taste, flavour, snack, relish As the hazy, orange sun sets over these lazy summer evenings and the insects clumsily fly through the shimmering evening heat, the scents and flavours that I want to immerse myself in are those of the Eastern Mediterranean. However, it’s not just the food that I’m after, even though that would be no great…
Category: Dinner
Bitchin’ Beef Burgers
Ingredients: 500g beef mince Red onion (small) Cheese for grating Breadcrumbs 1 Egg Worcester Sauce Salt and Pepper Butter (for frying) Method: 1st: Dice the red onion and gently fry until translucent. Set aside to cool. 2nd: Mix the beef mince, a handful of grated cheese (I used Edam but Parmesan would work just as well…
El Capote
I normally arrive at these evenings a good half hour before kick-off and almost form part of the welcoming committee at the door. However, this time around, I was probably one of the last to arrive. As I turned the corner into Market Lane it was exciting to see the natural evolution that El Capote’s…
Shepherd’s Pie
Shepherd’s Pie, baked beans and ketchup – Oh my God! Could food get any more comforting?! I remember as a child I would mix it all together so that every spoonful was a mashed-potatoey, mince-meaty, ketchup-tangy mouthful. And then came the correction; it’s only Shepherd’s Pie if made with real shepherds – or at least…
Surf and Turf
One of my all time favourite restaurant dishes is fillet steak with garlic prawns – served rare! But whenever I order this some diners will always question the whole meat and seafood combo and whether it really works. So what is Surf and Turf? Surf and Turf or more commonly ‘Surf ‘n’ Turf’ or better…
Cold Nights; Warm Dinners
Autumn finally decided to creep out from behind the shade of the beach umbrellas and tiptoe into the limelight of falling leaves and cooler, darker evenings. The duvet finally came out. Over the past week the temperatures have dropped; especially noticeable at night time and early morning. Autumn has made a proper appearance and it…
El Capote – Chef Lede
This time round El Capote surprised us by holding its food and wine event on a Saturday! Children were sent to their grandparents’ houses and the old faithfuls treated their partners to a fantastic night at El Capote. Not being allowed in before 9pm opening time, we congregated on Market Lane wondering what delicacies were…
Gold
Over the past few days it has been impossible to go to sleep comfortably due to the searing heat and high temperatures. Sitting, sweltering in humid, airless evenings has been unbearable. The thought of having to turn an oven on and subsequently heat up the house is quite frankly the last thing I’d want to…
El Capote (Chef Lede) – Almadraba
After the first full moon of May as the Spring turns to Summer the Spanish coastal towns from Tarifa to Conil watch in the splendour of Blue-fin tuna making their way from the cold Atlantic waters to warmer Mediterranean spawning grounds. Their streamlined bodies having packed on blubber during the winter months make these massive…
Foodie Weekend
Licking my lips, I alighted from the Heathrow Express at Paddington and made my way to the Southbank Centre to check out the Cheese and Wine Festival. Having arrived late-afternoon (I had just flown in from Gib!) I had missed the ‘food theatre’ and even though there were not many people jostling around the food…
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