The things that were eaten in Spain

This blog started as a food photography/review blog in my earlyish twenties with a bad camera and annoying commentary. These days nature/travel photography is more my thing but I still love photographing the delicious things I eat like everyone else on Earth. 🙂

Food in Spain is amazing in general but Barcelona was pretty next level…

The best burger I’ve had in my entire life happened here (seriously, I wouldn’t lie to you) at Granja Petitbo 

Root Vegetable crisps + honey & sesame seeds at Negro Carbon

Tempura fried veggies, craft beer and some rare and wonderful bavette at Bier cab.

Dreamy pina coladas and guacamole at El Pachuco

Followed by mojitos…

daiquiris…

Then an exquisite dinner of tapas at Betlem.

Steak tartare

Octopus, artichoke & pea

Crab ravioli

Roasted Octopus

Apparently when on holiday, all I eat is Octopus so I decided to order a whole one roasted in paprika in Figueres.
It was the best thing I ate on the whole trip (next to that legendary burger because it was EPIC)!!

It’s a shame I don’t have anything for scale. Let’s say bigger than a rabbit smaller than a cat. I ate the whole thing. Obvs.

My pants no longer fit. No probs. x

Lisbon

LISSSSBBBONNNN! 

A Cevicheria is a MUST.

BBQ octopus with pork rind

Salmon & tiger milk ceviche with edamame and peanut

Tuna ceviche with tapioca and tomato

Whitefish ceviche with potato lime and seaweed

Halibut with quinoa, mussel, prawn, seaweed, cockle, oyster foam & kombu

Banana & peanut butter cake

Lisbon Timeout Market had an unbelievable selection of eats to choose from…and I am proud to say that I spent a good portion of the day here eating everything in sight.

Cold Octopus salad

Roasted octopus stew with potato crisps…

Salad with goats cheese & honey ice cream

Chocolate bomb

Portuguese custard tart

Seafood hotpot

Send stretchy pants plz. x

Belgium! Discovering Ghent, Bruges and Brussels…Part two. WAFFLES.

Who’s in the mood for some motherflippin waffles?!

The answer is: ALL Y’ALL.

I did some investigative “wafflesearch” (as you do). So there’s this place called MAX in Ghent.
It’s this super cute but 100% touristy little art nouveau cafe that says they invented the waffle.

Isn’t it a beautiful building?

Of course, I ordered a waffle.

A big, fluffy, light-as-air, splendid and amazing waffle. Crispy. Slightly Sweet. Yum.

And a really dumb fancy coffee.

And then I ordered an apple fritter because I’m insane.

Next up – LIGHTOPIA!!!!

Paris, FINALLY! Part Two. AND Three.

Annnnd we’re back! I decided to cram the rest of the photos into one last post so this is your warning that it’s a LONG one!

So picking up from where we left off with part one of our Paris trip, after a sweet little breakfast at Maison Lacombe we made our way toward Notre Dame and the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Centre Georges Pompidou!!! Amazing!!!

The walk to Notre Dame…

My beautiful parents!!!

Cutest lunch at Aux Arts Etc Cafe’ Galerie

The owner was soooooo lovely!

Off to the Pantheon…

Eiffel Tower!

Collectively sharing our feelings about selfie sticks…

The sweetest older lady and dog duo there ever was…

We were completely destroyed from all the walking and had a simple charcuterie and cheese feast for dinner…

Yum.

The next morning we took a boat cruise on the Seine from The Eiffel Tower…

Then a quick little pit stop in Bistro De Montemartre…

My beautiful mother who never seems to age!! ❤

Followed by a walk through the beautiful and sombre Montmartre Cemetery…

Our journey to Sacré-Coeur began with more walking around Montmartre…

SACRE-COEUR!!!

Loviest of birds… ❤

Our last dinner was at a tiny neighbourhood restaurant in Ternes called Le Petit Acacia.

We were incredibly lucky to yet again, have a stellar meal.

The parents look pretty darn happy and relaxed! 😉

The FOOD!

Roasted Bone Marrow

Suckling Pig

Confit Duck

Creme Brulee

On our last day in Paris, we toured the Musee D’Orsay then dined at another fantastic restaurant Le Recrutement Cafe for one final Parisian feast.

They still look happy after all of the endless walking! Success!

Lovingly threatening my darling with my Escargot tongs…

Which was short-lived because then there was escargot! YUM.

Beef stew

Salad with duck gizzards and foie gras

Cheesecake (my mother says this was the best she’s had)

Cheeky Cheese Plate

Apple Tart with salted butter ice cream

And creme brulee #2 for moi.

One final look before heading to Gare Du Norde…

So that’s it. Sadly!

Thank you for taking the time to scroll through all the photographs!

Goodbye, beautiful Paris. See you again soon! x

Paris, FINALLY! Part One

My folks flew over for 10 days (they are still here actually!) and we took the Eurostar over for a little Parisian city break!

We rented a beautiful flat in Ternes for 3 nights and had the dreamiest time exploring Paris!

Our lovely apartment…

A beautiful first meal near the flat at L’ANNEX.

I enjoyed a few well-deserved glasses of crisp grassy Sancerre…

Followed by the most gorgeous Escargot…

Rare Rib of beef…

And SWEETS!

Apple Tart…

Panna Cotta with Raspberry…

Then a night walk to the Arc du Triomphe for some magical night photography fun.

Love them!!

…and many many stairs to the top!

