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I am a Londoner who likes luxury, adventure and wellness travel, culture, interesting cuisines, discovering new restaurants, food producers and great stories. You will find me on this blog and on all the social media platforms: Twitter,  Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google Plus, YouTube, Snapchat, Periscope and RebelMouse.

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Life is a bowl of cherries!

I’m one of the Top 10 Gastronomy Blogs on Foodies 100.

I am fearless in food choices and will eat almost anything that moves, with or or without dare. Don’t much like insects though.

Being in London, you are never short of new restaurants or cuisines to try out. Love to try new restaurants but don’t like to chase them for that social media scoop. Am very intrigued by different cuisines too and will share some of my findings along the way. Would like to explore the locavore’s way of living but in London, that has been a bit of an uphill battle but all the new foodie friends on twitter have shared some great resources.

Provenance of food is one of my favourite topics. I am a self-proclaimed grass-fed beef geek and can talk until the cows come home on that itself. Where possible, I only drink unhomogenised whole milk, eat grass fed butter, eat Real Bread made with stone ground flour, cook with British cold pressed rapeseed oil.

I tend to cook healthy, ( but by my definition) which is using good quality ingredients, good fats, high in Omega 3, low in Omega 6 and anti-inflammatory and using the best seasonal ingredients.

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Cooking and Recipe Development

I do like to cook and have been known to do recipe development for brands and have done some cooking videos too. I cook everything from Malaysian food to Italian. I am quite experimental and have done recipe development for food brands. Here are some of them :

Malaysian Chicken Satay Recipe 

Easy Malaysian Chicken Satay Recipe

Chicken Satay for a casual supper

Cantonese Style Fillet Steak

Cantonese Style Sweet and Sour Steak Recipe

Along the way, I have participated in various cooking challenges and competitions. I won the Masterchef creation challenge at the BBC Good Food Show, won the Best Cheese Toastie recipe using Barbers’ Cheddar and won the Heinz cook off with my Malaysian Chilli Crab recipe.

I am an avid collector of fancy kitchen gadgets so will sometimes share some product reviews on here too. My favourite piece of kit is my Japanese Chef”s knife and, a really good cast iron pan and a much used Le Creuset pot.

Explore

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Luxury, Adventure and Wellness Travel – I have been travelling for years, both on business and on holiday, most of that luxury travel.  Not all of those places have been documented on this blog so far. I have held Platinum status at Starwood Hotels and also Diamond Status on Hilton Honors and the Gold British Airways card which led me to know the Terminal 5 lounge quite well. I like to do hotel reviews with videos too.

Galgorm Resort and Spa Beltane Fire and Hot Tub

I have lived and worked in Luxembourg, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Munich and Athens, so I know those cities quite well. Along the way, I have also picked up a smattering of languages, enough to order food, ask directions and know when people are talking about me.

I like Adventure Travel where there is something fun and exciting to do. I am a super keen skier, an advanced Scuba Diver, have been sky diving (static line not tandem), white water rafting, endurance Jet Skiing and am up for most active adventures. I do enjoy a good trek and e-biking up and down mountains too. My holidays have seldom been sedentary, they usually involve some form of sport, like tennis, golf or skiing.

Of course, everywhere I go, I look for the best example of local cuisine and local food culture. Michelin stars are not always important but a genuinely authentic experience is.

So far, every place I visit, there has been a human interest story that needs to be told.

Other writing

I have written about food and travel for Chef Magazine, Virgin Atlantic and various other online platforms too.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/07/what-is-hawaiian-poke-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-street-food-dish-6756569/

https://blog.virginatlantic.com/t5/Our-Places/the-old-and-new-san-francisco-chinatowns/ba-p/29069

I also write (infrequently on my other blog) MalaysianByMay.com where I post Malaysian Lifestyle, Food and Travel Stories.

When I am not obsessing about the next meal, I am Digital Strategist and an SEO Expert and I spend way too much time stuck on the laptop. And occasionally a Digital Nomad.

Photography and video

I usually take a lot of on the go photos and videos using my iPhone or my HD video camera. My YouTube channel is about to filled up with lots of video content.

