Smoking Goat, Shoreditch High Street, London

I spent a lot of time in East London whilst I was back in the UK; with covid restrictions and most people still working from home, it was a great chance to enjoy one of my old stomping grounds without the usual crowds. Smoking Goat initially opened as a Thai BBQ and dive-bar in Soho…

Everything you need to know about flying into the UK from Yangon in 2021 – GUEST POST

Huge thanks to Argus Tuft for this helpful guide on flying back to the UK from Myanmar, I’m trying to summon up the energy to write about my experience but hopefully this will help in the meantime. “When travelling out of Yangon airport I recommend that all documents be printed out in hard copy –…

Shwe Sa Bwe Hospitality Training School & Restaurant, Yangon.

Shwe Sa Bwe  is a restaurant & hospitality training school, training some 20-25 hospitality students every year. Their programs are offered free of charge to disadvantaged students coming from the poorer provinces, as well as local monastery schools and orphanages. Students are divided into groups for culinary or front of house service training, and undergo…

Perfume Making With KUKA-aromateque, Yangon.

KUKA-aromateque is Myanmar’s first perfume studio, where guests can make their own personalised eau de perfum under the tutelage of (the very lovely) perfume designer Ana Cecilia Cervigni. KUKA-aromateque offers two courses, a 2 hour session where you have access to 50 different ingredients from which to make your own bespoke eau de parfum, or…