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Cocktail Recipe: Isla de Encanta
Here’s the recipe for Isla de Encanta, my drink served during London Cocktail Week at The Beachcomber Bar in celebration of the 10th anniversary of my blog. Continue reading
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San Francisco: Golden Getaway | #TCTikiTour
The thunder clapped, and the rain came down in heavy sheets. Our California Tiki Tour was off to a perfect start with an exotic night out in San Francisco. Continue reading
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Brünch with Jägermeister
Brünch with Jägermeister was inventive and convivial – and a tasty opportunity for me to get officially over my aversion for this herby German digestif. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, brunch, Brünch with Jägermeister, cocktails, Drink, Food, GASTRO PUB, Jägermeister, LCW16, London, London Cocktail Week, Noemi Dulischewski, pop-up, pubs, restaurants, seven dials, shaftesbury avenue, soho, WC2, WC2H 8HJ, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Best Breakfast Blogs (espressoCrazy)
Check out this quartet of blogs for top brekkie ideas on where to go, what to eat and more a.m. inspiration. Continue reading
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Ti Punch Tiki at The Beachcomber Bar | 10X10 with tikichris
As part of my 10X10 celebration of ten years blogging, I teamed up with one of my favourite London bars for a cocktail collaboration. We played around with the recipe for a classic ti punch, adding a touch of tikichris madness to make it truly something special. Head over to The Beachcomber Bar this weekend for a taste. Continue reading
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Infographic: The Counter Dining Revolution
Viva la revolución! The “counter dining revolution” that is. Sitting down at a table for a meal is so passé or at least nowhere near as trendy as sidling up to the bar for a casual bite however brief or … Continue reading
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California Tiki Tour & More | #TCTikiTour
A long time in the making and a fine time in the doing, Kemey and I spent the tail end of August and first week or so of September on a California tiki bar road trip. Driving from San Francisco to San Diego, much of our route was along the famously panoramic California State Highway 1 – aka the Pacific Coast Highway – with stops in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Solvang, Los Angeles, Disneyland, and Huntington Beach. Continue reading
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Jamaica’s Blue Mountains (espressoCrazy)
As ubiquitous as coffee is, it actually can only grow in very limited areas of the world, basically high on mountain slopes in the tropics and a few subtropical regions. Continue reading
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They Started It: Where to Enjoy Public Food Fights! (Going Places)
Check out these fun, sticky, and messy food festivals from across the globe (but, really, they’re mostly in Spain for some reason). All are open to locals and visitors alike, but remember to bring a change of clothes, a healthy appetite, and an easygoing attitude to endure a proper basting of your senses. Continue reading
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Feeling Fino | Outro
As I wrote in my introduction to this series of posts, visiting Jerez felt like a dream. Being able to experience the city with hometown hero Tio Pepe made it one of the tastier dreams to come true for me as a writer since I started this blog. Continue reading
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Graffigna Gran Asado
Argentine winemaker, Graffigna, threw the meatiest of parties recently at Dinerama in Shoreditch. Continue reading
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Woodford Reserve Lounge at Sager + Wilde Paradise Row
The Woodford Reserve Lounge at Sager + Wilde (at Paradise Row restaurant/bar/terrace not the Hackney Road wine bar) offers a subdued earth tone retreat from the world with a lofty perch above the Bethnal Green bustle. Continue reading
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The Admiral Codrington
Chelsea mainstay, The Admiral Codrington, is a smart pub to keep in mind for a low-key rendezvous in an upscale atmosphere. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, chelsea, Drink, Food, knightsbridge, Mossop Street, pub lunch, pubs, restaurants, reviews, SUNDAY LUNCH, SUNDAY ROAST, SW3, SW3 2LY, The Admiral Codrington
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Get Stoked! Great Cocktails at Victory Mansion
