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Tag Archives: Travel
How to Establish Your Travel Style in Your 20s (Going Places)
Your 20s is the time in your life when you can finally travel on your own and have the last word on any decision about where you go. During this first full decade of adulthood, it’s important to keep in … Continue reading
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Win a Pair of Tickets to the First Ever LondonCats International Show and Cat Extravaganza
Join thousands of cat enthusiasts at the LondonCats’ Cat Extravaganza! For the first time ever, an international show about all things feline is coming to Central London – and I’ve got a free pair of tickets to it to share with one lucky tikichris reader. Continue reading
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Posted in Competition, Entertainment, Freebies, London, Pets, Travel
Tagged #catextravaganza, #WinLondonCatsTix
, Cat Extravaganza, cats, competition, E1, E1W 2SF, east london, Entertainment, free, free tickets, freebies, London, LondonCats International Show, pets, RT to win, Tobacco Quay, Travel, twitter competition, Wapping, Wapping Lane
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Full Steam Ahead with the Royal Windsor Steam Express
The Royal Windsor Steam Express will provide excursions to the historic city of Windsor by steam train three times daily on Tuesdays, while the Sunset Steam Express offers fabulous evening trips from London to the scenic hills, villages and downs of rural Surrey. Continue reading
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Posted in England, Food, London, Luxury, Travel
Tagged Judith Schrut, London, luxury, luxury travel, Pullman carriage, restaurant, steam train, surrey, train, Travel, WATERLOO STATION, windsor
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Tap Into Your Passions to Discover Your True Dream Destinations (Miles Away)
Choosing a destination based on the things you’re passionate about can be a wise way to determine where you’re likely to have the most meaningful and memorable experiences. Continue reading
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Cocktail Class at TT Liquor with Parmigiano Reggiano
How’s this for the ultimate cheesy cocktail event: a Parmigiano Reggiano tasting experience pairing dishes featuring Italy’s most famous cheese with drinks at celebrated Shoreditch watering hole, TT Liquor? Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Recipes, Shopping, Travel
Tagged BARS, cheese, Chef Luke Vandore-Mackay, Chef Vandore-Mackay, cocktails, Drink, E2, E2 8AA, east london, Food, kingsland road, London, Luck Vandore-Mackay, parmesan, parmigiano-reggiano, recipes, Shopping, shoreditch, Travel, TT Liquor
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Becoming All Consumed | #TCTalks 69
Hey gang, I’m back with a new episode of tikichris Talks, episode 69 in fact. Sorry for the long hiatus. I’ve been really busy. Continue reading
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Posted in All Consumed, Drink, Food, London, Podcast, Podcasts, TCTalks, Travel
Tagged #TCTalks, All Consumed, Drink, Food, London, Neil Davey, PODCAST, Podcasts, TCTalks, Travel
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Becoming All Consumed | #TCTalks 69
Hey gang, I’m back with a new episode of tikichris Talks, episode 69 in fact. Sorry for the long hiatus. I’ve been really busy. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, All Consumed, Drink, Food, London, Neil Davey, PODCAST, Podcasts, TCTalks, Travel
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Flexing Vegan | Temple of Seitan
Hail Seitan! I’m back with Flexing Vegan, a miniseries featuring reviews of eateries around London with vegan only menus. For my third flex, I’m having lunch in Hackney at Temple of Seitan. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Flexing Vegan, Food, London, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged burgers, cheeseburgers, chick'n, Drink, E9, E9 6NA, east london, Flexing Vegan, Flexitarian, Food, hackney, HACKNEY CENTRAL, hamburgers, London, morning lane, restaurants, reviews, seitan, spitalfields, Temple of Hackney, Temple of Seitan, tower hamlets, Travel, vegan, vegan burger, vegan burgers, Vegan restaurants, vegetarian
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Good Stuff #88
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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6 Destinations That Boomers and Millennials Agree are Definitely Worth Checking Out (Miles Away)
From bucket list bullet points to less likely getaways that garner an intergenerational thumbs up, we’ve taken a look at some of the most preferred destinations for Boomers and Millennials and found that there’s actually plenty of overlap in interest. Continue reading
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Spanish Olives Recipes from Jose Pizarro
London’s favourite Spanish chef, Jose Pizzaro, has teamed up with Olives from Spain to create a a series of traditional Spanish recipes. Continue reading
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Posted in Food, London, Recipes, Shopping
