Food

  • Eating for summer ! roasted rhubarb and vanilla custard tart 

    Eating for summer ! roasted rhubarb and vanilla custard tart 

    I have really missed a good pastry, a lovely syrupy Danish or a cream slice, (Gail’s you continue to disappoint me), so I thought I would amalgamate two wonderful recipes (that of The Quaint Kitchen’s vegan crème pâtissière and From the Comfort of my Bowl’s vegan puff pastry) to create a beautiful summer tart. I…

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  • A pair of vegans in Paris

    A pair of vegans in Paris

    Escargot, foie gras, croissants and croque-monsieurs  — Paris doesn’t scream vegan. Its parks and benches are filled by young Parisians breezily picnicking on supermarket-cured meat and lumps of local cheese. What’s more, French cooking has long been held up by formidable pillars of butter, eggs, meat and milk.  However, Paris, a modern city with an…

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  • Miznon Notting Hill, a review

    Miznon Notting Hill, a review

    The only reason I visited Miznon Notting Hill was because of the image of a man, crouched over a little table along the side of Kensington Park Road, tucking delightedly into an entire head of cauliflower.  Despite the music at Miznon being a touch aggressive for lunch, the vibe is warm, light-hearted and fun. There…

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