Passion for flavour, respect for culture
Recently, I spent a fair bit of time learning about Indian culture, researching recipes and experimenting with spices. I have to say that I learned a great deal of information. Spice, fruits, herbs, cooking techniques but mostly the diversity of Indian subcontinent. It is amazing! Fenugreek belongs to the pea family and its aromatic seeds,…
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The Land of the Rising Sun is an island paradise blessed with the most diverse, exotic citrus fruit. Citrus trees are everywhere you look and they decorate the landscape with their colourful round fruit, shiny leaves and delicate aroma. When it comes to Japan and citrus, most people’s minds first jump to yuzu. However, there…
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When I was in India for the first time, I was introduced to a pungent sweet treat sold on the street, that is often consumed after a good dinner, called “Paan.” What caught my attention was the smoky, yet peppery flavour that was coming from the dark green leaf used to wrap the rest of…
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Recently, I was introduced to several different citruses from Japan and in particular two of the citrus products caught my eye. One of them is buntan (the pomelo of japan) and the second is kinatsu (bitter orange). Through research, I found a lot of interesting facts about Kōchi prefecture that I thought you might be…
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Christmas is probably the only time in the year when everyone slows down, enjoys the festive season full of gifts, feasts, family visits with toasts and cheers. My early memories of Christmas are all about snow, Christmas sweaters, hot beverages, home-cooked sweets and mulled wine however, when I moved to London and spent my first…
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It’s that time again! Christmas, the festive season that everyone awaits with huge excitement at the end of every year! Whether it’s the multi-billion business season or you are a parent and looking forward to shopping, cooking as well as hiding gifts from your excited little ones (that’s what I did) 🙂 we are all…
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“A bar can be anything. You can set a board across two sawhorses and you have a bar.” – Hayden Lambert Hayden Scott Lambert hails from New Zealand but started his bartender career in Europe, where he joined the award-winning Merchant Hotel bar team in Belfast and become the winner of Ireland’s Bartender Of The…
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Cumin, is the little spice that brings my memories back to childhood and school snacks. As a child, I was given a weekly budget to buy something for myself and I always ended up buying my favourite bread called “dalamanek” which is a bread made from white wheat finished with cumin and salt in the…
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In the previous article called “Tea – The Exiled Emperor Discovery” we spoke about the history of the tea and how it shaped the world we know today. Tea has influenced and changed the world in more ways than we could have imagined, with the aforementioned countries having the biggest influence. In this article we…
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In the previous article we detailed the development of tea flavour profiles, specifically, Japanese and Chinese Green teas, White tea, and rare Yellow tea. All teas are lightly oxidised which gives them their delicate aromas and flavours. Today we are going to delve into fully oxidised teas such as Black, and Pu’Erh tea. Each of…
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