Category Archives: Eating/Drinking Out

Ayrshire, Bakeries, Beverage Specialists, Butchers, Cafés, Delis, Fishmongers, Markets, Shops, Takeaways, Tours

An On-Foot Food Tour of Ayr

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When I moved to Ayrshire, one of the things I was most looking forward to was finding new places to buy and eat delicious food.

My first port of call was Ayr, and I’ve put together a walking tour for any foodies who might be visiting the town and want to know where to go.

For this tour I’ve only focused on places around the centre of town, south of the river. There are other places outside this area that I want to look into in the future, as well as many interesting places to eat in, which I hope to get to sometime.

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Food Analysis, Restaurants, Thailand

Thailand Food Exploration: Buffets

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I’m clearly someone who loves to be disappointed.

Why do I think this, you might wonder? Well, it’s because I adore buffets, despite the fact that they are usually pretty crap.

From sad pork pies at a wedding disco, to greasy scrapings of Peking duck skin at the all-you-can-eat Chinese, to dried pebbles of scrambled egg at the breakfast buffet, the intention is often superior to the food.

buffet 1

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Food Analysis, Restaurants, Thailand

Thailand Food Exploration: 129 Baht Buffet

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On a previous visit to Thailand, one night we ate out at the “99 Baht Buffet” (on the Pattaya Thai Road, Pattaya, behind Big C). The name was a real tongue-pleaser, as was the meal (…too much?).

On our recent trip the price had risen to a less mellifluous 129 baht, but the food was still as good, and at £3 a head, wonderful value.

The proceedings start (oh yes, this is no simple setup) with an alarming charcoal brazier being set into your metal table. This is then topped with a shallow metal bowl with a raised hole in the centre, to which is added a conical slatted metal hat.

coals

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Food Analysis, Hong Kong, Restaurants

Hong Kong Food Exploration: Dim Sum

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How can I cover dim sum in a single post, you may be wondering? There are so many different dishes that make up this type of cuisine, so many flavours, textures and cooking methods.

Your concern is admirable and well-founded (I would have expected nothing less).

Before arriving in Hong Kong I imagined dim sum lunches every day. I pictured H and I visiting out-of-the-way cafés where old ladies trundled round trolleys and we selected a delicious array of dim sum while feeling secretly smug at how we were “keeping it real”.

dim sum held

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