The Food and Rum Festival in Barbados’ premier annual event. This year it will be over the 18th – 21st of October 2018. Barbados is the birthplace of rum and this festival celebrates our local food and spirit. This years events include: Night Out in Oistins (18th Oct) Taste of the Exotic, A Signature Rum…
Tag: Food
Why You Should Be Thinking About Getting A WSET Certification.
I don’t get all the fuss about wines. I like wine. I think its a fun way to spend the afternoon. God knows it gets me real drunk, real fast, but I don’t understand the pretentious side of wine where people almost compete to detect more notes in wine, than Mozart has ever used. Wine…
Experimenting With Making The Perfect Brownie
The question whether fudgey or cakey brownies are better has been posed. While automatically my mind goes to cakey brownies, when I really think about it, fudgy brownies can be incredibly dense and overwhelming. Which led me to believe that maybe I am a cakey brownie type of guy. After trying to figure it out…
What’s so Great About Ratatouille (The Film)!
*SPOILER ALERT* Ratatouille is Pixar’s story of a rat, Remy, in the french culinary world. As a food film it touches on many different issues in the food industry; women in the kitchen, sell-out chefs, even the problematic symbiotic relationship between restaurants and critics. There are many layers to this animated film. However, I am…
My Process for Eating Seafood on The American West Coast.
Going up the American West Coast, you will notice one thing. See food here, See food there, Seafood everywhere. Every place has an award winning something and more chowders in bread bowls than you want to imagine. There is a lot of excellent fresh seafood around, but is it necessary to have 3 identical places…
Street Corner Corn in Ensenada, Mexico
Corn gets me excited in all senses of the word. I love it. It is such a versatile product. I’ve learnt that the best corn is usually found in the most unexpected places. Wandering around the Mexican harbor in Ensenada, I stumbled onto a humble street vender selling my favorite thing in the world. I…
Eating Offal In Adelaide, Australia
I entered timidly trying not to draw too much attention to myself. Just enough so that I could get a seat. I contemplated whether or not I was underdressed for the occasion, but the food looked good enough to take the risk. The menu was made up primarily of offal meats made delectable. I’ve eaten…
Dinner at The Factory, Trinidad.
Eating at The Factory, Trinidad, is akin to going to a B-movie that you know you will never watch again. Thinking back on the experience it was a good time although there were many flaws in their execution. The industrial feel of the Factory is well curated to create their modern sports bar feel, however…
The Current State of Affairs
The truth is this blog has not turned out the way that I wanted it to. I wanted it to be a place where I jotted down pearls of wisdom about the culinary world that held massive amounts of perception, which I couldn’t even see the value of until everyone praised it for being incredibly…
My 5 Favorite Places to Eat in Barbados
The restaurant scene in Barbados is blowing up. There are many incredible places to eat which deserve to be highlighted and every one has their favorites. Here are few of my favorite restaurants that. I think you should check out. 1. Nishi Hands down, Nishi gets my award for the Best Restaurant in Barbados. I…
How We Eat 