Buenos Aires Grill Comparison is odious, but it’s hard not to fall into the trap upon locally bumping into dishes and restaurant styles I’ve seen in their natural habitat on recent travels. The latest opportunity for this was on a recent lunchtime visit to Musselburgh’s Buenos Aires Grill. I was joined on this escapade by …

Nusret When Nusret first opened in Etiler, we were there shortly after its opening and really enjoyed their pricey but high-theatre meaty delights.  Since then owner Nusret Gökce has become the international phenomenon that is #saltbae and they now have restaurants all over the place. These have not been universally successful or acclaimed and saltbae’s …

Acre It was rather lovely to spend our Saturday evening with MJ’s parentals, Sherry and Cliff, in local farm-to-table favourite Acre. MJ and I arrived a little ahead of schedule so took up station at the bar where I had a rather good Hemingway daiquiri. Sherry and Cliff soon joined us and we were quickly …

Oak It was time for my final meal in Charleston which was sad news indeed. I’ve felt so at home in this fantastic little city that it felt a real wrench to be leaving so soon. Oak steakhouse had been given quite the build-up by my friends Hande and Patrick who had described it as …

Bessie It was Sunday evening and Christchurch seemed eerily quiet. I’d spent part of the day understanding some of the impact of the 2010-11 earthquakes. The city is still peppered with crumbling buildings and a huge amount of reconstruction work. Coupled with quiet streets in the city centre, the effect was quite ghostly which I …