What’s not to love about being invited to try out a restaurant’s new menu – even if your going out is so sparse you don’t remember the old menu? Answer: nothing. So when Chiquito launched their revamped menu and invited me along to give it a spin, I was delighted. The Mexican restaurant chain has a branch at […]
Healthy eating takes the biscuit
This has to have been the longest January in the history of Januarys and it’s still not over yet. However, I’m still sticking to my healthy(ish) eating campaign for the Boys and I. Obviously the ideal foodstuff would be tasty, wholesome (ie not processed or full of chemicals) and not fattening. It would also provide slow release […]
21/365 The Hanoi Bike Shop
Outside it’s cold and sleety and grey and Glasgow. Inside it’s spicy and warm and zingy and exciting. I’d also like to say it’s unmistakeably Vietnamese, but I’ve never been there, so I don’t know.Much as a visit to authenticate the food would be marvellous, I’m going to have to take the word of the […]
What do the photos on your mobile say about you?
Have you ever taken a little wander back through the photos on your phone? Snappy snaps just to send someone, something that takes your fancy for a moment or something else. Flicking through mine the other day, I was struck that there were several themes. First, the sleeping boy. Then some you could call pretty […]
Toasting the toaster…. bravo to Breville… and well done mum
And not a little respect to my mother, the Dowager Duchess of the Palace of Bundance… It was lunch time at her place and her grandsons One, Two and Six were hungry again. “What can I feed them?” she asked perhaps a little concerned that at least two of them have locust-like appetites. “Cheese?” I […]