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Travel writing that explores the tastes as well as the scenery. Read blog posts that travel around the world to bring you the recipes and customs that the globe has to offer…

Photo on the Go: Sipping jasmine tea with crunchy black sesame snacks in a tea house.
Sipping jasmine tea with crunchy black sesame snacks in a tea house. On The Road… [...]

Photo on the Go: Ohn noe khauk sue…Or tasty morning noodle soup in Myanmar/ Burma
Ohn noe khauk sue…Or tasty morning noodle soup in Myanmar/ Burma On The Road… Zoom…These [...]

Photo on the Go: Fact of the day: there exactly 400 trillion calories in Afternoon Tea at The Peninsula, Hong Kong. And every single one is worth it
Fact of the day: there exactly 400 trillion calories in Afternoon Tea at The Peninsula, [...]

Photo on the Go: The Green Tangerine. A great name, an interesting mix of sesame, cocoa, lemongrass & caramel in
The Green Tangerine. A great name, an interesting mix of sesame, cocoa, lemongrass & caramel [...]

Photo on the Go: The Green Tangerine. A great name, an interesting mix of sesame, cocoa, lemongrass & caramel in
The Green Tangerine. A great name, an interesting mix of sesame, cocoa, lemongrass & caramel [...]

Photo on the Go: Bun Ba Nam Bo. Tastes as good as its name.
Bun Ba Nam Bo. Tastes as good as its name. On The Road… Zoom…These pics [...]

A Quick Taste of Tux in Austria’s Tirol
Sickness has slowed my writing this month, I’m sorry to say. But rather than leave you hanging in silence, I thought I’d cheer you up with a quick taste of Tirol. Drum roll please as I introduce the iPhone only snapshots of my time in the snow. Who could imagine…

Tea Time & The Tequila Worm
If travel teaches you anything, it is this: that one man’s hangover-inducing, paint-stripping, memory-erasing spirit shot is another man’s artisanal specialty. Take tequila…

Girona: Short and Sweet
I love the medieval city of Girona, although a city this size scarcely seems large [...]

The World’s Best Fast Food, Cartagena
Fast forward to the close-set streets of Cartagena, in sticky, colourful Colombia and her words resurfaced after all these years…

Photo on the Go: Tasting coffee in Colombia!
Tasting coffee in Colombia! On The Road… Zoom…These pics come straight from my iPhone through [...]

Eating By Numbers: El Celler de Can Roca
In the space of five minutes, we’ve travelled through five countries: Mexico, Peru, Lebanon, Morocco and Korea.

What Are Pierogi? Platefuls of Polish Perfection
Alright, there’s a chance I’ve gone overboard with the Ps in that headline. Yet ever since I wrote

How to Make Candy – Sugar Lessons in Sweden
Picture the scene. You’re walking through a Swedish market, your young daughter holding your hand. She sees row upon row of sweet candy canes, bright luminescent swirls of sugar and mint that gleam in scarlet and white, holly leaf green and ivy, forming…

Goodbye Kangaroo, Hello Bison
As I come to the end of my time in Sydney, I’m thinking about my next stop: Warsaw in Poland. And I’m just wondering whether I’ll find Bison Vodka there, as I did in Krakow.
That’s vodka served with a blade of grass.

Jordanian Food: Sumac, Spice & Slice
The older I get, the more I enjoy cooking classes. With an opening statement like that, I’m in danger of

Tasting India by Christine Manfield – A Book To Fall In Love With
From the moment I opened the parcel, I could tell it was going to be [...]

Ten Things You Never Knew About Ljubljana, Slovenia
I hope to bring Ljubljana to life for you here on Inside the Travel Lab, piece by piece, over the course of 2012 as part of my #IronRoute Project. Yet to spare you the overload experienced by my hard drive, oh long-suffering reader, I’ll start with this bite-sized list and fill in the gaps later.

Sweet Treats & Sauerkraut: Three Flavours of Trieste, Italy
Italian food. There was a time when I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about, but I can barely remember that now. The moment my train slowed to a stop in Trieste (and, if I’m honest, quite a while before that) my daydreams wandered…
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