Three years ago, after the devastating earthquake which hit the Abruzzo region killing hundreds and destroying homes and monuments, I got together with some friends to plan a fund raising event. We already had in mind to do something food related, yet, as it often happens, the idea just fizzled out. Three years later, I find myself a bit of a food freak – I tweet, I eat, I review, I blog, and this made me wonder if I could…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** When I met Ben Spalding for my badly timed article for Identita’ Golose, he mentioned Viajante and North Road as places in London where one could find a similar philosophy to Roganic’s in the kitchen. I was intrigued as I did not know anything about North Road and decided to book a table for dinner. The venue is quite stark, elegant and on a Friday evening, only barely half full. It always makes me…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** A few months ago myself, @Gi_nav and @Linguinadc met over an Italian dinner at Tinello. Last night we repeated our girlie night out with yet another Italian meal, this time at Dover Street eaterie Alloro. I confess I was not familiar with the place and even thought it might have been only recently opened. I was totally wrong, Alloro is an established venture and part of the AtoZ group. Reading the menu on the…
After weeks of rebuilding, fixing, polishing our 1961 Mini was ready to go on another #miniadventure. We made our way towards the coast on a Thursday afternoon, aiming to catch the 22.30 ferry. We made it to Dieppe a few hours later, after a few scary glitches on the car put our trip in jeopardy for a bit. Cidre in the sun After a few hours resting in an Etap room, our first stop of the morning was Norauto –…
How are the people of Cuba surviving their struggles? We met someone. We tried to help. Or did we? It was our last day in Havana. We were walking on one of the streets of Habana Vieja, slightly off the so called beaten tracks but still only ten minutes away from our swanky 5* hotel in the gorgeous Plaza San Francisco de Asis. It was sunny, it was nearly midday and the road was pretty empty, mainly…