Stoke Newington bar, Victory Mansion, serves ambitious cocktails in a cozy setting. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, cocktails, Drink, east london, Food, hackney, N16, N16 7PL, north london, restaurants, reviews, Stoke Newington, stoke newington high street, Victory Mansion, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Great Day Out + Great Wines Too | Hush Heath Estate & Winery
Hardly an hour out of London by train (via Charing Cross to Staplehurst) is Hush Heath, a 400 acre estate in the heart of Kent with vineyards, orchards, grasslands and ancient oak forests. The estate also owns a few pubs. Two are within earshot of the Hush Heath vineyards, in the villages of Goudhurst and West Farleigh. Both offer overnight accommodation. The others are in London, near Liverpool Street Station and Smithfield Market. Continue reading
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Difference Coffee Company
Entrepreneur Amir Gehl is on a mission to create the “ultimate terroir-led coffee collection” not to mention what’s got to the be the world’s most expensive collection of coffee capsules, with his new venture Difference Coffee Company. Continue reading
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Tagged Amir Gehl, BARS, Beluga Gold Line Vodka, cocktails, coffee, coffee capsules, Difference Coffee, Difference Coffee Company, Drink, Food, Harry's Bar, kopi luwak, luxury, mayfair, nespresso, Private Members Club, restaurants, reviews, Shopping, South Audley Street, St George NOLA Coffee Liqueur, W1, W1K 2PD
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Feeling Fino: Win a Bottle of Sherry, Retro Poster and More from Tio Pepe
Hola! I hope you’ve been enjoying my series of posts about visiting Jerez de la Frontera in the sunny south of Spain to discover what makes Tio Pepe such a flavoursome and refreshing drink. Would you like to discover the taste for yourself? Keep reading? Continue reading
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Voyage de Fromage: One Last Wedge
Here’s one last wedge of Comté to consideration before I bid adieu to this series of posts about this distinctive cheese and the beautiful mountains where it’s produced. Continue reading
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Good Stuff #59
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip, savour and more – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy.
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Tagged apps, bircher muesli, breakfast, Cheerz, Clearspring, Clearspring Organic Japanese Umami Paste, cuckoo bircher muesli, design, Diamond Whites, Diamond Whites Black Edition Liquid, Drink, fashion, Folkington’s Garden, Folkington’s Sparkling Presses, Food, good stuff, Granola, japanese food, Lizi’s High Protein Granola, London, luxury, muesli, Native Union, Native Union Tag Cable, Photography, Shopping, Teeth Whitening, The Breath Co, Tooth polish, Umami Paste
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Feeling Fino: Bars and Restaurants in Jerez
I ate, drank and propped up bars with such pleasure during my short stay in Jerez. For a town of hardly more than 200,000 residents and not an overwhelming lot of tourists passing through, there’s an awesome lineup of dynamic restaurants and bars. With memories of authentic Spanish food and drink, served with warmth and pride in evocative settings, my heart (and appetite) remains in Jerez. Continue reading
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Tagged #FeelingFino, Andalusia, Bar & Restaurante Albores, BARS, cured meats, Drink, Feeling Fino, Fino, flamenco, Food, fortified wine, Gonzalez Byass, Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, La Carbona, Live performace, music, Restaurante La Cruz Blanca, restaurants, sherry, Shopping, spain, Tabanco el Pasaje, tio pepe, Travel, wine
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Feeling Fino: Montesierra Jamon Iberico
Since the late 1800s, family-owned Montesierra has been sourcing free range, acorn munching Iberian pigs from the dehesas (wooded scrublands) of the Sierra Morena mountains and curing them without additives or preservatives (just salt and mountain air) in the village of Jabugo and the city of Jerez. Continue reading
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Voyage de Fromage: Win a Comté Hamper Worth £50
I had a delectable time on my Voyage de Fromage in the Jura Mountains of Eastern France. But in case you can’t getaway to enjoy your own cheesy Jura jaunt, here’s an opportunity to experience the great taste of Comté without even leaving your home. Continue reading
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Feeling Fino in the Viñedos and the Bodegas of Jerez
