When I asked if anyone wanted to join me at Haggle, one of the first rejections I received was because the idea of haggling down…
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One Brick Short of a Load
Critics in publications try to write as little as they can about the food they eat, because of how unoriginal they have to be when…
Leander in London’s Pret Matrix: A Foodie’s Plea
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,…
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…