Tagged bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, JOSE PIZARRO, OLIVES, Olives of Spain, PIZARRO, recipes, SE1, SE1 3TQ, Shopping, spanish food, spanish restaurants, tapas, Travel
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The Inside Track on the Ultimate in Slow Cooking at Europe’s Biggest Annual Snail Festival, l’Aplec del Caragol (City AM)
Since its humble beginnings as a small riverside picnic among friends in 1980 to the grand foodie fiesta it is today, l’Aplec del Caragol occurs every May, about 100 miles northwest of Barcelona in the provincial town of Lleida. The party offers townsfolk and visitors alike a chance to enjoy a weekend celebrating one of the region’s favourite foods: snails. Continue reading
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Helena Nicklin | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 68
Episode 68 of tikichris Talks continues with my Women in the Food Industry podcast miniseries and features a discussion with Helena Nicklin, an award-winning wine and spirits writer and one-third of The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime. Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, Drink, Entertainment, Food, interview, London, Podcast, Shopping, TCTalks, Television, Travel, Wine, Women in the Food Industry
Tagged #TCTalks, Celebrities, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Helena Nicklin, interview, London, PODCAST, Shopping, TCTalks, television, The Three Drinkers, The Wine Bird, Three Drinkers, Travel, wine, Wine Bird, Women in the Food Industry
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Helena Nicklin | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 68
Episode 68 of tikichris Talks continues with my Women in the Food Industry podcast miniseries and features a discussion with Helena Nicklin, an award-winning wine and spirits writer and one-third of The Three Drinkers on Amazon Prime. Continue reading
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Anita Kerai | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 67
Continuing with my Women in the Food Industry miniseries, episode 67 of tikichris Talks features a discussion with chef, author and television presenter, Anita Kerai. Continue reading
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Posted in Books, Celebrities, Drink, Entertainment, Food, interview, London, Podcast, TCTalks, Television, Travel, Women in the Food Industry
Tagged #TCTalks, Anita, Anita Kerai, books, Celebrities, Chef Anita Kerai, Drink, Entertainment, Flavours of Kenya, Food, interview, London, PODCAST, Return to Kenya, television, Travel, Women in the Food Industry
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Anita Kerai | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 67
Continuing with my Women in the Food Industry miniseries, episode 67 of tikichris Talks features a discussion with chef, author and television presenter, Anita Kerai. Continue reading
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Stick & Bowl | Lucky 13
Stick & Bowl is a sliver of a restaurant set on the Kensington Gardens end of Kensington High Street for convenient eats during shopping expeditions, a meal after a walk in the park, or for a quick bite pre or post a show at Royal Albert Hall it can’t be beat. But there’s no need to drum up an excuse to visit this classic Chinese food takeaway. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Lucky 13, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged CHEAP EATS, chinese food, chinese restaurants, Drink, Food, kensington, Kensington High Street, London, Lucky 13, restaurants, reviews, Stick & Bowl, Stick and Bowl, Travel, W8, W8 5NP, west london
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Flexing Vegan | Sutton and Sons Vegan Chip Shop
Sutton and Sons Vegan Chip Shop near Hackney Central Station does proper East End eats but with a vegan bend. Here “fish” is code for batter fried banana blossom, but chips are definitely still of the potato variety and done up right to please the palate of any Brit. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Flexing Vegan, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged Chip shops, chips, Drink, E8, E8 1BP, east london, Flexing Vegan, Flexitarian, Food, Graham Road, hackney, HACKNEY CENTRAL, London, restaurants, reviews, Travel, vegan, Vegan fish and chips, Vegan restaurants, vegetarian
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Win a House of Holi Dinner for Two with a Bottle of Wine at Cinnamon Kitchen City
House of Holi returns to Cinnamon Kitchen at Devonshire Square for a fifth colour-filled year. I’ve teamed up with the restaurant to offer the chance for one tikichris reader to win a House of Holi dinner for two with a bottle of wine. Continue reading
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Posted in Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Travel, Wine
Tagged #houseofholi, #WinCinnamonKitchenHouseOfHoli, chef vivek singh, cinnamon kitchen, city of london, cocktails, competition, devonshire square, Drink, east london, EC2, EC2M 4YL, Food, free, freebies, HOLI, Holi in the City, House of Holi, indian food, Kingfisher Lager, London, restaurants, RT to win, Shopping, Travel, twitter competition, wine
