Shanghai was the final stop on my lengthy China trip that began in Chengdu. There’s something about Shanghai that switched …
Eating out in China, Part Three: Hangzhou and Shaoxing
It wasn’t until the tail end of my trip to China that I travelled out of Sichuan again. I headed …
Eating out in China, Part Two: Xian
Three days after hitting the tarmac at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, I had packed my bags again and was off …
There’s always a toast at a Georgian supra
It’s been a while since I was in Georgia. More than three years in fact. The purpose of my trip …
Eating out in China, Part One: Chengdu
Hello from China! But also goodbye, too, as I depart on Monday to head back to London. For the last two …
Vinous lunches, and dinners, in the Douro Valley
A few days after getting back from the winelands of Baden-Württemberg, I was heading off to another, equally old but much …