Travelling food for thought!
Milk and Cookies, Manhattan, New York
This month’s travel linkup is all about your best food experiences while travelling. I couldn’t rest on just one, so have picked my top three from three different continents. So, sit down, get a cuppa and I hope you’ve already eaten, otherwise this will make you hungry as ever!
Top food experience in the UK: Afternoon ‘High’ Tea
Nothing quite beats dressing up and going to a fancy hotel or restaurant with a few of your best buddies and gorging yourself on delightful savoury and sweet treats.
Claridges Hotel afternoon tea sweets back in 2010
I’ve had many fantastic high teas, some of my favourites were Claridges – with their endless finger sandwiches and teas.
Another was a bloggers afternoon tea at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, where we had the chef getting involved with all the bloggers on social media. With an awesome atmosphere this one was definitely a highlight.
Bloggers Afternoon Tea at the Royal Horseguards Hotel
Finally one for my farewell to London with one of my best Kiwi buds was the Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea, with lots of interesting flavours and fun styling.
The Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea at the Sanderson Hotel
Top food experience in the USA: 7 Course Chef Tasting in New York
Despite being unwell I dragged myself to Greenwich in New York to a booking at a lovely Italian restaurant I’d made just after a food tour (also highly recommend doing a food tour).
View of the kitchen in Rafele restaurant
Rafele was a spot the food tour had visited and offered a 7 course chefs tasting which I just couldn’t turn down, despite travelling alone and hating eating alone.
Main dish of small chicken. Tasty!
I sat down with a great view of the kitchen and was asked by the chef if there was anything in particular I felt like eating or didn’t like to eat. Then the custom 7 courses began. I struggled to finish all the courses, but this was definitely the best meal I’d ever eaten. Such an incredible variety with Italian/New York twists at such a high quality.
Starter of Cheese Rice Balls and Fried Artichokes, another amazing yummy combination – New York
Top food experience in Argentina: Christmas Eve dinner at a Penthouse Hostel overlooking the lakes of Bariloche
Cerro Campanario, Bariloche
Argentina has many great food moments, usually involving steak, steak and a bit more steak. However, this top food experience was surrounded by lots of other solo travellers, all away from their families and friends for christmas, just enjoying each others company.
Christmas Eve Dinner – shared meal
The penthouse hostel organised for each person to cook a dish in one of the categories of entree, main and desert for Christmas Eve. It wasn’t the fanciest, or the most delicious, but it was great fun and definitely helped curve the loneliness that many of us would have felt without such a cool evening.
Christmas tree in Bariloche
Those are my top 3 foodie experiences from my travels, what are yours?
oh yes, the afternoon tea is one of my favorites too!:)
Oh how I miss the English Afternoon teas!
The Mad Hatter’s afternoon tea looks lovely! 🙂
I love afternoon tea – I really need to give Claridges a try! The 7 course tasting menu looks and sounds delish and Argentina looks wow!
Yes yes and yes!
Aw yay I love the Royal Horseguards Afternoon Tea! I’ve got an afternoon tea voucher I actually need to use, thanks for the reminder!
I was at that Bloggers Afternoon tea as well! I love Afternoon teas, I do miss them
They were great weren’t they?!
I *love* high tea in the British Isles but I’m quickly learning that I go into a sugar coma shortly after finishing. Must practice moderation. 🙂
Yes I can totally relate to this!
I adore how many of the posts involve their dining companions as well as delicious places to have a meal! Miss you lady! X
Miss you more!!!!
These all look amazing. You should def out afternoon tea at the ritz on your list! #travelLinkup
Went there for Christmas one year, but really didn’t quite rate in terms of food. Decorations were lovely though!
Love the sound of Rafele!
I love afternoon tea! It’s such a lovely way to spend an afternoon with friends!
As a UK expat, afternoon tea is one of the biggest things I miss about my home country!
Polly xx
High tea in Singapore was kindof popular many years back but seem to have quietened down a bit. With new themed restaurants coming in though it is sort of picking up. But it cannot compare with the high tea in the UK!
Yer the Brits really know how to do a decent high tea and cream tea!
Beautiful photographs.
Thanks!