Bundance, Street Feast‘s continuation of National Burger Day, was back at Hawker House in Canada Water earlier this week. Street Feast proclaim that it’s Europe’s biggest burger bash and this year it featured 16 burger stands, each bringing their finest or something a little special to the table for this annual celebration.
Panzano, a small unassuming hilltop town in the Chianti region of Tuscany, was propelled onto the world stage (and my attention) in early 2019 when Netflix released season six of my favourite show: Chef’s Table. Episode two was centred around a charismatic butcher called Dario Cecchini (not pictured) and his restaurants Officina della Bistecca, Solosicca and Dario Doc.
Before the intense Tuscan summer sun kicked in, we made for the shady side streets of Florence, the region’s capital, for a tour with a difference. We were joining Taste Florence, and our guide Carine, to eat our way around the city and the many flavours it has to offer.
For my wife‘s birthday this year, we went on a surprise trip to Stockholm for the weekend. It’s a city that we’d both been wanting to visit for a while having heard such great things, so one Friday we met at Gatwick after work and we were off.
Each year, coinciding with World Gin Day, more than 70 distilleries from all around the world descend on London for the Junipalooza gin festival. It’s Christmas day for gin fans across the country.
Having experienced New Zealand‘s breathtaking beauty at the end of 2018 we wanted to travel somewhere a little closer to home that might offer some similarities. As neither Kirstin or I had been to the Highlands before we decided on flying to Inverness in Scotland to stay in the beautiful Muckrach Country House Hotel in Speyside, at the north west of the Cairngorms (the largest national park in the UK).
I think street food is brilliant. It’s the most incredible way of experiencing different cultures and broadening your horizons through your stomach. I love to support small independent business, but what’s not so great is all the packaging and cutlery waste that often goes with it.
Beefeater is one of the most iconic drinks brands in the world. You see it behind almost every bar, no matter where you are.
For many street food traders, the goal is to one day open a bricks and mortar permanent restaurant space. That’s what Sinead Campbell & Lee Johnson were aiming for with their Filipino-inspired BBQ Dreamz when they appeared on BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu. They were looking for investment to transform what makes their KERB-based truck so special into a home that is a little less mobile.
Last year me and my wife Kirstin embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. New Zealand had long been top of both of our lists of places to visit and we’d finally been able to plan the trip we’d always wanted: 3 weeks across the 2 islands, exploring one of the most breathtaking places on the planet. Here’s some of the incredible food and drink we had in our time there…