An eclectic mixture of food and drink photos from around Europe. Nothing special as they have all been taken with the I Phone which is not the best camera at all. But hopefully enough to make you hungry and thirsty.
Lemon Tart. Switzerland. With Raspberry Coulis and precisely three redcurrants
Starbucks Coffee Zurich Airport
Pizza London
Birmingham Street Food
A new Lebanese restuarant in the heart of Auckland. Weather permitting one can sit inside on some elegant chairs or outside on the pavement, where the views are not idyllic but some warmth does pervade in the summer months.
The menu is small and generally it is best to select maybe 5-6 dishes between two people. The food is not however typically Lebanese at all. So those expecting skewers of meat and chicken will be dissapointed. A good mixture would be some breads like the Persian flatbread or Afghan bread, made with black courgette hummus and poppy seed. Combined with a salad such as Fattoush or maybe Bubba (burnt aubergine, sujak, toasted sesame and black cabbage).
Pehrpas the most visual dish is the Fattoush with amazing colours and textures . Looks almost like food art. The portions are also not huge so those with an american accent might be dissapointed.
after midday — Click here to see what the menu looks like.
An amateur contender but excellent scones. Is there any better smell than homemade baking? These photographs were taken some time ago and have been sitting on my desktop computer. The TV series has clearly rekindled excitement in baking again and even Nigella Lawson has said that the creations on TV are beyond her skills. Enjoy.
Homemade Scones copyright Chris Bushe 2015
Homemade Scones copyright Chris Bushe 2015
Homemade Scones copyright Chris Bushe 2015
Homemade Scones copyright Chris Bushe 2015
One single plant has produced around £100 worth of redcurrants this year. I was somewhat amazed to find a few more the other day at the tail end of September. Tasted amazing. Thoroughly recommend a redcurrant plant for 2016.
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Garlic pizza bread. A nice starter
Chicken with asparagus and peppercorn sauce. Courgettes and oven potatoes.
Tiramisu
Apple Crumble. The Italian version.
Sometimes something as simple as a meal or a drink is worth photographing. Kiwi fruit always looks good.
Lunch at Barcelona Airport.
Breakfast in Barcelona
In general terms the food is superb if rather expensive. Many meals are fish based with excellent quality and also good sized portions compared to some of the anorexic fish that get deported to UK. On the other hand they like their ” bad food” too and many good burger restaurants and suchlike exist, including one that smells at you as you arrive at the airport and clear baggage hall. What however is striking is that the food in the airports is excellent. Take Landvetter airport in Gothenburg, a small airport really but the quality and choice of the foods puts Heathrow to shame. If you are a cake lover then allow yourself an hour and 1000 calories to indulge before your flight. Some of the food combinations also make novel cuisine. Take the combination of cod and chicken in a gravy that i was served at Clarion Post hotel. Excellent and the combination works.
This half of corn was just sitting in the kitchen and looked just like an angel. Nothing extra has been done to the corn. Holy Corn.
corn angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
Corn Angel
The food quality in hotels is high. Many foods are offered at all meals including fruit and curry. Some of the best fruits are the pineapples , mangos, watermelon. The bread tends to be of the American type and a little sweet mostly although the basic white and wholemeal loaves contain no additives and taste great. For me the pineaple was the best food, this was available easily and cheaply. The Sri Lankans enjoy their sweet foods too and desserts are essenatially types either of cake with cream in them of various flavours, or mousse like desserts. Sri Lankan coffee is a little of the acquired taste. Can I recommend it? Not really. The tea though is wonderful and like a totally different drink to what we have in UK. There is no need to add milk to tea. Meat is not offered in huge amounts and tends to be used with vegetables in curries rather than served alone. The quality of the meat is also maybe inferior to what is generally served in Uk but is fine. Chicken is rarely served as a breast meat for example, wings, thighs and other less identifiable parts are used. Rice is of many types. Red rice I could not take to but the white rice was excellent. what was the best single food item I ate? Easy. It was the Banana and Coconut Tart!
From the fruits the pineapple and passion fruit were always good. Papaya is not my favourite so unfair to comment. Many of the set meal type lunches were not only huge but often combined meats ( unneccessarily), such as Gammon and Chicken. 
Banana and Coconut Tart. Copyright Chris Bushe 2014
Chicken and Asparagus. Copyright Chris Bushe
Herb Crusted Chicken Breast. A rarity .Copyright Chris Bushe
Madeira cake or butter cake!Copyright Chris Bushe
Sri Lankan FruitCopyright Chris Bushe
Sri Lankan Lunch. MixtureCopyright Chris Bushe
Mixture of Gammon and Chicken. Sri Lankan Lunch.Copyright Chris Bushe
Sri Lankan FruitCopyright Chris Bushe
Breakfast CakesCopyright Chris Bushe
PineappleCopyright Chris Bushe
Sri Lankan Brioche type rollsCopyright Chris Bushe
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