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Mecca Ibrahim | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 66
The focus of this and the next few episodes of tikichris Talks is Women in the Food Industry. I start this podcast miniseries having a chat with my good friend Mecca Ibrahim, one of the co-founders of the new WIFI initiative. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, Good Cause, interview, Podcast, TCTalks, Travel, Women in the Food Industry
Tagged #TCTalks, Drink, Food, good cause, interview, London, Mecca Ibrahim, PODCAST, tikichris talks, Travel, Women in the Food Industry
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Mecca Ibrahim | Women in the Food Industry | #TCTalks 66
The focus of this and the next few episodes of tikichris Talks is Women in the Food Industry. I start this podcast miniseries having a chat with my good friend Mecca Ibrahim, one of the co-founders of the new WIFI initiative. Continue reading
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Liquor Lanes Private Bowling at Queens Skate Dine Bowl
Queens Skate Dine Bowl and Meatliquor have launched Liquor Lanes, a private bowling experience replete with its own bar and bartender and bowling lanes. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Beer, Drink, Entertainment, Food, London, Restaurants, Sports, Travel
Tagged BARS, bayswater, beer, bowling, burgers, cheeseburgers, cocktails, Drink, Entertainment, Food, hamburgers, Liquor Lanes, MEATLIQUOR, queensway, restaurants, sports, The Liquor Lanes, Travel, W2, W2 4QP
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Good Stuff #86
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. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, Good Stuff, Hotels, London, Luxury, Movies, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Video, Wine
Tagged #LookingForThePerfectFood, backpacks, cinema, Drink, film, Food, french wine, good stuff, Gualteiro Marchesi, Gualtiero the Great Italian, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE, italian food, japanese food, Looking for the Perfect Food, luxury, miso, MISO SOUP, Movies, Olive, olive oil, Picpoul, Picpoul de Pinet, restaurants, reviews, Shopping, socks, theo randall, Travel, Video, Waterfly, white wine, wine, Yutaka
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Poptata Street Fries at Boxpark Shoreditch
Purveyors of premium street fries, Poptata has been frying hand-cut British potatoes in sunflower oil and smothering them in a range of toppings and homemade sauces since 2015 at festivals across the country and a small but growing number of permanent locations throughout London. Continue reading
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Posted in Food, London, Restaurants, Street Markets, Travel
Tagged BETHNAL GREEN ROAD, BOXPARK, BOXPARK SHOREDITCH, chips, E1, E1 6GY, east london, Food, french fries, fries, London, Poptata, reviews, shoreditch, street food, Street fries, street markets, Travel
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Win a Mixed Box of 16 Trek Protein Energy Bars
Need a nourishing and filling snack to help get you to the next stage in your day? I’ve teamed up with Trek Protein Energy Bars for a special giveaway competition offering one lucky tikichris reader a chance win a box of 16 mixed flavour Trek bar so you can taste the complete range while upping your energy nest time you’re on the go and caught between meals. Continue reading
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Posted in Competition, Food, Freebies, Shopping, Travel
Tagged #5ADay, #FiveADay, #TrekKeepsMeGoing
, #WinTrekBars, 5 a day, competition, Energy Bars, five a day, Food, free, freebies, RT to win, Shopping, Travel, Trek, Trek Protein Energy Bars, twitter competition, vegan, vegetarian
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The Coal Shed, One Tower Bridge
With a “meat, fish, fire” mantra, The Coal Shed at One Tower Bridge aims to source native British breeds from small family run farms for its beef as well as sustainably and ethically caught fish and seafood from England’s south coast to fill its menu of big flavour, big portion dishes. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged Coal Shed, cocktails, Crown Square, Drink, Food, London, One Tower Bridge, restaurants, reviews, SE1, SE1 2UP, steak, The Coal Shed, The Coal Shed London, tower bridge, Tower Bridge Road, Travel, wine
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All You Need to Know About Nightlife Experiences in Singapore
Here are some of the top places where you can have a great time after sunset in Singapore. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Entertainment, Music, Singapore, Travel
Tagged BARS, Drink, Entertainment, music, nightlife, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Travel
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Benjamin Figarède, Cocoa Sourcing Ambassador for Valrhona Chocolate | #TCTalks 65
Travelling the globe in search of the world’s best cocoa, Benjamin Figarède works in the sourcing department for French premium chocolate manufacturer Valrhona. He sees himself as an ambassador, creating bonds between small holder cocoa farmers and the craft chocolate … Continue reading
