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London Daily Photo: Dragons and Lock
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Win a Variety Pack of Jaz & Jul’s Origin Mixture Drinking Chocolate
Award winning independent chocolate makers, Jaz & Jul’s, are launching a new Origin range of drinking chocolates. Featuring three single-origin dark hot chocolates made with cacao grown in a different region (Madagascar, Peru, Brazil) for a collection of subtle yet indulgent flavours. Keen to find out how to get a sneaky peek taste ahead of all the other choco-fiends? Keep reading, my cocoa loving friends. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: The Strand
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London Daily Photo: Deep in Dean Street
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7 Eco-Wise Travel Tips to Celebrate Earth Day Everyday! (OneTravel
Happy Earth Day! But why should we celebrate this planet we call home only one day a year? And how can we make the most of our travel and leisure time while still keeping a clean and green conscience? Keep … Continue reading
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Piadabar: New Italian Takeaway in the Heart of Soho
Piadabar is a new Italian takeaway on Bateman Street in Soho that serves authentic piada (Northern Italian flatbread), traditional cheeses and cured meats, amazing homemade desserts, excellent espresso and more. It’s a brilliant spot to drop by for a quick sandwich or snack – whether on your way to work in the morning, during lunch or even after a late night out playing weekend warrior (Piadabar is open until 1am on Friday and Saturday nights). Continue reading
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Tagged Bateman Street, breakfast, cafe, cannoli, coffee, espresso, flatbread, italian food, London, lunch, pastries, Piada, Piada Bar, Piadabar, Piadina, restaurants, reviews, sandwich, sfogliatella, sfogliatelle, soho, TIRAMISU, W1, W1D 4AG, zabajone, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Gatekeeper
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Taking it Easy with an Overnight Spa Break in Bath
Easter week, Kemey and I made a quick overnight trip to Bath for a bit of rest and relaxation with a dash of history and scaled down but nonetheless urban ease. Both of us had been to Bath before but ages ago and not together. We had so much fun during our brief stay in this compact and attractive city. It’s a great place for couples and super easy to get to from London. Of course, more time to explore Bath and the bucolic countryside nearby would have been ideal, but our overnight visit proved to be an amply replenishing pause before having to head back to the London grind. Continue reading
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Tagged Avon, bath, Bath Abbey, Bath Spa, Bed and Breakfasts, beer, Brooks Guesthouse, design, Drink, england, First Great Western, Food, hotels, No 1 Royal Crescent, pubs, restaurants, Roman Baths, Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House, somerset, The Bell Inn, Thermae Bath Spa, Travel
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London Daily Photo: London Light
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Sponsored Cocktail Recipe: The Last Word
In comparison to many other drinks, cocktails are mainly drinks for connoisseurs. When you go to a bar or a pub, first things that you have in mind is beer, wine or whiskey. Only a handful of people are willing … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Hungerford Bridge
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Record Store Day in Kingston, Jamaica (OneTravel)
Long gone are the days when the streets of Kingston, Jamaica were chockablock with record shops. And with most folks listening to music by digital means and piracy all too often used, the days of many music retailers still in … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Brixton Market
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‘Hot & Chilli’ Coffee Break with Rosana McPhee (espressoCrazy)
Ready for a quick cuppa friendly food blogger advice? Then kick back, relax and enjoy the latest instalment of my Coffee Break series of interviews. This time round, I’m finding out about Brazilian food and learning a few tips for cooking with coffee from Hot & Chilli blogger, Rosana McPhee, a Brazilian expat keen to share Latin kitchen expertise with the wider world. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Blackfriars Bridge
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My Simple Italian by Theo Randall – Book Review (Great British Chefs)
Fellow alum of the kitchens at Hammersmith’s fabled River Café, Jamie Oliver likes the book and reckons it’s the “most deliciously gorgeous Italian cookbook I’ve seen in a long, long time.” Enough said? Maybe. But please indulge me in my own humble rave about this book featuring “100 inspired recipes from one of Britain’s best Italian chefs.” Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Marylebone
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Tredwell’s by Marcus Wareing
Often before heading to a restaurant for the first time I’ll have a look online at existing reviews about the place to know what to keep an eye out for and maybe to avoid. For my Sunday lunch visit to Marcus Wareing’s “Modern British” Tredwell’s, I should have just avoided reading the reviews all together and let my gut (which is now a good bit larger after my Tredwell’s meal) guide me in the right direction. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Oxford Street
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Give Me Space: Stowing (It) Away
Got a gap year coming up? Longing for a long holiday abroad? Or maybe you’ve got guests coming to visit and you need to make some room for them? Whatever your particular travel-related situation, finding a short, convenient and affordable way to stow your stuff while you head off on an adventure (or when BFF adventurers beckon at your door) can sometimes mean all the difference between being a carefree wanderer or gracious host and having to stay put and lonely at home. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Grafton Way
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Vaisakhi 2015 (OneTravel)
April 14th is Vaisakhi. Now celebrated throughout the world, Vaisakhi (also know as Baisakhi) is traditionally a Punjabi harvest festival. It’s an especially significant holiday among the Sikh community as it commemorates the establishment of the Khalsa (the “sovereign” collective … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Rathbone Place
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El Pirata of Mayfair Celebrates 20 Years Serving Authentic Tapas
Anchored for two decades in Mayfair with an admirable reputation, El Pirata has long been regarded as a regular favourite among the locals and a safe bet for out-of-towner’s seeking a more than decent meal. Slow sailing me, I’ve intended to visit this popular tapas bar for ages but only recently set a course in its direction, where I discovered a menu full of treasured Spanish dishes. Is El Pirata worth considering for your next port of call? Aye, Cap’n. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Flower Heads
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Meaty New “Bunsmiths” BBQ Menu at Sebright Arms: Oh Hell Yes!
Pub grub never looked so mouthwateringly mountainous! A new (not pop-up) menu at Sebright Arms pub off Hackney Road brings some of the finest “low and slow BBQ cooked meat served fresh and fast in delicious buns” to the table to be washed down with something sudsy from one of London’s more carefully considered lists of craft and quality beers. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Orange Rhino
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The Real Greek Soho? It’s Real Good!
Maybe it’s just been a long time since I last visited one of the eight or so Real Greek restaurants around town, or perhaps this group of all rounder Eastern Mediterranean-style taverns has recently upped its game. Whatever the case … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Embankment
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Lunch at The Pig
Oozing with ye olde English shabby chic charm without coming across as twee, the look and feel of this “restaurant with rooms” very much did it for me. I could have staged a “you-can’t-make-me-leave” sit-in at the hotel’s ultra cosy lobby bar; I got a mini recharge from my brief amble through the kitchen garden and surrounding grounds; I would have loved to try a post-lunch treatment at the spa across the pond in the garden or maybe an expert-led forage in the forest for wild mushrooms.
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Tagged brockenhurst, Drink, england, Food, hampshire, hotels, luxury, new forest, restaurants, reviews, The New Forest, The Pig, The Pig Hotel, Travel
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How to Pick the Right Hotel in London (OneTravel)
Someone who works in the hotel industry here in London recently explained to me that there are more than 80 luxury hotels within a 15 minute walk of each other in Central London. Expand the range a little, throw in … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Marylebone
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Win a Complete Range of Jealous Sweets Jewel Box Treats
Candy! Candy! Candy! Some of the tastiest I’ve come across in a long while are Jealous Sweets’ “Sweet Seduction” jewels. And – because I’m such a super nice fella – here’s a chance for you to win the complete range of these treats to try for yourself. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Bell Street
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London Daily Photo: Welcome to London
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