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Best (and worst) of 2011

December 23, 2011

Christmas is almost here and we are rugging up and getting cozy for a cold one in London.We had our fingers crossed for a white Christmas even though we knew it was slim chance so here is hoping that we will have some snow filled travels in the new year. With out without snow, this Christmas will be a lot colder than what we are used to in Australia. It will be a different experience to have a cold Christmas, [...]

Foodie: My new friend “Haggis”

November 23, 2011

Today I tried Haggis for the very first time, and the verdict…I liked it. Not only liked it but I would definitely eat it again. But lets start at the beginning here. What exactly is Haggis? The dish is made of a sheep’s ‘pluck’ – that is its heart, liver and lungs, encassed and cooked in the sheep’s stomach (waste no want not, right?). The cooked heart, liver and lungs are minced with onion, oatmeal, a number of spices as [...]