Ten Manchester Street

Ten Manchester Street

The restaurant, complete with secret humidor and cocktail/smoking terrace in a leafy London neighbourhood near Baker Street, exceeds expectations for Italian cuisine in the city. Words: Sasha Arms
Forge and Foundry: Camden’s home of the Espresso Martini

Forge and Foundry: Camden’s home of the Espresso Martini

Lynn Houghton checks out the latest cocktail addition to Camden’s artsy venue, and has a bite to eat while she’s at it.
The Rooftop Café

The Rooftop Café

Tucked away at the top of the Exchange Building on London Bridge Street, Lucy Self discovers a bona fide hidden gem of a restaurant in an area usually lacking in culinary bling.
Hawksmoor Air Street

Hawksmoor Air Street

Catherine Faulkner sits among the city boys for an evening to sample fine fish and salted caramel at Hawksmoor Air Street.
Kogel Mogel Restauracja, Kraków, Poland

Kogel Mogel Restauracja, Kraków, Poland

Marvelling at the distinctly un-Communist food in a stunningly medieval city, Hungry Nomad’s Lynn Houghton gets stuck in to Kogel Mogel’s foodie offerings, washing it down with a swig of vodka or two…
Cucina Asellina

Cucina Asellina

Hungry Nomad Catherine Faulkner gives Cucina Asellina a resounding thumbs-up, despite an encounter with some Berlusconi wannabes…
Gran Luchito: Rare chilli, oak fire and masked wrestling

Gran Luchito: Rare chilli, oak fire and masked wrestling

A new breed of Mexican chilli salsita has found its way from the Oaxaca region of Mexico and into the mouths of foodie scenesters across the world. A salivating Sasha Arms heads to London’s Cookery School to investigate.
Cave eating in Gran Canaria

Cave eating in Gran Canaria

Seeking respite from fine dining and eating out, Sasha Arms stays in a cave in Gran Canaria to prepare a home-cooked, Canarian meal.
La Esquina, New York

La Esquina, New York

A hipster hangout with equal dedication to dispensing delicioso Mexican food and preserving Soho-Nolita trendiness, La Esquina is a New York haven for food lovers and trendsetters alike. Words: Sasha Arms
Hawksmoor Guildhall

Hawksmoor Guildhall

An ode to the cow in the City of London, Hawksmoor Guildhall marries power city steak eating with a polished wooden and leathered interior crafted from previously loved materials. Sasha Arms just couldn’t resist…
Christy Hill Lakeside Restaurant

Christy Hill Lakeside Restaurant

Christy Hill in Lake Tahoe, California, is not your run-of-the-mill fine dining experience, says Lynn Houghton. For the discerning nomad, this restaurant, though possessing a slightly elevated price tag, is well worth the cost for cuisine that is locally sourced, fresh, colourful and well presented.
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Naamyaa Café

Naamyaa Café

Catherine Faulkner finds the chaos of Bangkok in the middle of a London eatery.
The Winter Garden

The Winter Garden

The Landmark Hotel’s grand, palm-tree adorned indoor courtyard is home to The Winter Garden restaurant – a solid and elegant dinner option for visitors to the city. Words: Sasha Arms.
Bodean’s: Bringing Kentucky to Clapham

Bodean’s: Bringing Kentucky to Clapham

Sasha Arms tucks into a meal at the Southern smoke house in London where licking your fingers clean is not only ok, but expected.
Old Hong Kong Tea House, Singapore

Old Hong Kong Tea House, Singapore

Hungry Nomad Lynn Houghton went upmarket in Singapore this month, trying out the Old Hong Kong Tea House in the Raffles City Shopping Centre. For those of us who haven’t had the opportunity to visit China itself, both Malaysia and Singapore offer authentic Chinese food to whet the appetite for the real thing. While the...
Let Me Take You (¡Déjate llevar!)

Let Me Take You (¡Déjate llevar!)

Despite the rather suggestive name, Let Me Take You is a restaurant filled with clean and healthy flavours in the heart of Gran Canaria’s rugged mountainsides. Words: Sasha Arms
The Test Kitchen: Putting Cape Town on the Foodie Map

The Test Kitchen: Putting Cape Town on the Foodie Map

It isn’t often that foodies get the rare treat of enjoying a chef’s creativity without the confines of a wider establishment, which make’s Luke Dale Roberts’ offering to the Cape Town dining scene all the more significant. Sasha Arms does the taste test…
Asiate: Atop Central Park (and the Mandarin Oriental)

Asiate: Atop Central Park (and the Mandarin Oriental)

With some of the best views over Central Park and New York with cuisine to match, the Mandarin Oriental’s Asiate restaurant is a true New York culinary success.
Vrata Biokova

Vrata Biokova

A restaurant that feels more like an Alpine lodge clinging off the edge of Croatia’s Mount Biokovo, Vrata Biokova is home to some of the best locally produced Croatian cuisine on the Makarska Riviera, says Sasha Arms.
The Seagrass: Occupy Islington, Pie and Mash Style

The Seagrass: Occupy Islington, Pie and Mash Style

A permanent pop-up has set up home in a 150 year old pie and mash shop in London’s Chapel Market. Why didn’t I think of that…? ponders Sasha Arms.
Gott's Roadside Tray Gourmet

Gott’s Roadside Tray Gourmet

Hungry Nomad Lynn Houghton visits California’s Napa Valley, where there’s more than great weather on the menu.
Zucca: Trendsetting the Italian Way on Bermondsey Street

Zucca: Trendsetting the Italian Way on Bermondsey Street

Italian is one of those cuisines people are generally sceptical of outside of Italy. More often than not, this scepticism is well founded: there’s nothing worse than coming away from a ristorante thinking you could have boiled up some spaghetti at home, chucked on a supermarket own brand pasta sauce and had a better experience....
Potli: An Indian Market Kitchen in London

Potli: An Indian Market Kitchen in London

Ravenscourt Park. The leafy west London neighbourhood famous for its centuries old park of the same name, and now an Indian market style kitchen in the form of Potli. From pillows of Peshawari naan to juicy Indian Ocean prawns and wine from the Nandi Hills, the Hungry Nomad investigates this modern market kitchen dining experience....