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Posted in Chocolate, Food, interview, London, Luxury, Shopping, TCTalks, Travel, Valentine's Day
Tagged #TCTalks, barbican, barbican centre, barbican conservatory, Belize, Benjamin Figarède, chocolate, city of london, EC2, Food, interview, London, luxury, PODCAST, Shopping, tikichris talks, Travel, Valentine's Day, Valrhona, Valrhona Chocolate
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Benjamin Figarède, Cocoa Sourcing Ambassador for Valrhona Chocolate | #TCTalks 65
Episode 65 of tikichris Talks features an interview with Benjamin Figarède about his job as a cocoa sourcer for Valrhona Chocolate. During the interviewing Benjamin talks about his work and as well as Valrhona’s latest project in Belize. Benjamin also shares a few tips on how to pick the best chocolate for this Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
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Bearing Witness: Don McCullin Retrospective at Tate Britain
As a major retrospective of Sir Donald McCullin’s work opens at Tate Britain, Judith Schrut looks at what his 60 years of photography have given us. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, London, Photography
Tagged Art, Bearing Witness: Don McCullin, Don McCullin, London, millbank, Photography, SW1, SW1P 4RG, TATE, tate britain, Travel
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Flexing Vegan | Mooshies London Vegan Burger Bar
Here’s my first Flexing Vegan review. It’s about the burger and fries at Mooshies, a vegan burger joint on Brick Lane. It’s a glowing review too. I really enjoyed my meal! Passing through Spitalfields recently, I was hankering a burger … Continue reading
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Posted in Flexing Vegan, Food, London, Restaurants, Travel
Tagged brick lane, burgers, cheeseburgers, E1, E1 6RL, east london, Flexing Vegan, Food, hamburgers, London, Mooshies, Mooshies London, Mooshies London Vegan Burger Bar, Princelet Street, restaurants, reviews, spitalfields, tower hamlets, Travel, vegan, vegan burger, Vegan restaurants, vegetarian
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Shimmer, Dazzle, Sparkle | Christian Dior at the V&A
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is the Victoria and Albert Museum’s latest blockbuster show. Judith Schrut has been to view. Continue reading
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Posted in Art, Fashion, London, Luxury, Museums, Travel
Tagged Art, Christian Dior, design, Dior, fashion, House of Dior, Judith Schrut, London, luxury, Margot Fonteyn, museum, museums, Princess Margaret, reviews, south kensington, Travel, V&A, victoria and albert museum
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Good Stuff #85
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down (which a bit of a Valentine’s Day spin) 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. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Good Stuff, Live Performance, London, Music, Shopping, Travel, Valentine's Day
Tagged beer, bermondsey, Cexy beard oil, Ceyx, cheese, cider, crisps, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Game Pies, good stuff, Honey and Chilli, live performance, London, Love Lula, Maison Sassy, male grooming, music, Onuga, Onuga caviar, pies, potato chips, Potato crisps, Rainbow Maniac, Sassy Cider, Sassy Cidre, Shopping, Small Beer, Small Beer Co, South Bermondsey, south london, The Fine Cheese Company, Travel, Tyrrell's, Tyrrell’s Limited Edition Aphrodisiac Flavoured Crisps, Valentine's Day, wild & game
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Roadkill’s Matthew Gregson-Jones | #TCTalks 64
For episode 64 of tikichris Talks, I chat with Roadkill founder Matthew Gregson-Jones about the back-to-basics dining concept how sourcing quality meat direct from British farmers can result in better tasting food, less wastage and lower prices for customers. Continue reading
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Tagged #TCTalks, burgers, butchery, camden, camden market, CAMDEN TOWN, Camden Town Roadkill, chalk farm road, cheesburgers, Food, hamburgers, interview, London, North Yard, NW1, NW1 8BF, PODCAST, restaurants, Roadkill, stables market, steak, street food, street market, street markets, The North Yard, The Stables Market, tikichris talks, Travel
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Mandela: The Official Exhibition, 26 Leake Street, Waterloo
Mandela: The Official Exhibition premieres today (Friday 8 February) at 26 Leake Street next to Waterloo Station. The show invites visitors on a personal journey through the life and times of one of the world’s most recognised and admired activists and political leaders and celebrating his legacy. Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, London, Museums, South Africa, Travel
Tagged 26 Leake Street, Apartheid, Celebrities, EXHIBITIONS, history, Leake Street, London, Mandela, Mandela: The Official Exhibition, museums, Nelson Mandela, reviews, SE1, SE1 7NN, south africa, south london, Travel, WATERLOO
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