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Finding the Veg in the Meat: A Review of manteca

Location: London, England Cuisine: Italian   Traditionally, manteca means “grease” in Spanish, but today Spanish speakers usually mean lard. However, it can technically mean any oil, grease or fat. Therefore, there really is no more appropriate name for this restaurant in Shoreditch as all…

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Clapton and Homerton: Hackney’s Cool Kids on the Block

This post is part of my London Neighbourhood Guides series. Fancy visiting another area of London? Check out my other guides here, which all include information regarding the sights, history, charm, food and drinks of the area you’re curious about.  As I’ve mentioned previously,…

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A Peloponnese Road Trip Part III: Mighty Civilisations

This post is Part III in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers our departure from Nafplio, visits to two ancient sites, including you may have heard of…

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A Peloponnese Road Trip Part II: Ancient Influencers

This post is Part II in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers our start in Nafplio, visits to some ancient sites in the surrounding area, and arrival…

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Hoppers: Sri Lankan Street Food in London

Location: London, England (3 locations) Cuisine: Sri Lankan / South Indian   This review is 99% referring to the Hoppers location in Soho, but I’ve now also been to the King’s Cross location and I’ll discuss that experience a bit further down. Now, onto…

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Exploring the Ebre Lands of Tarragona

In June 2021, we were just coming out of several Covid restrictions in the UK and summer was looking a bit brighter. We took the opportunity to head to Barcelona for two weeks to (i) visit Victor’s parents and (ii) finally leave the UK!…

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The Wonder of Athens Part II: Opening the Archives

This post is Part II of a two-part series on my time spent in Athens, Greece (read Part I here). Part II covers my second day in Athens including lots of gold, sculpture, ruins… and pita wraps! Here we are on day 2 of…