn, dim sum, edible condom, extreme chinese, extreme chinese cuisine, fine dining, Food, interview, London, mayfair, michelin stars, mill street, restaurants, SALT, salt magazine, sex on the beach, tikichris, W1, wine
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Good Stuff
Here’s a quick list of good stuff I’ve come across lately but for whatever reason didn’t make it to a post here, my tikichris-to-go Tumblr blog or one of my client blogs but are well worth me mentioning and you checking out! Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drink, Food, Hotels, London, Movies, restaurants, Video, Wine
Tagged buffalo wings, chicken wings, danue pomegranate wine, death: a self portrait, east london, film, human centipede, human centipede: first sequence, israel wine, kedem, kosher food & wine experience, KOSHER WINE, London, morad winery, Movies, old truman brewery, orange buffalo, PARK LANE HOTEL, pomegranate wine, review, richard harris, street food, Video, wellcome collection, wine
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In Search of London’s Best Tiramisu (CheapOair)
Lusciously layered Savoiardi biscuits dipped in coffee with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with marsala wine and cocoa – a dessert dish of tiramisu often provides a great litmus test for determining the merits of an Italian restaurant. Too bad it’s served at the end of a meal! Here are but a few of London’s most moreish tiramisu offerings. Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Chocolate, coffee, Food, London, restaurants, Travel, Wine
Tagged carluccio's, chocolate, cocoa, dessert, in parma, italian food, LA PATAGONIA, London, london's best tiramisu, marsala, Moreno at Baglioni, restaurants, TIRAMISU, Travel, wine
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Guest Post: Fifty Shades of Pinot Grigio
The crisp, dry white which has always been a grey area amongst wine drinkers continues to divide both the connoisseurs and the commoners. While some find the sharp acid flavours too much to bear, others enjoy the light and refreshing … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Guest Post, Wine
Tagged dan oztunc, guest post, italian wine, pinot grigio, white wine, wine
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High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction: March 20 – 23 (CheapOair)
Netting almost $2 million in 2012, the Wine Auction is Atlanta’s top charity fundraising event, the fifth largest charity wine auction in America and the number one charity wine auction to benefit the arts in the world. To date, the High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction has generated more than $20 million during the past two decades. Continue reading
Posted in Art, CheapOair, Drink, Georgia, Travel, Wine
Tagged Art, atlanta, cheapoair, chris osburn, georgia, High Museum, High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction, tikichris, Travel, wine, Wine Auction
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Volare con Vino on Your Flight Back from Rome (CheapOair)
But what do you do when you want to take a bottle of the good stuff back home with you on your flight? Packing glass bottles containing liquid in your check in luggage can be messy – especially if the … Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Drink, Italy, Rome, Shopping, Travel, Wine
Tagged air travel, airports, cheapoair, duty free, duty free shopping, fiumicino, Fiumicino Airport, good buy roma, italian wine, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, roma, rome, Shopping, Travel, wine
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Wine of the Month: 2011 Monte delle Vigne Lambrusco 2011
It’s crimson and velvety. It sparkles. It even comes from the ancestral lands of St Valentine. So why Lambrusco isn’t the official wine for couples celebrating Valentine’s Day is a bit beyond me. Having recently tried Monte delle Vigne Lambrusco 2011 during a low key and rather romantic evening out, I thought this lightly frizzante vino rosso would make a fine choice for February’s Wine of the Month. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, Italy, London, Parma, restaurants, Shopping, Valentine's Day, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged chris osburn, emilia romagna, february, in parma, italian wine, lambrusco, London, Monte delle Vigne, Monte delle Vigne Lambrusco, Monte delle Vigne Lambrusco 2011, parma, red wine, restaurants, review, sparkling red wine, sparkling wine, tikichris, wine, Wine of the Month, wine review, wotm
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Wine of the Month: Sophie’s Reserve Rouge 2011 – House Red at Sophie’s Steakhouse
One aspect to my lunch at Sophie’s still stands out as exceptional: the house red. Sophie’s Reserve Rouge 2011, IGP d’Oc is a great wine. At £4.75 for a 175ml glass and £16.95 for a bottle it’s great value too. A blend of Syrah and Grenache created by the restaurant’s “own team”, I liked it from the first sip and thought is was an especially smart and easy drinker to go with red meat. Good ‘n’ juicy with a medium body, it’d be a nice one to drink on its own if slipping into Sophie’s for an evening at the comfortable (and I hearing ridiculously popular) bar. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, London, restaurants, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged chelsea, chris osburn, covent garden, Food, french wine, fulham, fulham road, grenache, house red, house wine, IGP d'Oc, red wine, restaurant, restaurant review, review, sophie's reserve, sophie's reserve rouge, Sophie's Reserve Rouge 2011, sophie's steakhouse, steak, steakhouse, SW10, SW10 9QH, syrah, tikichris, WC2, WC2E 7DB, wellington street, wine, Wine of the Month, wotm
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In Parma … in London
Just under a year old, Fitzrovia restaurant, In Parma, has been bleeping wildly on my foodie radar all this time. I finally got round to having a meal there earlier this week, and I’m happy to report that my visit was just as delightful, delicious and autentico as what I experienced in the actual city of Parma itself. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, Italy, London, Parma, restaurants, Shopping, Wine
Tagged caponata, charlotte place, charlotte street, cheese, chris osburn, cured meat, emilia romagna, fitzrovia, Food, in parma, italian cuisine, italian food, italian wine, parma, parmesan, parmigiano, parmigiano-reggiano, pasta, ravioli, red cow parmigiano, red wine, restaurant, restaurant review, review, Shopping, sparkling wine, tikichris, TIRAMISU, tortelli d'erbetta, W1, W1T 1SH, wine
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Guest Post: What Can You Do With Sour Wine?