Key to understanding what makes a great wine so distinctive is discovering where it’s grown, produced and aged. In the case of Tio Pepe – that means discovering the wonders of Jerez, from the vineyards on its outskirts to its cellars in the heart of town. Continue reading
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Jim Beam “Tastes of Kentucky” Menu at Joe’s Southern Table & Bar
Jim Beam and Covent Garden restaurant, Joe’s Southern Table & Bar, have teamed up to create a Tastes of Kentucky menu pairing Jim Bourbon cocktails with classic American comfort food favourites. Continue reading
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Voyage de Fromage: Jura Food and Drink
Every meal of Voyage de Fromage was an extremely enjoyable experience of saveur locale presented with regional pride and kind hospitality. I can highly recommend the Jura as a delicious destination for even the most finicky of gourmet travellers. Continue reading
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Cane to Cocktail: Cheers
Does having firsthand knowledge of what goes into a product and what’s behind its story enhance how we enjoy it? I certainly savour more fully every sip of one of my favourite rums with an increased understanding its origins and the fond memories made touring Jamaica with Appleton Estate and seeing how and where this top shelf spirit is produced. Continue reading
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Voyage de Fromage: Discovering the Comté Difference
Chief aim of my Voyage de Fromage (aside from eating lots of yummy cheese while checking out a part of France I’d not been to previously … oh and drinking gorgeous local wines) was discovering what sets Comté apart from the many other wonderful cheeses of France. Continue reading
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Feeling Fino in Jerez with Tio Pepe
Warm summer nights with a cool breeze blowing in from the nearby Atlantic, rapturous flamenco performed live and rumbling from the stage of an age-old bar with a reverberant and heartfelt wallop, irresistible tapas after irresistible tapas devoured al fresco with ample sherry to wash it all down – Jerez de la Frontera in the far south of Spain is a dream. Continue reading
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Cane to Cocktail: Master Blender Joy Spence
The highlight of my Cane to Cocktail tour of Jamaica was the opportunity to experience a slice of island living with Appleton Estate Master Blender, Joy Spence, and to savour the rums she created with her there to discuss the science and the craft that goes into making them. Continue reading
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Voyage de Fromage: Consider Comté
Consider Comté, an unpasteurised, cow’s milk cheese made traditionally by farmer cooperatives to exacting standards in one of the most beautiful corners of rural France to the delight of gourmands across the globe. Continue reading
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Little Galicia at Tapas Revolution Shoreditch
Tapas Revolution has teamed up with Estrella Galicia beer for a series of “Little Galicia” events this summer to bring a taste of Northern Spain to Shoreditch. Continue reading
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The Langham Children’s Afternoon Tea with Hamleys
Mia – a tikichris contributor, Cordon Bleu trained pastry chef, and mother of a toddler – visits The Langham London with her three-year old son for the launch of its new Children’s Tea with Hamleys – and gives it “triple … Continue reading
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Good & Proper Tea Co, Leather Lane
About half a year ago I was glad to have discovered Good & Proper’s tiny tea bar at The Bower off of Old Street. Today I’m just as pleased to shout about its new, and not so tiny, café on Leather Lane. Continue reading
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Cane to Cocktail: At the Source
Produced only in Jamaica on one single estate in a small, circumscribed geographic area, Appleton Estate rum is one of the world’s few rums with a terroir. The core event of my Cane to Cocktail tour was a visit to the estate to discover what sets it apart from other rums and gives it such deep flavour. Continue reading
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Win a Case of Free Beer | Alhambra Reserva 1925
Alhambra Reserva 1925 is the star of beers in the Cervezas Alhambra range. To produce this refreshingly crisp handcrafted lager, the small Spanish brewery draws on nearly a century of tradition and a commitment to source the finest of ingredients. I’ve teamed up with Alhambra to offer two tikichris readers the chance to win a case each of this exceptional Spanish craft beer. Continue reading
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