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Author Archives: tikichris
A Taste of Puglia: Sightseeing in the Salento
So as I alluded in the intro to this series about my time in Puglia, my aim is to share the best bits of my time there as well as highlight some Pugliese treats I’ve come across here in London. But where to start? I suppose at the source is as good a place as any, especially when it’s as beautiful as the Salento, the very bottom of the country’s so called boot heel. Continue reading
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Tagged A Taste of Puglia, addison lee, apps, baroque, Gallipoli, Italy, Lecce, puglia, Salento, Travel
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London Daily Photo: Yellow Laundry Line/White Wall
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Tagged London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, street photography, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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A Taste of Puglia: Alluring and Suggestive
When travelling in Italy, my experience has been that the deeper south I go, the more beguiling the country becomes. This observation held true in mid May when I ventured to Puglia – the heel of Italian boot – for a whistle stop press trip and my first time in this sunny and rustic region. During my few nights visit, things often occurred in manners and for reasons beyond my comprehension. For sure, some of that could be chalked up simply to me being a dumbass. Still, a lot of it – much of it – had way more to do with the place, the people, and the culture. Continue reading
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Tagged A Taste of Puglia, Italy, puglia, Travel
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Coffee in My Garden (espressoCrazy)
You know what’s better than enjoying a perfectly made coffee every morning in my own home? Enjoying a perfectly made coffee every morning outside in the garden of my own home! This post is just a brief update on something … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, Drink, espresso, espressoCrazy, espressocrazy.com, Food, illy, Shopping
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London Daily Photo: River View
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Tagged bermondsey, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, river thames, SHAD THAMES, south london, street photography, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Carsten Höller: Decision at Hayward Gallery
Multi-storey isometric slides, flying mushrooms, upside down goggles, roaming beds, and more – all accessed via opaque “Decision Corridors” – artist Carsten Höller brings a large scale interventionist good time to the Hayward Gallery with the promise of a delightful disorientating experience with his show, Decision on now through the summer before the gallery shuts its doors for a couple of years of renovation. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Carsten Holler, Carsten Holler: Decision, exhibition, hayward gallery, Isometric Slides, London, SE1, SE1 8XX, south bank, south london, southbank, southbank centre, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Profile
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Tagged east london, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, street photography, tower hamlets, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Inforgraphic: Kitchen Hygiene
Click here for a closer look at the above infographic Did you know there are more than a million cases of food poisoning every year in the UK? It’s commonly assumed that most incidents arise from eating out at restaurants. … Continue reading
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Yummy Sophistication in Swish Digs: Yauatcha City, Broadgate Circle
The new 7,220sqft semi-circle restaurant echoes the swankest of design elements of its flagship Michelin starred sister site in Soho – only in shinier new Broadgate Circle digs for easy access to Liverpool Street passers by and for City workers keen to flash cash in tasteful (and tasty) surroundings near their offices. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Luxury, Restaurants
Tagged Broadgate Circle, Chef Graham Hornigold, city of london, dim sum, Drink, EC2, EC2M 2QS, Food, hakkasan, hakkasan group, London, luxury, patisserie, restaurants, reviews, yauatcha, Yauatcha City, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Whaam Banh Mi, Great Windmill Street, Soho
Man oh man, I love banh mi and the recent years proliferation of places stuffin’ full and thick across London is a delicious thing indeed – and one that just got tastier with the launch of Whaam Banh Mi. Continue reading
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Tagged banh mi, coffee, Drink, Food, Great Windmill Street, London, lunch, restaurants, reviews, sandwiches, soho, vietnamese food, W1, W1D 7LY
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London Daily Photo: O
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Tagged covent garden, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, seven dials, street photography, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff #42
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the lowdown on some fine things to see, sip or savour – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Jean-Pierre Braganza Limited Edition Sunglasses for … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, binchotan, Black + Blum, Coin Street, Culture Key, design, Eau Good, fashion, Fiskars, free, freebies, gardening, good stuff, Jean-Pierre Braganza, label.m, London, OXO2, south bank, sunglasses, water bottle, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Get a Free Side with Your Lobster Roll or Calamari Club at Fraq’s Lobster Shack
Love lobster and calamari? Ever find yourself passing through Goodge Street or around Tottenham Court Road? Like getting yummy stuff for free? Then check this out! I’ve joined forces with PocketHighStreet and Fraq’s Lobster Shack to offer tikichris readers a special discount: one free side order with any purchase of a Boston Lobster Roll or a Calamari Club Roll when you buy your roll online at pockethighstreet.com or via the handy dandy PocketHighStreet app. Continue reading
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Tagged apps, discounts and special offers, fitzrovia, Fraq's Lobster Shack, free, freebies, goodge street, London, PocketHighStreet, tottenham court road, W1, W1T 1TQ, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Lunch at The Angel, City Road/Old Street
A few years ago I used to live just down the road from The Angel. Back then, like so many other things hovering near Old Street Roundabout, the pub was a very different place to what it is now. Following a major sprucing up, the once scruffy old boozer has reopened as a really rather clean and cosy place to have a drink. It’s still a good pub to keep in mind for enjoying a proper pint (now with a craft beer selection), you just don’t need to worry about your shoes sticking to the floor anymore. Continue reading
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Tagged beer, burger, CHEESEBURGER, City Road, EC1, EC1Y 1BD, London, old street, Old Street Roundabout, pubs, restaurants, reviews, shoreditch
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London Daily Photo: Lyric Stage Door
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Tagged London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, soho, street photography, theatre, W1, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Get a £1 Scoop of Greedy Goat Ice Cream at Piccadilly Circus and Leather Lane Market
