Xu Taiwanese Tea House and Restaurant, from the team behind Bao, brings to London a traditional tea house and mahjong parlour, plus a classic Taiwanese menu with modern tweaks and twists. Read all about Xu’s signature shou pa chicken and the great value pre-theatre menu. ... Read more »
You know how sometimes a restaurant is on your wish list for a really long time and somehow you just don’t get around to visiting, and years and years go by and still you just never make it? That’s how it was with Barshu, which was launched twelve years ago, and helped bring Sichuan food ... Read more »
As a child, I had a very multicultural upbringing when it came to food. Of course, there was the Indian food of my parents’ home country. And there were plenty of newly learned British classics from their adopted country. My mum also taught herself Italian, Greek, and other cuisines from cookery books. When we travelled ... Read more »
I love cable cars! So I was very excited about riding on the Taipei Maokong Gondola during our visit to Taiwan’s capital earlier this year. It wasn’t until we did it that I realised quite how incredible this particular cable car journey would be – a long and leisurely half an hour in duration each ... Read more »
I love food markets! Visiting them during our travels is one of my very favourite activities; I find them captivating! I get so excited seeing all the goods for sale – fresh meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, some of which I have never seen before… not to mention all the specialist food and drink products, ... Read more »
This is a really happy day. I’m so thrilled that I’m actually sitting here grinning like a loon as I write this, having just this second got home from Bang Bang Oriental. It opened this weekend and I was there like a shot. Bang Bang Oriental, you see, is the replacement for Oriental City which ... Read more »
With five nights booked in Taiwan, we were keen to supplement our city break in Taipei with a visit to somewhere altogether greener and prettier. Three nights in Taipei and two in Taroko Gorge was a perfect balance, and gave us a wonderful insight into Taiwan beyond its capital city. This beautiful national park is ... Read more »
You probably think you know tofu, don’t you? A wobbly block of bland, white protein much-loved as a meat substitute by vegans and health nuts. But as a card-carrying carnivore, I’m telling you that tofu is a delicious, versatile and nutritious ingredient that should be in everyone’s fridge or store cupboard. Certainly, the flavour is ... Read more »
I’ve been a fan of Jeremy Pang and his School of Wok for a long time; I’ve attended a lot of classes in a lot of cookery schools over the years and Jeremy’s is one of the best. Attending a class there is hugely enjoyable and delicious, as it is at many schools, but the ... Read more »
‘Dim sum means a little touch of the heart’, explains Jeremy Pang, founder of the School of Wok, relating the delightful tale of how dim sum developed. Traditionally, the old yum cha (tea drinking) houses of China served only tea, but one day the owner of one such tea house welcomed a traveller so tired ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]