The Sour Milk Cheesecake with Musika (Tamarind) Jelly “This is, dare I say, Zambia’s first official dessert,” Royal Chundu’s Executive Chef, Sungani Phiri tells me on the sixth course of our tasting menu. We’re dining at Royal Chundu’s Island Lodge, on Katombora Island, on the banks […]
Category: Gastronomy
How To Dine In The Wild
There are three important rules for dining in the wild. Rule one: There should be no distance between you and the wild at any time. Unless the wine is flowing a little too freely. Then keep your distance. Rule two: There is no reason to dine poorly. Not […]
The Art of The Road Trip
The art of the road trip is not merely about the car. But we’d be fibbing if we denied that it mattered at all. The car can, in truth, make or break the journey, depending on your strength of mind. The most progressed traveller is of […]
Midnight in Johannesburg
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” ― Ernest Hemingway In the rush of wild mushroom fricassée, espresso martinis and winter […]
We Are Not One Story. We Are Africa.
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James A. Michener Imagine the world as one film. In my imagining, Woody Allen is directing. Perhaps your version is more Spielberg or Coppola, […]