Beautiful Bahrain- Family fun and food

I recently spent some time in the Middle east. I have lots of family in Bahrain and hadn't been in over 8 years so thought it was time to show my face again. I had an amazing time seeing all my family and boy was there A LOT.
There is something so majestic about the Middle east. The culture, the traditions and the open armed hospitality. Of course the main part of my days were spent indulging in all sorts of foods.

I had amazing few weeks there and thought I would share my snaps of my trip with you guys, hope you enjoy..

Cafe Lilou

My favourite salad of the trip- so good I had it twice 

Fried oreo goodness

Monsoon restaurant

I went for the green chicken curry

The Ritz Bahrain

Virgin Mojito

Traders Vic at the Ritz Bahrain

Birthday fun in Madrid

Hi Guys! Last month I celebrated my birthday in Madrid with my friends, boyfriend and sister. I've been to Madrid many times as my sister has been living there this year. Such a beautiful city, especially in the summer.

Here are some snaps from my trip, enjoy..

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Hope you guy enjoyed. See you next time x

Lunch time. Roux at the Landau

Hi guys. I'm getting good at this ,more than one post a week thing' aren't I? haha.

So the other week me and my sister took my mum out for a special birthday lunch, and our place of choice was  Roux at the Landau. We knew our mum loved the Roux family of chefs, so were really excited for it.
We arrived for a 2pm lunch and were greeted at the reception with a lovely smile and our coats were taken.

I have to say when I stepped into the dining room my jaw dropped. It was simply elegant and everything was shiny, gold and classicly beautiful. After shown to our spacious table we drank our glass of champagne and scoured through the set menu. The waiters were polite and nothing about the atmosphere was pretentious or awkward.
After our orders were taken, some pre-starter nibbles arrived at the table and the feast had begun....

The dining room

A late lunch- almost had the dining room to ourselves.

Champagne time.

The set menu.

The amuse bouche- cheese bites.

My starter- 'Pressed potato and  fine herb ballontine with smoked duck and truffle dressing' this starter was lovely and light but heavy in flavour. The right amount of each element.

The main- 'Roast seabass, grilled aubergine puree and saffron cracked wheat'.  The seabass was cooked beautifully, it was lovely and soft. This was the first time I had tasted wheat like this and its safe to say the plate was clean by the time I was finished with it.

Dessert time- 'Light white chocolate and coconut pannacotta with mango and lime'. Possibly one of the best desserts I have ever tasted. It was a cold, rainy London day so this definitely gave me a taste of summer.

Roses- Pretty table decorations.

Outside.

Overall it was a great experience and a really tasty meal. I would highly recommend it as an occasion lunch or just to go and spoil yourself.

Have you ever been? And If you have what did you eat?

Hope you enjoyed the blog post guys. I'm going to be posting a lot more now.

See you next time x

My week in food #3

Soooo I know I missed a week but 'My week in food' is back.
I am also going to be blogging a lot more regularly now so make sure you are following me to keep up to date with all my posts.

Feast your eyes on these pics and enjoy :

My spicy mince, homemade flat breads and homemade coleslaw.

A healthy snack- yoghurt with  banana and dried gojji berries

Seafood noodle soup- made with squid, prawns, glass noodles, sweet peppers, chilli, cabbage, egg whites and stock. Its healthy and quick to make.

My healthy homemade coleslaw. Made with cabbage, red onion , peas and a touch of low fat mayonnaise (you can also add carrot for a more classic dish). Recipe on my previous blog post click here to view

A close up for you guys :)

I was a bit noodle soup happy last week. This time with chicken instead of squid

Penne with tomato, olives, anchovies and capers. This was at the restaurant Carluccios ( apologies as I've forgotten the name of the dish on the menu) . But was extremely tasty.

My cous cous salad. Made with prawns, chilli, spinach, cucumber and avocado.

Sea bass at The Roux (blog post on this restaurant coming this week)

Smoked duck at The roux.

White chocolate panna cotta with mango, lime and coconut at The Roux.

Hope you guy enjoyed. Which dishes look tastiest to you?

Back tomorrow with another post  about my food adventures in Milan.

My week in food #1

I'm Back! apologies for my absence...i would love to say I have been exploring the world but i haven't - Just eating A LOT and working hard. But I have decided to start showing you guys what i have eaten throughout the week, every week from now on. My picture food diary :)

Make sure you're following me on here for my weekly updates and more.

So here goes..This week I have been eating a lot so enjoy...

Busaba!
Pad thai-Prawn
Fish curry
Grilled duck on greens
Calamari (my favourite on the menu)
Brown rice
Coconut rice

My Leon inspired coleslaw

Velo London Bridge- Prawn summer role

Velo - Roasted salami pork on rice

Meat liquor London
Chicken wings
Coleslaw
Chilli cheese fries
Burgers- Dead Hippie, Swiss cheese, Phili cheese steak
I know I'm the london food fatty but this was all shared ...Promise!

My home made Moussaka