One of the things I perhaps miss the most about home (apart from family and friends obviously) is the food, and not just good old British grub either! We are extremely lucky in the UK to have a massive cultural mix of ethnic restaurants of all varieties. Where we used to live we were […]
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Nine
Heart shaped cake-pops for my almost Valentine’s day baby to take to school on the occasion of her 9th birthday… Granted they aren’t nearly as cute as the boss-eyed owl pops of last year, but having recently become aware that she missed sharing her birthday with King Cupid by a meagre couple of hours […]
Expat Essentials 2 – Crumpets
“Tea and Crumpets – Love ’em Hot and Cold” – The Mad Hatter – Alice in Wonderland He might have had slightly questionable millinery sense, but I think the Mad Hatter had pretty good culinary taste judging by the comment above. Although I disagree with him about the cold part – crumpets are definitely […]
Tortillas – Expat Essentials – 1
I am having a bit of a foodie week it seems, so here’s the first in the promised series of Expat Essentials – the humble flour tortilla! We tend to eat quite a lot of spicy food, and tortillas are perfect alongside a big bowl of chilli, to build quesadillas with, and as filled centre pieces […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Tokyo Door, 2013 “Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered.” Guy de Maupassant So, that’s that then… The last of the decorations have been packed away, the loyal and beautiful (it (almost) didn’t drop a single needle!) Christmas tree has been […]