La Tasca De Los Vinos – Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

As I mentioned we have been to a couple of good restaurants during our recent trip to Gran Canaria, Spain, but I have to highlight this one. Hidden in the small Calle El Cid in Las Palmas, the restaurant La Tasca de los Vinos is a true gem of Uruguayan cuisine. Meats from Uruguay, small … Continue reading

Eating our way around Las Palmas, Gran Canaria – Part 1

Following our few days’ visit to Barcelona, the airplane dropped us in Las Palmas, capital city of the Canary Islands. I’ve been here many times and never get bored of the climate – always Spring here, not much rain, and almost always sunny on the Southern part of the island. You can also find great … Continue reading

Trip to Catalunya 2014

I know it is Christmas and all so you need to excuse me for this totally non-festive post, however I feel like sharing with you some pictures from our recent trip to the Canary Islands, via Barcelona – the capital of Catalunya. This is the first part of pics from the trip, hope it will … Continue reading

Sweet Temptation: Churros from Barcelona, Spain

It is that time of the year again, right? When you can indulge without remorse – we are allowed to devour all the Christmas cookies that we can and sit back with a big mug of cinnamon hot chocolate topped with cream and chocolate sprinkles… So why not enjoy a batch of Catalonian Churros with … Continue reading

Germany Foodie Adventures

I actually feel horrible when I look at the date of the latest post that I added here on the blog – posted 2 months ago! I’m really sorry, my dear readers. Let me try to make up for it with some snapshots of our recent trip to Germany – we traveled lots and lots … Continue reading

Italian Foodie Adventures 2014 – Part2

Following in the footsteps of an earlier post about our adventures in Italy, let me share with you some more photos from our foodie trip in this wonderful country. Having visited Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Rimini and the micro country San Marino, we took ourselves to the Garda lake up North. This year again, there was … Continue reading

Sugar-Free Cake of Hungary Award 2014: Csokis Kaland (Chocolate-y Adventure)

Click here to see the winner of the (normal, sugary) Cake of Hungary Award 2014! This year’s Cake of Hungary Award winner in the sugar-free category is a pretty good looking chocolate cake, the Csokis Kaland (Chocolate-y Adventure). Created by the Nándori Patisserie, it has no added sugar and no white flour but seems to … Continue reading

Cake of Hungary Award 2014

Click here to see the 2012 winners and here to see the 2013 winners! This year again Hungary organized the cake of Hungary competition, with the winners (Cake of Hungary, Sugar-free Cake of Hungary) announced at the time of the biggest national holiday – 20th of August. The cakes can be tasted at the official stand … Continue reading

Italian Foodie Adventures 2014 – Part1

This July we again had the chance to do a wonderful relaxing trip to lake Garda in Northern Italy, following a few days excursion to the middle of Italy: we visited Firenze, Lucca, Pisa and even spent a fantastic day in San Marino (when we finally managed to leave the mind blowing traffic of the … Continue reading

Tourist in my own country 2: Budapest and Szentendre

Following in the footsteps of the previous post, I share with you a couple of picture of some of the exquisite dishes we enjoyed with our friends during our home country journey in the past months, that started out from the capital: Budapest, crossed through the Lake Balaton and took us around the artistic town … Continue reading