Its specialisation in Italian cuisine, focus on quality not quantity and the pièce de résistance, an amazing cheese room, truly sets it apart.
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Picopresso vs Nespresso: Flavour, cost, convenience and speed
Head-to-head comparison between the Wacaco Picopresso and the Nespresso Creatista Plus, making lattes and Americanos using the same coffee.
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Our first foray into Portuguese cuisine, courtesy of Lusitano Restaurant
I know we’re definitely coming back for a return visit. We do, however, need to make sure we bring in sufficient reinforcements next time.
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Broadening our sake range beyond junmai daiginjos
When we first started drinking sake, we focused mainly on junmai daiginjos. However, more often than not, they didn’t pair so well with food. This changed once we started expanding our boundaries.
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Pour over coffee for one, brewed with a disposable Daiso dripper
When I need to brew coffee just for myself, using my Hario 02 V60 feels like overkill. That’s the right time to whip out the Daiso disposable dripper.
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Taking one tiny step towards espresso with the Wacaco Picopresso
It made a latte that was rich, bright, fruity and chocolatey, all at the same time. It was good. Really good. Like café quality good.
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After a year of drinking sake, here are our favourite junmai daiginjos
It’s been a while since we started on our exploration, and after sampling more than a dozen bottles, we’ve managed to identify our top three.
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Back again at Niningashi for uni, sake and oishii izakaya food
We liked our first meal there so much that we made a return visit soon after. This time, with reinforcements so that we could order a lot more food, and also open a few bottles of sake.
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Expanding my coffee horizons with Nordic-style light roasts from 20grams
Ever since I started taking my pour over coffee seriously, I’ve been buying mostly medium-roasted beans. But the deeper I go down the rabbit hole, the more I read about the wonders of light roasts. It was time to do some exploration.
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We walked past the 15 Stamford Bar and fell down the rum rabbit hole
When we stopped at the bar that afternoon, all we wanted to know was where to get the pretty golden pineapples on display. But we ended up accidently spending an enjoyable and boozy two hours, courtesy of Tim the awesome bartender.
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