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…
Category: slow cooking
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
On Thursday evening I was treated to a wine & tapas tasting event at El Capote, Gibraltar. Organiser and host, Ian Gareze, informed us by email that: “the food & wine matching evening consists of 6 french wines accompanied by 6 tapas designed to best compliment the characteristics of the wine and vice versa” I…
Disappointed with Dinner!
It’s not very often that I can say this, well, once there was a salmon and spinach en croute thing that should NEVER be repeated but nonetheless I tend to be adventurous as well as optimistic in the kitchen. However, whilst trawling the aisles at the supermarkets I’ve always tried to look for something unfamiliar…
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