The Greedy Goat has been wowing Borough Market shoppers for some time now with its ice cream made with British goat’s milk. Now the folks at the Goat are giving more Londoners the chance to have a taste of their frozen treats with a new concession at Piccadilly Circus and a stall at Leather Lane Market. And with a limited run offer for tikichris readers to get a scoop of any flavour for only £1, ewe would be crazy not to give this goat’s ice cream a lick! Continue reading
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Tagged £1 ice cream, Clerkenwell, discounts and special offers, EC1, Food, goat's milk, goat's milk ice cream, Greedy Goat, ice cream, leather lane, leather lane market, London, mayfair, piccadilly circus, soho, tikichris special, W1, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: South Bank Summer This Way
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Five Years of Bar Boulud London
Now considered a mainstay of the Knightsbridge dining scene, Bar Boulud London at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park celebrated five years at the hotel last week by closing the restaurant to the public and putting on an anniversary dinner hosted by Chef Daniel Boulud for “special customers and guests, and a few select media.” What a pleasure it was to be included among the select few invited to attend. Continue reading
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Tagged Bar Boulud, Bar Boulud London, CHARCUTERIE, chefs, Daniel Boulud, Drink, Food, Gilles Verot, hotels, knightsbridge, London, luxury, Mandarin Oriental, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, restaurants, SW1, SW1X 7LA, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Pound & Plus
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Celebrate the 4th of July at an American National Park! (OneTravel)
Stuck for ideas for making the most of the 4th of July? Not into the beach scene and the crowds? Why not hit one of the United States many National Parks or other “areas” in the National Park System? The … Continue reading
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Tagged National Park Service, National Parks, OneTravel, Travel
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London Daily Photo: Whitechapel High Street
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Tagged east london, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, street photography, tower hamlets, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Brunch … Busaba Style?
Busaba Eathai: it’s one of those go-to restaurants in London that everybody seems to like and a lot of people absolutely love. Now the dozen-strong group of popular Thai eateries aims to broaden its appeal even further with a new brunch menu. Continue reading
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Tagged BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, brunch, busaba, busaba eathai, Busaba Eathai Shoreditch, cocktails, Drink, E1, E1 6HT, east london, Food, London, restaurants, reviews, shoreditch, thai food
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Chimborazo Day – It’s the Highpoint of the Year! (OneTravel)
Part of the Ecuadorian Andes, Mount Chimborazo is an inactive volcano completely covered by glaciers at its peak. It is the highest mountain in Ecuador and in the Andes north of Peru and is higher than any summit north of … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Brick Lane
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Tagged brick lane, east london, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, shoreditch, spitalfields, street photography, tower hamlets, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Maze Grill, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea
Another week, another chance to visit another Maze Grill in Chelsea. Or so that’s how things have shaped up here on this blog with Leila Duke’s review last week of Maze Grill Park Walk and now my own write up of another recently opened MG in Chelsea – this one on Royal Hospital Road. Continue reading
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Tagged chelsea, Drink, Food, Gordon Ramsay Group, London, Maze Grill, Maze Grill Royal Hospital Road, restaurant review, restaurants, review, reviews, Royal Hospital Road, SW3, SW3 4HN, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Yelp x tikichris: #CariocaSummer in Brixton!
Yes, I’ve raved about Carioca’s breakfast, and now I’m going back to try the summer menu and bringing a few lucky Yelpers and bloggers along for a samba-licious sip of the restaurant’s signature caipirinha followed by an exclusive sharing selection of Carioca’s classic Brazilian starters and refreshing new summer mains. Continue reading
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Tagged #CariocaSummer, brazilian food, brixton, Brixton Market, caipirinha, Carioca, Carioca Brixton, cocktails, Drink, Food, free, freebies, London, Market Row, restaurants, south london, Yelp, Yelp London, Yelping with tikichris, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Blues
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Summer with Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon (OneTravel)
Summertime’s a fine time to visit Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of William Shakespeare, with calendar filled with special events and activities for the family. Here’s a look at some of the fun ways to make the most of this beautiful English … Continue reading
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Tagged england, OneTravel, shakespeare, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, theatre, Travel, william shakespeare
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Win the Full Range of Doisy & Dam Superfood Chocolate Bars #superchoc
Doisy & Dam makes and packages chocolate by hand in the UK, using globally sourced ingredients and high quality organic dark chocolate. Ingredients include superfoods – like goji, maca, spirulina, hempseed, and lucuma – for uniquely delicious results with an added boost of yummy energy and a wealth of health benefits. Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, competition, dark chocolate, Doisy & Dam, Food, free, freebies, organic, RT to win, Shopping, super foods, superfoods, twitter competition
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London Daily Photo: Untitled
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London Daily Photo: Holy High Street
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Tagged east london, London, London Daily Photo, london photographer, Photography, street photography, tower hamlets, whitechapel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff #41
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the (long overdue) lowdown on some fine things to see, sip or savour – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, Compass Box Whisky, Drink, east london, Food, good stuff, HACKNEY WICK, Hedonism Quindecimus, japanese food, London, NOODLES, Number 90, restaurants, Sheridans Cheesemongers, Shopping, tofu, whisky, Yutaka, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Platform
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The Nutty Way to Have Coffee in Lecce, Italy (espressoCrazy)
One of the perks of getting to travel as much as I do is the opportunity to have a peek at (and of course a taste of) local coffee customs. Recently, I was found myself in the Southern Italian city … Continue reading
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Tagged almond milk, apuglia, coffee, Drink, espresso, espressoCrazy, espressocrazy.com, Food, ghiaccio con latte di mandorla, iced coffee, iced coffee with almond milk, Italy, puglia, Salento, Travel
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London Daily Photo: Soho Spikes
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