Every time I visit this vibrant cafe, I am always delighted – the food is great, the service wonderful and best of all the owner, Calvin is always ready to welcome you and your pooch! Charles Street Kitchen is a Korean-inspired Australian fusion cafe with an all-day menu for those days when you want lunchContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: CHARLES STREET KITCHEN (CSK), Sydney, Australia”
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2022 Top 5 Winner: THE CAMPAIGN ROOM BISTRO, Musselburgh, Scotland
The fabulous The Campaign Room Bistro at Carberry Tower, is locally-known as a positive spoil and with good reason… Using the very best, fresh, local and seasonal Scottish produce, a selection of mouthwatering lunches and dinners are presented beautifully. The ambience is relaxed and warm with attentive, friendly staff. The drive out to the venueContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: THE CAMPAIGN ROOM BISTRO, Musselburgh, Scotland”
2022 Top 5 Winner: LEO HILLINGER WINESHOP & BAR, Vienna, Austria
After a week in three cities in Croatia in September three of the panelists parted ways: one went on to do some wine stomping in Spain a week later while another jetted off to Slovenia, then two reunited in time for a quick stop to Germany into October, but the same three panelists then reunitedContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: LEO HILLINGER WINESHOP & BAR, Vienna, Austria”
2022 Top 5 Winner: MEDITERRANEO, Hvar, Croatia
Croatia is a bucket-list destination for many, especially after Game of Thrones made some of the city sights a must-see destination to fans and we noticed mostly American visitors in the narrow city streets of Dubrovnik, Split and Hvar. The days of being known as an affordable destination are however over, and with Croatia setContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: MEDITERRANEO, Hvar, Croatia”
2022 Top 5 Winner: CONSONANCE, Bordeaux, France
When you stumble onto a classy wine bar establishment with super-friendly service and you aren’t hungry but can’t stop ordering their tasty menu treats, you know you’ve stumbled upon the next Thacks Awards winner! Whilst the word Consonance means ‘agreement or compatibility between opinions and actions’ our opinion has been that we need to takeContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: CONSONANCE, Bordeaux, France”
Ets Vallauri Wine Bar and Shop (Cannes) Review
When you’re in Cannes for a day and want some good wine, this is your place! We saw an online review simply reading “A bit snobby”. When someone who visited in January 2021 (when Covid was still lurking around) posts a rubbish 3-word review like that, you wonder what they thought to be so rude.Continue reading “Ets Vallauri Wine Bar and Shop (Cannes) Review”
Post Pandemic Cruising: On the Disney Magic in Europe
Is a Disney Cruise holiday worth it beyond 2022? What you need to know and be prepared for. From being imprisoned in a windy port for 2 days solid then being offered an open bar which caused a fight; to the magical detail of Disney, a Thacks Awards panelist had 3 very different cruise shipContinue reading “Post Pandemic Cruising: On the Disney Magic in Europe”
Vinorte Wine Bar (Valencia) Review
For something to be featured on Thacks Awards, it needs to be good. And ‘Vinorte’ in Valencia won’t disappoint!Last night two of the panelists and their friends stumbled upon this gem. And we’ll be back… very soon. We had a 21:30 dinner show reservation nearby and it turned out that the highlight of our eveningContinue reading “Vinorte Wine Bar (Valencia) Review”
Three days in beautiful Bordeaux
Wine tourism is a favourite hobby. What’s not to like about sweeping landscapes often with sunny blue skies and a massive variety of grape types pressed into tasty wines across the globe? From the volcanic vineyards of Santorini and Sicily, to Tuscany and the Cape Winelands; and the dramatic Douro valley and Galicia on theContinue reading “Three days in beautiful Bordeaux”
2022 Top 5 Winner: NAMIDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Recently I visited Argentina for less than 3 weeks and although the foodie scene in Palermo (Buenos Aires) is very impressive, Namida is one of the few restaurants I frequented more than once in my too-short visit. They got my 1st Thacks Award for 2022. The venue and decor was delightfully crisp and although NamidaContinue reading “2022 Top 5 Winner: NAMIDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina”
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