Travel Videos 

Cooking Videos

I have done campaigns for food brands that include video recipes and a series of recipe images for distribution on their channels.

Product Reviews

I will review Travel and Food products on my blog, giving my own opinion. In some cases, I will include them in my Sunday Selection roundup where the products will get an image and a mention. Please contact me if you have products you would like me to review.

Press and Media

I occasionally write or host guests posts, do giveaways and work with brands on blog promotions. You can get more information on working with me here. Sponsored posts are always disclosed and only no-follow links will be used.

What happened to Slow Food Kitchen?

This blog was previously known as Slow Food Kitchen when it started in 2009, but it has been several years and the blog has moved on so I rebranded it Eat Cook Explore which adequately describes the content which mainly comprises of Eating Out, Cooking In, Exploring or Travel too.

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I occasionally write about products that interest me and in some cases, I will get paid an affiliate commission if someone buys through my blog.

 




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Originally, this was Lady Elizabeth Lee’s bedroom, the sister of the second Earl of Harcourt when this was still a family home. Her portrait hangs in the library. 
Scroll along to see a video of the room. .
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This historic #countryhouse hotel dates back to Jacobean times with many original features still intact.  Georgian facades have been added and new garden buildings by famous architects like James Gibbs, Hebert Jeene & James Wyatt. It has been a hotel for 30 years and is now part of the @nationaltrust. 
They have beautiful bedrooms filled with antiques, 90 acres of landscape grounds to explore and a spa with a heated pool to relax in. 
Louis XVIII and his court lived here while in exile until he returned to France. He even built an indoor zoo on the roof terrace for his collection of rabbits and chickens. 
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The Meze is a meal with multiple courses, up to 20 dishes, usually using fresh seasonal local produce. 
You don’t have to pick just one dish from the ala carte menu, you get to sample a variety of Cypriot specialities. 
The Meze can include a couple of salads, a few dips served with bread, fried courgettes with eggs, local homemade Lunza ham and sausage. And that’s just the starters. 
The meat dishes follow with grilled pork skewers, grilled chicken or slow roasted lamb. 
The locals in the know always ask for the meat first. Then you can pace yourself. 
The meal usually includes local Cypriot wines. All this for between €15-€25. Cyprus is truly gourmet lovers paradise. 
Every meal we had on our trip was served in this fashion. Adjusting back to normal meals in London is a struggle. Unfortunately nowhere in London serves a Cypriot Meze like this but I’ll keep looking. 
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It’s not easy to slice it evenly thin.  I’ve tried and managed to only hack big inelegant chunks off. 
You’ll learn how to identify which quality of ham you’re buying with their Iberico App. Is it white, green, red or black label? Just scan it. 
Plenty of #Iberianham to taste too. DELICIOUS! #hampassiontour
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Stratford itself is a living museum, many original timber framed buildings around town. So much to see and do. Will be sharing more on here. .
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The beginnings of a fabulous feast @melabesrestaurant -Velvet hummus, Tel-Aviv roasted cauliflower, fab falafel, tahini dip with garlic Kafka bread and Jerusalem bagel. Chef @avivbaum brought his flavours from home and delivers them in this stylish Kensington resto. Slide over for more-smoked aubergine, grilled rib-eye, kebabs and prawns. #ecxfood #f52grams… [more]

@StMartinsLDN stylish new coffee shop #EllaMia

@StMartinsLDN stylish new coffee shop #EllaMia

@StMartinsLDN stylish new coffee shop #EllaMia. #Newopening on St Martins Lane in #coventgarden. They serve #organic @lavazzauk coffee, fancy lattes and stunning #patisserie. Lots of #vegan cakes too. This is their first venture into the world of #coffee culture. The London outlet is the first of 20. With their uber… [more]

Invite| #countryhousestyle @hartwellhouse

Invite| #countryhousestyle  @hartwellhouse

Invite| #countryhousestyle @hartwellhouse . This is one of the lovely bedrooms, antique furniture, high thread count linens, comfy mattress, with a walk in wardrobe and views over the front driveway and along the tree-lined North Avenue. Originally, this was Lady Elizabeth Lee’s bedroom, the sister of the second Earl of… [more]

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