Txokos are societies dedicated to celebrating northern Spain’s extraordinary culinary and vinous heritage. Food writer Victoria Stewart reports on how these gastronomic gatherings came about and what goes on behind the societies’ (normally) shut doors Sitting in a room that feels like the intersection of […]
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How to eat your way around Trang, Southern Thailand (Evening Standard)
Victoria Stewart looks beyond the beaches on Thailand’s Andaman Coast and finds a buzzing foodie scene (Photo: Richard Poole) Following a recent trip to Trang Province in Southern Thailand with Saiphin Moore of Rosa’s Thai Cafes in London, Victoria Stewart rounds up her favourite places to eat there. The […]
Making Kanom Jeen Noodles Is a Full Body Workout (Vice Munchies)
Article by Victoria Stewart; photo by Richard Poole In Trang Province in southern Thailand, rainstorms don’t prevent you from cooking. When there are noodles to be eaten, finding yourself knee-deep in water is no reason to stop. Having just turned off one of the many […]
Oliver Peyton on Ireland’s food revival: “A lot of the cool kids are farming now” (Radio Times)
The Emerald Isle is now a gourmet paradise, says the Great British Menu judge to Victoria Stewart (image from Ireland.com) Oliver Peyton would be the first to agree that a lot has changed since he was a boy in County Mayo in the west of […]
Insider’s guide: how to eat like a local (Sunday Times Travel Magazine)
Dodge the touristy joints and dine like an insider. Victoria Stewart spills the beans (Image: Victoria Stewart) We can all spot the dives: laminated menus in five languages; staff outside touting cut-price prix-fixe; plastic food on display… But how do you find those secret spots […]
Reborn to be wild: Berlin (Escapism Magazine)
Imaginative, artistic reuse of old buildings means Berlin is constantly being reinvented. Victoria Stewart revisits the German capital to experience the shock of the new. Read this article, originally published in Escapism Magazine
Samarkand: Eleanor Ford on why she’s co-written an Uzbek cookbook (Evening Standard)
Victoria Stewart meets the co-author of a new book of recipes and stories inspired by Central Asia and the Caucasus. (Image: Christopher Herwig) I have never visited the Uzbek city Samarkand. Yet talking to Eleanor Ford, the co-author of a new cookbook ‘Samarkand: Recipes and Stories from Central […]
Street food dinner party (Unmapped Magazine)
It is Christmas Eve in Hanoi, darkness has settled, and the city’s famous nighttime economy is starting up. Leaving behind couples hugging each other in secret around a glistening lake, I take off down a side street where a group of ten or so men […]
Switzerland: the peak of perfection (Elite Traveler Magazine)
It has more Michelin stars per head than any other country and hosts a fancy fine dining festival. So how exactly did Switzerland become the restaurant capital of the world? Mid-afternoon on a chilly Saturday and more than 60 bowls are lined up on a […]
Local flavour: Hoi An eating (Escapism Magazine)
Hoi An may be small – but this ancient Vietnamese trading port punches well above its weight on the culinary front. Victoria Stewart tries her hand at rustling up a few dishes. (Image: Victoria Stewart) Read this article, originally published in Escapism Magazine
A taste of Tokyo (Evening Standard)
With the volume of new Japanese restaurants opening in London and a major Japanese cultural expo on in the capital this weekend, foodie Victoria Stewart was inspired to head to the source (Image: Victoria Stewart) For a while, conversations among foodies in London were about […]
Alpine adventures in Chamonix (Evening Standard)
(Image originally published on Standard.co.uk) It is the classic childhood scene: child climbs up tree full of enthusiasm, gets stuck at the top and panics. “If you got up there you can get down again,” our parents would say, unhelpfully. And, somehow, you always made it […]