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london twitter meet up

03 Wednesday Jun 2015

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london twitter meet upTwitter pals @milliskitchen @hollowlegs @cityjohn @shedlikesfood @marcooth

Wednesday was a bit crazy. I left home at midday not really sure where I was going to go, but then ended up in Soho. As it was getting close to lunchtime I stopped in at Rex & Mariano for a “light lunch” because I knew I had to have a seriously Fast Feast later on at Kitty Fishers, one of London’s trendiest restaurants, before heading out to a meet up of Twitter pals at the Canton Arms. The Twitter meet up had been planned for awhile, and when Jeffrey from @FoodieHub invited me to KF at first I thought I would have to choose one over the other, but since people eat SO EARLY in the UK, I ended up being able to do both. Even though I had to eat and run after having one bite – and taking a photo – of the final fab dish served at KF (and skipping dessert) it was still a great experience. Of course then I got on the wrong subway and ended up even later for meeting the Twitter gang, but in the end it was all good. Some of them I’d met before when they visited Sevilla, others I’d known for ages on Twitter but met in person for the first time. Once again the time went by too fast and soon I was making my way home, getting lost yet again. I think I should only ever take taxis in London.

kitty fishersJeffrey and fellow FoodieHub Experts…
we ate the entire Kitty Fishers menu in less than two hours

tuesday in london

02 Tuesday Jun 2015

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tuesday in london
One of the highlights of my London trip was Lizzie coming into town from Bristol to spend Tuesday with me. Last time I saw her was almost five years ago, but it was like no time had passed at all. We met at my friend José Pizarro’s newest tapas restaurant in Broadgate Circle (he has two others near Borough Market). Now I wouldn’t ordinarily go out for tapas in London, but I’ve been dying to see José’s places for years, and finally I got the chance.

Anyhow, Lizzie and I had a fabulous long lunch with mucho vino and then went down to Oxford Street to do a little Drunk Shopping. Later on we made our way over to Spitalfields Market for a late snack at Nuno Mendez’s new Portuguese restaurant, Taberna do Mercado. Far too soon our day together was over and it was so hard to say goodbye. And I still can’t believe that the only photo I took of Lizzie was one of her falling sideways into a plate of pão de ló. Ah well. We made a lot of great memories.

london calling… again!

25 Monday May 2015

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Although it’s still a few days away, I am getting very excited about my upcoming trip to London. It’s been almost five years since my last visit and lots has happened since. Probably the main difference is that back then I was still (slowly) getting back on my feet after cancer & chemo, so things were very much up in the air and money was pretty tight. I’d started my food tours the year before but still needed extra work to make ends meet. So when I was offered a writing job for a new travel website I paid my own way to attend a staff meeting in London. Turned out to be a good job while it (the website) lasted, so it was worth the investment. And of course it was great to meet up with friends.

Fast forward five years. Sevilla Tapas is going strong – in fact, an abundance of work led to the creation of We Love Tapas last year – so I won’t be so skint this time. Also a huge bonus – this is an all-expense paid trip to attend the FoodieHub Global Awards as their Sevilla Food Expert. So the situation couldn’t be more different. And all changes for the better.

I’ll be busy all weekend with Award show activities, and then will have an extra three days in the city. I was going to look for an AirBnB option but then my friends Jo & Mark said I could “housesit” their place as they were going to be away. How perfect is that? Well, except for not getting to see Jo & Mark. But I know they’ll be back in Andalucía soon. And now I am turning into a nervous wreck. Only four more sleeps! Time to start packing…