by Al la Carte | Thursday, 9 April, 2020 | Recipes
Dukkah is an Egyptian condiment traditionally made from hazelnuts, sesame seeds and spices. The best way to serve it is to dip freshly baked bread into olive oil and then the dukkah mix but you can sprinkle it on a lot of different dishes giving them a rich, crunchy...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 24 September, 2018 | Restaurant Review, Trips
About 15 minutes walk from Elounda centre along a beautiful coastal road lies the Kanali Fish Tavern, a well thought of restaurant among locals, tourists and always seems to find itself among the top places to eat in Elounda. The restaurant, well the dining area...
by Al la Carte | Tuesday, 10 July, 2018 | Trips
Tucked away in the south east corner of the newly developed Preston Market is the home of a brand new craft and real ale bar going by the name The Orchard, the sister bar to the well established and local favourite The Guild Ale House, which is just a short 2 minute...
by Al la Carte | Thursday, 17 May, 2018 | Beer
Bluestone Brewing Company based in Newport recently asked via Twitter for bloggers and journalists to write on a couple of subjects in exchange for beer. Naturally I jumped at the chance and chose to do a review of their award winning coffee milk stout aptly named...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 26 March, 2018 | Recipes
During a visit to Preston markets I came across a great butchers which, unlike many butchers nowadays had a great offal section. Among the large box of chicken hearts, pigs trotters, tails and even a pigs head there was a box of chicken livers. Having had them pan...
