Aug
24
Aside from martinis before dinner we are wine drinkers. We will always order a bottle of wine with dinner or glasses of matching wines if it’s a degustation menu. Except when we’re in Asia. Because nobody makes cocktails like Asians bartenders and Bangkok’s bartenders make the most delicious cocktails of all, using quintessentially local ingredients like …
Jul
02
There’s nothing like a few drinks at a buzzy Bangkok bar after a busy week. But we’re freelance travel writers I hear you say! Yes, but we still work every day, we work hard, and we still have those particularly demanding weeks we want to forget about – the ones with too many deadlines and too many …
Feb
14
As it’s Valentines Day, we thought we’d offer some tips from our grand tour for getting in the mood for romance. It may be too late to get on a flight to Marrakech or book a beach house in Costa Rica, but there’s nothing stopping you from cooking your special someone a special meal or taking …
Oct
16
In our years of being semi-professional barflys, checking out bars purely in the name of research of course, we’ve developed a repertoire of favourite drinks that we always order to test out the skills of a barman. Mine is a martini, often ordered without specifying whether I want gin or vodka (which, according to the …
May
02
ser·en·dip·i·ty /ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/ [ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident 2. good fortune; luck As we’re on a quest to travel more sustainably this year and to try local produce wherever we can, we’ve been drinking an awful lot of wine. We’ve tried everything: British wine in London, Sherry in Jerez, Cava in …
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