We awoke the next day to gorgeous electric blue skies and had a beautiful little breakfast at Maison Lacombe.

I had read that people travel all over for their croissants and I completely understand why as I was unable to get a photograph after shovelling the croissant into my face in record speed.

I shall leave you with these and pick up at Notre Dame and all the rest tomorrow! x

Another Glorious Green Park Pug Meet + Being A Tourist…

Prepare yourself for a big dose of HAPPY.

Because PUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGSSSSSS!!!!

NOODLES is convinced that he is their leader…

I even brought some friends this time to share in my crazy.

Who’s pug is this? DOESN’T MATTER – I just had to HUG him.

Pepper is such a little tart…

Then off to Tower Bridge for a stroll along the Thames.

ACK!!! Tourists!

My dog has been more places than you.

If you live in London you should check out the poppy installation currently at the Tower.

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/ww1-centenary/poppies-in-the-moat

We ended with pints and grub at Southwark Tavern…

Fish and Chips!! Yummmmmm.

It was a brilliant pug & London event-filled day! And then it was bedtime for all! Cheers! x

Four Countries In Four Days – Part Three.

I completely forgot to mention the epic meat feast Uros treated us to in Ljubljana at CAD This was the day we walked around in the rain and watched the Rugby in the pub!

This was my first experience with Serbian/Bosnian cuisine and it reminded me of Thanksgiving because the food was so delicious and plentiful but my stomach started waving the white flag of defeat shortly after we started!

So let’s wrap up this colossally amazing trip with more photos of things we saw, ate and drank! 

The last full day/night in Ljubljana we met up with Uros and Jani and drove to Lake Bled. 

The castle!

The church in the middle of Lake Bled!

Uros!

Me trying to express how hungry I was with very lady-like hand gestures…

They took the hint and we went immediately for Slovenian Pizza and beer!

Which, was UNBELIEVABLE.

Afterwards, we took a stroll down to the bottom of the hill to get a good view of the castle…

Then we piled into the car for a scenic drive…

And did some frolicking in the snow…

 

Which kicked off an obligatory snowball fight!

Then we drove into Austria! Because why not?

We got there just in time for a sunset stroll in Klagenfurt…

We stopped for a coffee and ice cream and cake! MMMMMmmmmmm.

More dragons!

SCHMUCK JEWELLERS. AMAZING. At least they are upfront about it right??

Thank you Jani for the beautiful tiny dusk tour of Klagenfurt! xx

The next morning Uros took us out for a scrumptious breakfast in a gorgeous little French cafe in Ljubljana.

Then we packed our bags and headed to Italy for one last stroll around the coast in Trieste.

And that’s it! Four countries! Four days! All of the fun times!

Thank you to Uros and Jani for being such incredible hosts. x

Going Home…

It’s been a year! First stop – CLEVELAND. Seeing my beautiful Aunts. x

I even got to spend some quality time with the family pets!

And no trip to CLE is complete without stopping by Cedar Point.

We rodes some epic and terrifying coasters…

Ate some massive BBQ turkey legs…

Then we passed out from jet lag exhaustion!

Followed by a quick flight to Nashville!!

I immediately had a bar party and invited everyone to come out and give me a year’s worth of hugs.

They complied!

Toasts were made…

I was so excited to spend time with some of my besties…

And baby!

OOooohhh baby!

There were lots of babies being made whilst I was away…

Big fat squooshy pretty babies!!!

Aunt Jamie ❤

And some of the babies I knew a year ago weren’t babies anymore, but little tiny people…

Lunch with my LaLa. ❤

My mom was just as pretty as I remember her being…

My brother was still a massive fantasy football dweeb…

Becca and her fantastic fiance Josh took us out to Dinner at Silo 

Elevated Southern cuisine welcoming me home proved to be JUST what I needed…

Especially deviled eggs three ways…

Deep fried greenbeans…

And pork belly…

We even visited my beloved Bombay Palace

They were all super excited to see me too! HA!

Actually, we did a lot of eating.

And of course, we had to work some of it off…

No better place than Edwin Warner Park…

See ya soon Nashville xx

Food in Spain.

I just wanted to share some of the food I DEVOURED in Spain

A simple lunch…

Followed by a decadent dinner…

Tomato and goat cheese salad

Beef carpaccio with sheep’s-milk cheese

Tuna carpaccio with pink peppercorn and dill

Filet mignon with foie

Vanilla bean panna cotta with black currants…

Me in action!

Grilled calamari for another yummy lunch…

A little scampi party…

Tasty tapas…

x

Adventures with Duck

My spectacular trip to London this Summer involved my first ever Peking Duck experience, which I shall never forget, no matter how many more brain injuries I sustain in my life.We did a little sight-seeing…

Before you know it we were on a tipsy mission, wandering the streets of London in search of a duck feast.

Soon enough we were seated in a fabulously elegant Chinese restaurant ordering a duck and a half, and even more wine…

Patiently awaiting the duck feast!

Snacks!

THE DUCK!!!

MMMMmmmmmmm…

Duck Skin…

The spread…

So here is what you do to make your taste buds have the biggest most fantastical explosive party in your mouth ever…

You take a pancake, you spread some plum sauce on it, you add cucumber and spring onions…

You grab a nice tender chunk of duck meat and top it with a crispy crunchy lacquered duck skin crackling and you roll it up as quickly as possible – inhaling it is preferable.

Oh! And they clean the rest of the duck and stir fry it with bean sprouts!

There is no shame! Only joy!

xx