musings of a traveller and food lover

British Food & Culture

Toad in the hole …. Done Steve’s way!

I was telling an American friend that I I did not have to cook the crew’s meal that day as we were all given the day off after the boss left. But I did mention that we had a very ...

A Pancake Feast

Ghene Snowdon…. “oh dear me. Sha, take a photo before passing it to your crewmates. That way you have something to blog about” This post is long overdue, today is already ...

…and we shall feast in the English countryside

Post long overdue again, my body finally took a toll after hitting thousands of nautical and air mileage.After the 5 weeks trip cruising the Bahamas, I found myself going through countless ...

a swesh swesh lunch, north london, uk

My sister said if the kids will ask for swesh swesh… give them some lemonade. What? Swesh swesh… oh well these Japanesse kids coming for lunch calls the drinks swesh swesh.Why is ...

a birthday lunch

A recap of a marathon of birthday celebration hosted by friends, one of these was lunch with Bea at Perch Hill in East Sussex, UK.It was a great lunch at the green house with the view of the ...

warm broad bean salad

My dearest friend Bea will never forget the evening when she scanned the gardening magazine looking for a new job. In the ad was gardener who has a love for food and will assist the owner of ...

From UK with love .. EMMB

A while ago just when I finished lunch (appetite back, Swiss cheese cooked steak and we had it with anchovy sauce sent from UK by Celia) the doorbell rang. I asked the Swiss Cheese, ...

English Breakfast

For two Sundays in a row we have been having a calorific laden breakfast. Please calorie police stay away from my page because after days and days of eating 2% fat yogurt, organic muesli, ...

UK’s Fave Dish ~ Fish & Chips

Ah am missing England. Sunday drives in the country side, pub meals, Sunday roasts… Yorkshire pudding, sticky pudding and drive to the seaside for Fish & Chips. Yes I do miss Fish and ...

An invitation for tea… just in UK!

My friend Bea whom I share my love of animals, plants and… COOKING sent me a text today.They live in Bricket Wood, Herts and when they moved we were worried about Ginger and ...

Real Fast Food: Chicken Tarragon

Nico usually lacks confidence in cooking for Markus, Sha and Jo. (we are all better at cooking than him J) So when he volunteers to cook for us, we humour him and so far he has never failed ...