This morning's advent calendar chocolate helpfully informed me that it's only five days until Christmas, so I thought it was about time I showed you how to decorate your Christmas cakes that you all rushed off and made after I posted the recipe.
Saturday 20 December 2014
Friday 19 December 2014
Wigwambam at the Queen of Hoxton
Thursday 11 December 2014
Meal and movie night
Tuesday 2 December 2014
Mantanani Island
Are you ready for the last ever Borneo post?! How are you going to cope without them?
Everything we had done so far took place over a single week, so as happy as we were to be there, you can imagine that we were also pretty tired (even though scuba diving seems like just a lot of floating around and waving at fish, it actually burns about the same amount of energy as running!).
So for our last week we planned to do lots of nothing at all on a stunning, secluded island.
Everything we had done so far took place over a single week, so as happy as we were to be there, you can imagine that we were also pretty tired (even though scuba diving seems like just a lot of floating around and waving at fish, it actually burns about the same amount of energy as running!).
So for our last week we planned to do lots of nothing at all on a stunning, secluded island.
Monday 24 November 2014
No soak fruit and nut Christmas cake
'Christmassy' is one of my favourite feelings (up there with pre-holiday excitement and when you're just the right amount of hungover to justify eating anything you want all day without it making you feel worse). I roll my eyes with everyone else when supermarkets start displaying their Christmas stock way back in September, but I'm secretly glad we get to start feeling Christmassy earlier and earlier each year.
That's why I always make a Christmas cake. They need to be made a month or so in advance to give the flavours time to intensify, which means I have a legitimate excuse to start getting into the Christmas spirit in early November without anyone rolling their eyes at me.
That's why I always make a Christmas cake. They need to be made a month or so in advance to give the flavours time to intensify, which means I have a legitimate excuse to start getting into the Christmas spirit in early November without anyone rolling their eyes at me.
Thursday 20 November 2014
Scuba diving in Kota Kinabalu
Monday 17 November 2014
Peckham Burger
To give you all a break from being jealous of my holiday, I thought I'd shake things up a bit with a London-based post.
I love Southeast Asian food and we had some incredible local dishes while we were away, but one thing I was really looking forward to having when I got home was a big ol' juicy burger.
I love Southeast Asian food and we had some incredible local dishes while we were away, but one thing I was really looking forward to having when I got home was a big ol' juicy burger.
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Sungai Kinabatangan
Monday 3 November 2014
Monkeys in Sepilok
Stop worrying everyone, I'm back! Tom and I just spent a couple of incredible weeks in Borneo, staying in the rainforest, relaxing on a paradise island and eating a lot of noodles.
Our first stop was a little town called Sepilok, to see orangutans...
Our first stop was a little town called Sepilok, to see orangutans...
Thursday 9 October 2014
Open House
It was Open House in London on 20-21 September, a yearly occurrence which encourages the awareness and appreciation of the capital's architecture by giving us the chance to snoop around buildings that are usually closed to the public, from big, well-known ones like The Gherkin to peoples' actual homes.
Sunday 5 October 2014
Wednesday 24 September 2014
Time: Tattoo Art Today
My brother and sister visited me a weekend or so ago, and we spent the day shopping, eating and getting up to a little bit of culture.
Saturday 20 September 2014
The Boy Who Climbed Out of His Face
We recently went to see The Boy Who Climbed Out of His Face, a production by an immersive theatre company called Shunt. With a title like that you're probably wondering what on earth it could have been about. Well, I'll try my best to explain...
Sunday 14 September 2014
Dine Mile High
So here's my account of Dine Mile High, an airline themed pop up restaurant that took us from airport lounge to in-flight meal to Andalucia over the course of the night. I lived in Andalucia for a couple of years when I was a teenager, so I was really looking forward to going back for an evening.
Thursday 28 August 2014
The Cornershop
This afternoon I went to The Cornershop. Wait! Before you close the tab and go back to watching ice bucket videos, hear me out. This wasn't just any old corner shop, this one was made out of felt. Yep, felt. Every single item, even down to the till.
Saturday 16 August 2014
Friday 8 August 2014
Birthday buns (buns that you eat, not the other kind)
It was my birthday on Sunday, so we started celebrating early and went for dinner on Friday. We went somewhere that has been on my list for a while...Flesh & Buns.