Who doesn’t love a hamper? A giant one turned up on my door step a few days ago, full of Italian products, from lots of familiar names. Ciao Gusto in a group of household names from Italian big brands, now sold via Ocado in the UK. The basket I received had an assorted selection of products, not necessarily just for Christmas. Each product was easily recognisable and some of them brought back many memories of my life in Italy. Ciao…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** The season to be jolly is once again looming and most restaurants are gearing up for Christmas and Festive menus all around us. Pastabites was invited to taste one such menu, offered by Italian restaurant Diciannove which sits within the Crowne Plaza hotel in BlackFriars. A surprise for me was that, despite riding past this corner of London every single weekday, I had no idea there was a hotel, let alone an Italian restaurant! Diciannove…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have eaten Adam Handling‘s beautiful food loads of time, first when he was head chef at Caxton Grill just after MasterChef: the Professionals, then when the same restaurant took his name (Adam Handling at Caxton) and of course, at his new venture, his very own, curiously named, The Frog E1. I have written about him but never for this blog and never about his food, until now. My friend MondoMulia (read here post on…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have never been to India, and I do not know that much about the country either, although I have eaten Indian food plenty of time of course, often also making home made curries following Anjum Anand‘s recipes (which I find perfect for home cooking). One of India’s regions (and a large one with a long heritage behind too) is Andhra Pradesh, which is on the south east coastal side of the Indian subcontinent. Reading…
Tea & me I love tea, and I drink at least a cup each day, but despite having a cupboard full of loose leaf blends of many variety (from Mauritian vanilla black tea to the White Duke from Bellocq, from dried garden mint leaves to Twinings patent Lady Grey) I am quite boring when it comes to brewing and follow tradition, picking my favourite Earl Grey 99% of the times. Beautiful, properly brewed big cups of tea that are paired…