I felt strangely sullied coming out of a Pret-A-Manger recently. It was around eight in the evening, just after a Tuesday Krav Maga session,…
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Goan Insights: The Goan Tender Coconut
I’d wager that the first thing that comes to mind when some hear the word ‘coconut’, is the heavily processed white sweet stuff in…
Goan Insights: To Eat at a Restaurant in Goa
I’m not sure I quite understand the obsession with multi-cuisine menus in Goan restaurants. One section with the familiar recheado coated seafood listings, some…
A Very Goan Christmas at the Villa Dias
There are no turkey centrepieces on our Christmas table. Nor ones of chicken or lamb, we just don’t do them. I think if you…
PKM Christmas Dinner at Kervan Sofrasi
This is going to sound utterly bonkers, but I believe there are significant parallels between restaurant criticism and Krav Maga. Hold it! Don’t leave…
Travelog: Vienna – A Coffee Before the Aria
In my mind, the kind of people that attended operas were those so rich that attendance was a weekly custom or a fortnightly outing,…
Travelog: Vienna – Viennese Wandering
As soon as I stepped off my train and into the Viennese air I knew I was going to love the city. Maddy can…
Travelog: Bratislava – Mahalo Majáles!
It so happens, that all that I’ve previously written about not having anything to do in Bratislava was nonsense. I suppose our not knowing…
Travelog: Bratislava – First Meal Walkout
It is difficult to not feel disappointed by Bratislava after visiting places like Berlin, Dresden and Prague. Before learning about the city and its…
Travelog: Prague – Eating at Naše maso
For a long time, I’ve maintained a healthy curiosity for the dry-aged phenomenon. The idea that food, especially raw meat, could be kept out…