No matter what reincarnation of the festival you observe: Pancake Day. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday!), or Shrove Tuesday, the idea is to enjoy one final binge on rich foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.
Category: Celebration
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Red lanterns hanging aloft; a trail guiding Chinese lions to the city centre. With drums and fireworks, Gibraltar welcomed in the Year of the Rooster. If like many, you went into town to watch the spectacle and then headed to a regular Chinese restaurant for a mid-week-food-blow-out, great! For those of you that missed out, all…
Robbie Burns Supper
On 25th January, we celebrate the life of Robbie Burns. Many of us have often gone to organised Robbie Burns Nights where the festivities begin with The Selkirk Grace followed by a procession of pipes, tributes and toasts paid to the haggis before a dinner of ‘haggis, neeps and tatties’ followed by speeches; The Immortal…
GastroRob 