ariel cape town

Cape Town

Cape Town is a city we keep thinking about for its food. The combination of ambitious restaurants, relaxed neighbourhood cafés, specialty coffee and brilliant markets makes eating here feel endlessly varied. These are the places that left the strongest impression on us and that we’d recommend without hesitation. Best Restaurants in Cape Town La Colombe…

Middle Eastern food in Valencia

Valencia

Three visits to Valencia have given us plenty of time to eat our way beyond the obvious paella addresses. Ruzafa became one of our favourite neighbourhoods for coffee and casual restaurants, while the historic centre and the area towards the sea added plenty of completely different finds. This is the Valencia food guide we’ve built…

Fat Veggies Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is a city where the food scene changes noticeably from one neighbourhood to the next. Sant Antoni drew us in with restaurants and natural wine, Poblenou delivered some of our favourite coffee stops, while Gràcia and the areas further north were especially good for bakeries and sweet things. After several visits, this is the…

healthy lunch Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan

Gili Trawangan is small enough to explore almost entirely on foot or by bike, which makes finding your favourite food spots part of the fun. Between healthy beach cafés, good coffee, sunset drinks and a surprisingly memorable Jamaican restaurant, we found plenty of places worth returning to. These are our favourite places to eat and…

Ubud

Eating in Ubud often comes with something extra. A restaurant might have its own permaculture garden, double as a community space or turn dinner into an evening of music and events. Plant-based cooking is particularly strong here, but what stayed with us most was the creativity behind it. These are the restaurants, cafés and food…

lunch Ibiza la Paloma

Ibiza

Ibiza is an island where the setting often becomes part of the meal. Some of our favourite lunches were overlooking the sea, while other dinners took us into gardens, small villages and all the way to the north of the island. Mediterranean flavours naturally dominate, but the restaurants we remember most each had a very…

Uluwatu

Uluwatu combines some of Bali’s most beautiful beaches with a food scene that has grown far beyond the typical post-surf café. Around Pecatu, Bingin and Padang Padang, we found everything from plant-based kitchens and specialty coffee to handmade dumplings, tropical garden dinners and sunset drinks high above the ocean. These are the places that stood…

best restaurants Nusa Lembongan

Nusa Lembongan

Nusa Lembongan is mostly known for turquoise water, dramatic cliffs and its much slower pace compared to mainland Bali, but there are some lovely places to eat in between exploring the island. The food scene is small, yet we found everything from tropical garden restaurants and plant-based lunches to specialty coffee and beautiful ocean views.…

Restaurant Valladolid

Valladolid

Valladolid may be small, but its food scene has more character than we expected. Traditional Maya cooking, Yucatecan craft beer, tropical gelato and some surprisingly good vegetarian restaurants all sit within walking distance of the colourful historic centre. We only had a handful of places we really wanted to recommend, but each of them brought…

margo's plant-based pastry

Amsterdam

Amsterdam has one of the most diverse food scenes in the Netherlands, and there is always somewhere new worth discovering. Between creative neighbourhood restaurants, natural wine, excellent specialty coffee and a bakery scene that seems to get better every year, the city has plenty to keep food lovers busy. These are the restaurants, cafés and…