Hearty stew capture’s essence of culinary identity
Few dishes capture the essence of a nation’s culinary identity as wholly as pork adobo does for the Philippines. Braised slowly in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and spices, this ...
Guest recipes with Serene Tharian
One-Pot Creamy Coconut Pumpkin Curry
This fragrant Indian one-pot pumpkin curry is super creamy and loaded with creamy spiciness for a comforting, and satisfying vegetable curry. It uses classic Indian ...
Experience the true flavours of India in Cyprus
Nicosia will spring to life this Sunday as another edition of the Indian Food Festival takes place. Transforming Eleftheria Square into a hub of flavours, spices and aromas, the festival ...
Dish more than the sum of its parts
Few vegetarian dishes have earned as much global recognition as palak paneer – a vibrant green curry of puréed spinach and soft, fresh cheese, delicately spiced and unmistakably Indian. Comforting ...
Restaurant review: Comfort food to warm the soul
I have walked past this restaurant hundreds of times strolling up and down Limassol’s Molos. Its distinctive sign, RED Restobar, always caught my eye but I never went in. ...
Restaurant review: Casual dining at its very best
As the summer draws to a close, it seems the perfect time to share a restaurant that I have been to more than any other over the last few months. ...
Restaurant review: A Lebanese work in progress
Maybe you’ve dined at places so perfectly run they feel like a well-oiled machine. Maybe you’ve also eaten at spots that seem to have launched after watching a 15...
Restaurant review: Hearty, traditional food in an unpretentious setting
When friends visit from abroad, there are always one or two restaurants they insist on going back to. For our guests this summer, that place was Militzis in Larnaca, a ...
Restaurant review: Burgers well done without distractions
This review has been long in the making. When we visited Hungry Angry in Limassol’s Germasogeia area one crisp Autumnal evening last year, the place was packed. While this ...
Restaurant review: A touch of culinary theatre
One of the latest places in Paphos offering a touch of culinary theatre is Geppetto restaurant, the adult-only dining space at M-Boutique hotel, which opened just over a year ago. ...
Restaurant review: Fast food in disguise
This time around, my faithful dining companion and I decided to try a well-established joint that thrives on a clever illusion: dining in as if it were the upper echelons ...
Restaurant review: Royal Ris, Larnaca
Arranging dinner in summer is always a little game of back and forth. Somewhere air conditioned? Somewhere by the sea? In the end, the decision was obvious. We wanted the ...
Restaurant review: Mēnsa – Pano Panayia, Paphos
August is always the month when the idea of relocating to live above the humidity line has great appeal. Living at sea level with the humidity means summers are long ...
Restaurant review: Wanax Mediterranean Tapas Bar, Limassol
I have no issues with fine dining. I am as partial to unholy amounts of butter being used as the next person, and I certainly appreciate a chef who has ...
Restaurant review: Brothers Bar and Grill, Nicosia
Sometimes, even if that “sometimes” is peak summer, you just get a craving for classic bar and grill – the deliberate duality of an establishment focused on serving alcohol (that’s ...
Restaurant review: Bread and Spread, Larnaca
Brunch plans always seem easier in theory. My partner, my dad and I decided we were overdue a proper one, something with eggs, bacon, coffee; the works. Bread and Spread, ...
Restaurant review: Psarou Fish Tavern, Paphos
It is rare for me to eat at the same restaurant twice in the space of seven days, but last week this is what happened at Psarou Fish Tavern. Since ...
Restaurant review: Karatello Tavern, Limassol
Perhaps it was the music that drew us in. Two local artists performing Cypriot and Greek folk songs for patrons enjoying a meal outside. Whatever the reason, our impromptu visit ...
Restaurant review: Worth moving to the coast for?
While vacationing in Protaras, my faithful dining companion and I both immediately knew we were going to try for a reservation at Il Boccon Divino, a place that caught our ...
Restaurant review: Special Kebab House, Larnaca
Some of the best meals begin without a plan; just a feeling that it’s time to eat. That’s how my partner and I found ourselves on Pavlou Valsamaki ...
Restaurant review: Divine Peak, Paphos
Divine Peak has been open in Paphos for several years and is one of those restaurants that consistently receives recommendations. However, it has taken me a long time to get ...
Restaurant review: 5 Eucalyptoi, Limassol
Many of the fine establishments reviewed in these pages are the result of single visits, often with the specific intention of trying something new. However, there are also cases where ...
Restaurant review: Stou Rousha, Nicosia
In my eagerness to explore the novel, the obscure, the ethnic I’d somehow overlooked the most obvious choice: the local taverna.
You know, places that are meant to be ...
Restaurant review: Lambros Fish & Chips, Larnaca
There are meals that fill your stomach and then there are meals that wrap around you like a nostalgic hug. Fish and chips, that deeply British institution, is one of ...
Restaurant review: Vardas Seacret, Paphos
Location, location, location is always mentioned when buying a home. However, it also applies to restaurants, and few eating places in Paphos can beat the position of Vardas Seacret. From ...
Restaurant review: Shakespeare, Limassol
This is my consumer conundrum. As with everyone else, I have certain expectations when I give any business my hard-earned money. However, I also do not want to see long-running ...
Restaurant review: Guido and the Goose, Nicosia
I’m thinking of writing a somewhat negative review for this place, I tell my faithful dining companion days after we’ve had dinner at Guido and the Goose. “Is ...
Restaurant review: Al Dente, Metropolis Mall, Larnaca
There’s something about shopping with a young teenager that works up an appetite you didn’t know you had. After a few hours of hopping between stores with my ...