Sour wine can include either wine that has soured, or vinegar, which is a further progression of souring. The term sour wine is usually used to mean vinegar, mostly because the French word vinegar actually means ‘sour wine’. Bottles left … Continue reading
A Meaty Review of Smithfield’s Grill on the Market
y rib eye was cooked perfectly as I’d requested (medium rare) and was actually one of the better chunks of meat I’ve had in quite a long while. I was completely satisfied with every last bite of it. Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, London, restaurants, Wine
Tagged charolais, chris osburn, city of london, Clerkenwell, EC1, EC1A 9JX, farringdon, Food, London, restaurant review, restaurants, review, rib eye, smithfield, Smithfield Market, steak, the grill on the market, tikichris, west smithfield, wine
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My Best of 2012 on CheapOair (CheapOair)
From Miami to Burgundy and all sorts of excellent destinations in between, I had a blast blogging for CheapOair this past year. As 2012 draws to a close, I thought now would be a great time to highlight five of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CheapOair, england, Florida, Food, france, London, restaurants, Travel, Wales, Wine
Tagged America, burgundy, chris osburn, CUBAN SANDWICH, cubano, edinburgh, Food, forida, france, hiking, leith, London, lucian freud, MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH, museums, national portrait gallery, pembrokeshire, restaurants, scotland, tikichris, Travel, USA, wales, wine
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Wine of the Month: Bouchard Aîné & Fils, Crémant de Bourgogne, Brut, 2007
Oh sure, Champagne gets all the credit this festive time of year. But before you pop open another bottle of tried and true champers, consider some of your other fizzy options. Bouchard Aîné & Fils Brut 2007 is December’s Wine … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, france, Shopping, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged beaune, Bouchard Aine & Fils, burgundy, chris osburn, Crémant de Bourgogne, Crémant de Bourgogne Brut 2007, Cuvee Signature 2009, france, french wine, sparkling wine, tikichris, white wine, wine, Wine of the Month, wotm
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Best Restaurants of 2012 – Everywhere Else
Yesterday I published my list of ten best London restaurants for 2012. Today, I’m sharing a list of some faves from trips beyond the M25. I didn’t get out of town as much as I would have liked during 2012. … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Florida, Food, france, Italy, Japan, Parma, restaurants, Spain, Travel, Wales, Wine
Tagged basque country, beaune, best restaurants, best restaurants of 2012, burgundy, chablis, chris osburn, collins avenue, cuban cuisine, cuban food, cuban restaurants, CUBAN SANDWICH, cubano, Cwtch, emilia romagna, florida, france, french cuisine, french food, french restaurants, Gipuzkoa, hakone, italian cuisine, italian food, italian restaurants, itoh dining by nobu, IZAKAYA, japan, JAPANESE CUISINE, japanese food, japanese restaurants, kyoto, l'ecusson, Le Bistrot des Grand Crus, loiseau des vignes, MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH, morihei, nabeyaki, parma, pembrokeshire, PUERTO SAGUA, Restaurante Illarra, restaurants, reviews, Ristorante Cocchi, san sebastian, soup, spain, spanish cuisine, spanish food, spanish restaurants, st david's, tikichris, wales, welsh, wine, YUCA, yuzuya
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Eating in England This Christmas? Sweet! (CheapOair)
Of course, there are some traditions specific to celebrating Christmas in England. Here’s a list of a few that stood out most to me as an American when I first moved to London back in 2001. Read my complete post at … Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Christmas, Drink, england, Food, London, Travel, Wine
Tagged britain, cheapoair, chris osburn, christmas, christmas crackers, christmas dinner, christmas food, christmas pudding, christmas traditions, cider, england, London, MINCE PIES, mulled cider, mulled wine, tikichris, wine
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The Pride(s) of Parma (Great British Chefs)
As it turned out, the itinerary – as you’ve probably already gathered – was one part ham and one part cheese. Certainly, I dined like a king while there but also managed to learn a bit about area and what … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, Italy, Shopping, Travel
Tagged cheese, chris oburn, chris osburn, emilia romagna, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, ham, italian food, italian wine, Italy, parma, parma ham, parmesan, parmesan cheese, parmigiano, parmigiano-reggiano, prosciutto, reggio emilia, restaurants, tikichris, wine
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Berry Bros. & Rudd: Britain’s Oldest Wine and Spirit Merchant (CheapOair)
Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant. A supplier to the Royal Family since the reign of King George III, historic customers have included Lord Byron, William Pitt the Younger and the Aga Khan. While Berry … Continue reading
Posted in CheapOair, Drink, London, Shopping, Wine
Tagged berry bros, Berry Bros & Rudd, berry brothers, cheapoair, chris osburn, London, st james's, st james's palace, tikichris, wine, wine shop
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