Category Archives: Eating out

Top time in the Top End: Katherine Gorge and Darwin

Posted on August 1, 2019 by rmgtravelsandfood

At the end of our week in Central Australia, we re-boarded the Ghan late in the afternoon for the overnight journey from Alice Springs to Darwin. Next morning, we pulled in to the town of Katherine, at the southern edge … Continue reading →

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Norwegian fish soup, with a Danish twist

Posted on April 13, 2019 by rmgtravelsandfood

In mid-June 2018, Maggie and I flew into Bergen, Norway, after spending eight delightful days in the Scottish highlands. We had booked two nights’ accommodation in the old centre of Bergen, ahead of a cruise that would take us along … Continue reading →

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From Laos, via Da Nang: Duck larb (we larv it!)

Posted on March 13, 2019 by rmgtravelsandfood

In September 2008, Maggie and I flew to Rome to join a coach tour of Italy; it was our first overseas trip together. We met our tour guide – Marco the Magnifico – on the evening before the tour commenced. … Continue reading →

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Delicious French dining forays, October 2016

Posted on May 31, 2017 by rmgtravelsandfood

In an earlier post, I described a phenomenon, which I call ‘palate-lag’, in which foods that usually please your palate, taste bland for up to two weeks after you return from a foreign country. If you too would like to … Continue reading →

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Capital cooking: eating out, in and around Canberra

Posted on December 11, 2016 by rmgtravelsandfood

Maggie and I enjoy visiting Canberra but, to use that well-worn phrase, we wouldn’t want to live there. Like some other cities built from scratch in the 20th century to house national governments and their agencies, it has a reputation … Continue reading →

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Jet lag? Pfft! Wait ’til palate lag gets you!

Posted on October 3, 2016 by rmgtravelsandfood

At 3pm on Friday 16 September, Maggie and I boarded a train in the French city of Rouen, to commence our return journey to Melbourne. 32 hours later, at 7am Melbourne-time on Sunday the 18th, we wrangled our luggage and … Continue reading →

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Planes, trains and automobiles … and a longship …

Posted on July 28, 2016 by rmgtravelsandfood

… will soon (10 sleeps!) be taking us to, and around, north-western parts of Europe. The first plane will take us from Melbourne to Dubai, where we will spend 48 hours. We have a short list of, mostly, inexpensive sight-seeing, … Continue reading →

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Barossa Valley visit: stunningly delicious lunch

Posted on June 29, 2015 by rmgtravelsandfood

The dining highlight of our three-day visit to the Barossa Valley was lunch at fermentAsian, a restaurant that specialises in the flavours of South East Asia, applied to local ingredients. The chef, Tuoi Do is Vietnamese and the sommelier and … Continue reading →

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Barossa Valley visit: from Henschke to Seppeltsfield

Posted on June 24, 2015 by rmgtravelsandfood

This is the first in a short series of posts about our recent visit to the Barossa Valley, Australia’s most famous wine region. We had identified the Barossa as somewhere we would like to explore together one day. Maggie had … Continue reading →

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In-digest, week ending 7 June 2015

Posted on June 9, 2015 by rmgtravelsandfood

I am writing this on a Tuesday; we had a public holiday yesterday, so Maggie was home and we spent much of the day in our kitchen. As we do. However, I did have just enough time to write the … Continue reading →

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