Last weekend, I was invited to brunch at Bar Dos Hermanos with a large group of people. This place has firmly exerted itself as a popular Cuban-American bar and restaurant serving Spanish style dishes and tapas since it opened in 2002. One of their attractions is serving brunch at the weekends offering a decent variety…
World Peace Cafe: Meditation & Meal review
I’ve become more and more conscious of my diet this year especially since completing a recent 4-week food budget challenge. Choosing to eat less meat and focusing on vegetarian options have saved me money and forced me to be more creative when preparing meals. Now I’m exploring where to eat vegetarian food and I’m really enjoying…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 4
Hi everyone, Apologies for the late post but I’ve been laid up in bed after catching a horrendous cold complete with a wracking cough and feeling very much under the weather. Have only just got my energy back and able to resume participating in life again! The final week of the challenge was not too difficult…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 3
Hi everyone, Really enjoyed this week trying to scour the freezer and pantry for food that we’d forgotten about. The Hairy Bikers have provided us with some inspiration to produce a lovely winter-warming crumble after finding a load of frozen blackberries. I finally got round to using a jar of homemade preserved lemons in a…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 2
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Halfway into our challenge, we’ve tried to eat a bigger variety of food this week as well as celebrate Chinese New Year and again cooked in bulk to save money and time. Because we had to spend alot of money on a whole duck and chicken thighs, I made a large…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 1
We survived Week 1 of our food budget challenge! I tried to take a few photos of our food to give you an idea of what we ate but often we had no time to photograph them, especially my other half who’s always famished. Here’s how we got on during Week 1: MONDAY Me Breakfast: 2…
4 Week Food Budget Challenge!
Now that January is over, it’s time to set myself new challenges for the year ahead. Me and my partner have been thinking about saving money on our food bill while managing to still eat a varied and healthy diet. My salary has dropped over the past few years so I thought it would be…
Date Night Out At The White Peacock
Last weekend, my other half took me out for dinner at The White Peacock, an independent restaurant housed in a beautiful Grade II listed building located at the bottom end of New Walk, a unique pedestrian tree-lined Victorian path. I have wanted to eat there ever since it was opened in 2013 by talented chef patron…
Hong Kong Style Ramen Noodles
FACT: I absolutely adore noodles. I have scoffed and slurped my way through endless bowls of ramen, somen, soba, egg noodles, udon and vermicilli since I was a wee nipper. I never tire of eating instant noodles, for me they represent a piece of my childhood and was one of the first dishes I made…
Brunch at Chinese Snack Box
Found this little gem of a place while shopping in Leicester as felt peckish after traipsing around town. We walked straight to the counter and the friendly waitress offered us a menu and recommended the steamed stuffed buns as they had just been freshly prepared. We selected the spicy beef bun to share and couldn’t…
JUST SO RICE 