A Weekend in Lisbon

I booked a trip to Lisbon early last year not knowing anyone who had been there but having heard good things about it being an up and coming place to visit, particularly amongst foodies. By the time my trip came around everyone I knew and their grandmother had been! Clearly it was the short haul…

Homemade Fakeaways – Stir Fried Pork in Black Bean Sauce for Chinese New Year

With Chinese New Year today, what better opportunity to come up with a tasty new homemade takeaway recipe! Chinese cooking isn’t something I’ve ventured much into, but it’s always been The Boyfriend’s favourite takeaway and I was given a Ken Hom cookbook for Christmas a couple of years ago which I’ve used it to learn…

Roast Loin of Pork with Pearl Barley

Pork has always been my least favourite meat. For years I always associated it with those horrible dry chops with a huge lump of fat attached that you always seemed to get back when I was growing up. I had decided that pork was just something I didn’t like, until I tried pork loin and…

Hush Brasserie, Holborn

Just before Christmas, the girls and I got together for a last dinner out together before the holidays. For a change we headed over to Holborn for the evening and after a little browse on toptable, our chosen destination was Hush Brasserie and the night we went we were eligible for the 30% off food…

Foodies Festival, Hampton Court

It was bank holiday Monday and a rare glorious British summer’s day. As a birthday treat for my Mum, my sister and I were treating her and my Dad to a day out at the Foodies Festival on Hampton Court Green. Given the weather on the days leading up to the bank holiday I was…

The Smart School of Cookery – Three Course Masterclass

Last summer my cousin asked my sister and me if we’d be interested in doing a cookery class with her as she’d seen a Groupon voucher and thought it’d be fun. Along we went to The Smart School of Cookery, not really knowing too much about it as she had booked and organised the whole…