Tag: food
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Sheffield
I find myself about 300 miles from Ordinary Decent HQ for work. Welcome to Sheffield. Living out of a Premier Inn on “Ultimate WiFi” (maxing out at a whopping 3 Mbps), I’m in Sheffield for two weeks seeing post mortem CT scanning (PM-CT) in action. The journey was fraught and involved three trains on a…
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Striking Gold (and Strike Two)
Negotiations over Pay Restoration for Junior Doctors have stalled, and it looks like we’re heading rapidly towards a second strike. Meanwhile I’ve been out and about in Cornwall, and working on the doors. Cornwall Gold and Tolgus Mill This week’s Monday adventure with Evie was down and around Truro, starting at Cornwall Gold. Located just…
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Are you saying Burns night or Boo-urns?
We were a little late, but this year we celebrated Burn’s night, Haggis and all. Burn’s night is celebrated on the birthday of the famous Scottish poet, Robert Burns, the 25th of January. Traditional Scottish food is accompanied by poems, bagpipe music, and a series of addresses. While we waited for the haggis and accompaniments…
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Now That’s What I Call 2022
Here comes the obligatory year in review. What happened in 2022? Quite a lot really. Reporting from a hotel in Wolverhampton for my first in-person conference since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Writing on the Regular Last year, despite several major exams, I committed to releasing a blog post weekly part way into the…
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Christmas, the Aftermath
I did a lot of cooking over this festive period and now I’m going to talk about it. Enjoy! (There are some non vegan-friendly photos in here, so give it a miss if you don’t want to see turkey spatchcocking) This year I didn’t order anything excessively fancy (no caviar or black truffle), but I…
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Twas the Night Before (the Night Before the Night Before) Christmas
What better way to spend an evening during the festive season than hanging around a horrendously short staffed and half-shuttered pharmacy. Yes, a new Christmas tradition, but not a particularly pleasant one. Perhaps it could be improved with the addition of mince pies and a glass of mulled wine? Even with that, a mismanaged pharmacy…
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In Search of Seoul, Part 5 – Markets
This time we’re heading back to Old Seoul for a bit of culture. A place where haggling transcends language barriers. To Namdaemun Market! Namdaemun translates to “Great South Gate” (not Gareth Southgate, though you may be mistaken) and was the main southern gate to the old city of Seoul. Right next to the gate is…
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In Search of Seoul, Part 4 – Café Culture
Cafés are everywhere in Seoul, so this time we’re talking about café culture in the capital. A Twosome Place It’s an excellent and preposterous name in equal measures, and a reference to “A cup of coffee, Two of us, Some dessert, Place”. I didn’t say it was a particularly good reference, but it certainly is…
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In Search of Seoul, Part 3 – The Outside
Although we spent most of our time around Seoul and Seongnam, we did venture out and explore more of the countryside and mountains. Who knew there was anything to do outside of Seoul? The capital is where everyone wants to be, evidenced by the absurdly high population density and endless rows of imposing apartment blocks.…
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In Search of Seoul, Part 2 – Westernisation
The clock struck 4am, and I was out of bed. There was no way I was getting back to sleep; my body was still in another timezone. I got up, tidied the kitchen, baked a loaf of bread, and had breakfast. This was going to be a strange week. Yes, jet lag is a bitch.…
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