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Bombay Sapphire: A Gin of Ten Journeys

Posted on 2017-07-10 by tikichris

A gin of ten journeys, Bombay Sapphire is distilled from a recipe of ten botanicals: juniper berries, orris root, almond, lemon peel, liquorice, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb, and grains of paradise. The botanicals are sourced from across the globe – … Continue reading →

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Best Restaurants of 2015 (Excluding London)

Posted on 2015-12-20 by tikichris

The tikichris of 2015 series continues with a look at some of the most amazing restaurants I visited this year. Continue reading →

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Lunch at The Pig

Posted on 2015-04-10 by tikichris

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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Visit James Bond’s England (CheapOair)

Posted on 2013-10-02 by tikichris

Bond. James … yeah, you know the next bit. One of Britain’s greatest pop icons – the one and only 007 – is wowing film fans visiting the UK at these attractions celebrating the world’s most famous spy and the works of writer Ian Fleming. Continue reading →

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A Visit to Jude’s Ice Cream Dairy (Great British Chefs)

Posted on 2013-08-20 by tikichris

Yes, there is a Jude (Judith actually) behind the scenes of this Hampshire-based premium ice cream maker. But the story of her eponymous treats is really about her husband, Theo. Finding himself suddenly and unexpectedly on the other side of a career in banking, Theo had time on his hands along with a bit of capital and a garage in which to tinker. He also had the acumen to realise a huge gap in the British ice cream market and the pluck to go about filling it. Continue reading →