Dabbous, Part Deux

Remember when I visited the newly opened Dabbous way back in March? Well, straight after visiting I successfully rebooked for June and soon found out that there are now no more tables until February 2013. So I'm sitting here feeling slightly smug... The meal was amazing, as expected, and as good as it was the first time around. I just had to share this dessert with you: Apologies for the blurry image. My hands were obviously shaking with excitement at the prospect of chocolate and virgin hazelnut oil ganache, basil moss and sheeps’ milk ice-cream...

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Roland Garros

So, Day Two of my trip to Paris and Day Two of Roland Garros. Tickets were secured for the Philippe Chatrier court, but who were we going to watch? Annoyingly Roland Garros only release the schedule of play the morning of, so the suspense was killing me. Fingers were crossed for Novak Djokovic... Result!  And look who was there to greet us when we arrived, just chillin: Hey Roger! A special request- can you bring back that military jacket that you used to wear? This one. Because it was the campest thing I've ever seen and I loved it. Yeah, I know the way. Don't test...

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Allée

So. Mr Djokovic came so close to the much-hyped 'Nole Slam' in getting to the final of this year's Roland Garros.... but the party was put to an abrupt end by Mr Nadal. A sad end to a memorable tournament; unforgettable because I was lucky enough to be there this year. Seriously, why didn't I do this before? This shit was cray... Day One was a Sunday (which was actually the second day of the tournament), when most of the city shuts down, so we enjoyed the afternoon with an extremely leisurely (and at times exhaustive) stroll from our hotel in Opera down to the Arc du Triomphe, via the...

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Pitt Cue Co

BBQ is taking over London! And Pitt Cue Co is the forerunner in the trend for Southern-style ribs, pulled pork and a whole lotta slaw. Located in Soho, I hear the TINY eatery often has queues going around the corner at weekday lunchtimes, but on the sunny Saturday afternoon we visited we were seated straight away, though I would have preferred a seat in the small but cosy upstairs bar, which has a view of the street outside, as opposed to the windowless basement dining room. Can't win em all... I had it in my head that I was going to order the ribs in the 'build-up' to eating here (yes....

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Ballers in Palma Part II

The second part of my trip in Palma mainly consisted of walking around the city and exploring areas not frequented as much by tourists. This culminated with a visit to the Mercat Olivar, a vast indoor market, where most locals seems to shop for fresh produce such as fish, meat and veg. I love that fact that a market like this would be dressed up as an 'attraction' (a la Borough Market in London), but here it was just a way of daily Mallorcan Life! Even Tupac has his own store here! Elvis does the night shift while Michael Jackson holds a Saturday job.  So, after a...

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