On Thursday my friend Kate visited with my teenage god-daughters (and the boyfriend of the eldest one from University). This was our standard Summer visit with the addition of two new factors: 1) It was the first time they had stayed at my new place and 2) It was the first time that a boyfriend had been brought as an additional guest by either of ( Read more... )

The eat the world project was nudged a little further along this weekend as we all bundled out of the theatre from Young Frankenstein and across the Road into Leicester Square for Mexican food. The restaurant there was part of a chain and being in central London on a Saturday was pretty packed but the food and service were good even if the ( Read more... )

Last Summer we started a project we called, Eat The World where we explore world cuisine one letter of the alphabet at a time. We are now about a quarter of the way through this project and it has already had the desired effect in that we are eating foods that are ouside of our usual routines and we are having a load of fun doing it. The missus ( Read more... )

While I was in Northampton for the weekend (with friends and the missus) we took in a film at the cinema (Beauty And The Beast, the live action one which is very pretty and I was able to enjoy a series of pleasant naps) and we also went for a meal thatcontributed towards our 'Eat The World' challenge ( Read more... )

With my Goddaughters in town over the weekend we were finally able to advance our 'Eat The World' project a little. On the Saturday night after the theater we went to a nearby Spanish restaurant called Andalucia. The food was excellent and the girls all tried Tapas for the first time so that was a success all round. On the Sunday it was my turn to ( Read more... )

After dicussing the idea with Kate and the girls over the weekend we have decided to take on a project. When we share visits over the next few years we are going to try to 'eat our way around the world' choosing (where possible) restaurants and quisines from nationalities starting with different letters of the alphabet ( Read more... )