Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
About this time last year I wrote a post about the 10 bucket list new destinations I’d like to go to over the next couple of years or so. Well, I’ve only managed to tick off one this year – to Istanbul – but I’ve still had a fantastic year of travel and eating, and […]
Read MoreJune went out in a blaze of sun-drenched glory yesterday and it was thus a perfect day to head out of London and up the M40 to visit my daughter in Birmingham. Birmingham may be the UK’s 2nd city and famed for its ugly ‘Spaghetti junction’ motorway interchange but in the five years Nicola has […]
Read MoreThe Single Gourmet Traveller went travelling up the M40 yesterday to spend Mother’s Day with her daughter. OK, that’s hardly ‘travelling’ you may say, but Birmingham has long been regarded as the UK’s second city and despite it’s rather dubious reputation (especially by Londoners), being known mainly for its strong regional accent and nightmare motorway […]
Read MoreHeading up the M40 to Birmingham is always about seeing my lovely daughter, but the gourmet in me also loves the proliferation of wonderful little independent restaurants and cafes near where she lives. The very first one we tried out was Blue Ginger, a small restaurant in Kings Heath specialising in Singaporean and Malaysian cuisine. […]
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