When we were having dinner at Mixtli in San Antonio (which you know I did because you read that post already, right?!), we met a couple who should really have a food blog. They were bona fide foodies to the max — they even had best-of lists for restaurants in every major city they frequent. I…
Ostra restaurant (Mokara Hotel & Spa)
I think hotel restaurants often get a bad rap. So it was my mission when I recently visited San Antonio to eat in at least one hotel-based resto, and what better place to do so than at the beautiful Mokara Hotel & Spa, seated right along the city’s River Walk? THE GOOD It doesn’t matter…
Restaurant review: The Verandah at The Peninsula hotel
Whenever I go away without my kids, I try to eat at really nice restaurants. Because then I get to actually taste and savour my food. (And I think I’ve mentioned before just how much I love food.) So when Big B and I recently visited Hong Kong, we had our concierge at The Mira…
Kiddopotamus TinyDiner portable placemat
Eating with a baby or toddler is a messy business. Before we had kids and moved to rural suburbia, we were big-city dwellers, living the high life: shopping every weekend after enjoying leisurely Sunday brunches, and eating out at great restaurants several nights each week. Although we were never parents-to-be who claimed that a child…