by nicolafenton | May 27, 2019 | Food, India, Travel
Learn Your Veg From Your Non- Veg! Until I got to India I had never heard of the term ‘Non Veg’. In the simplest terms it means food that is not considered vegetarian. In New Zealand ( and most other countries in the West) food is only labelled (and then...
by nicolafenton | May 13, 2019 | India, Travel
1. Cat Cafe; Versova Cat Cafe Versova Photo: Nicola Fenton In the heart of trendy seaside Versova where Bollywood artists and the advertising, creative crowd hang out, is home to India’s first cat cafe. Blind cats, three legged cats, kittens and big cats, they...
by nicolafenton | Dec 31, 2018 | India, Travel
I have been to India often, in fact I lived there for three years and through my business I still travel back regularly so I am not totally unfamiliar with the country and its ways. Many countries are vast and varied, but I have not been to one that has as many...
by nicolafenton | Nov 9, 2014 | Health, Observations
As my life has gone on, it seems I have more and more ‘day ones’! Starting a new job, a new house, a new country, a new diet, a new exercise regime. I have moved countries five times, this doesn’t include the various cities within those countries. If...
by nicolafenton | May 1, 2014 | Health
I miss running, I miss the adrenaline, the freedom of the outdoors, the power I feel in my body, but if I am honest, most of all I miss how light and lean I look and feel when I am fully committed to running regularly. Running is not that easy to get back into each...
by nicolafenton | Mar 9, 2014 | Observations
I just had to post this photo of Mr Whippy. I heard the familiar jingle as I was walking through the park on a warm spring evening. Instantly I was taken back to my childhood when we used to love the sound of Mr Whippy on a hot summers day and after convincing mum to...
by nicolafenton | Mar 5, 2014 | Observations
Today the UK media reported that England’s Chief Medical Officer suggested that taxing sugar, similar to the tax on alcohol and cigarettes would assist in reducing the endemic obesity problem in the UK. I have been in the UK for about 18 months and yes I do...
by nicolafenton | Feb 22, 2014 | Observations
I first got introduced to lentils when in my pre teens my mother and my older sister decided to go on what was colloquially called a ‘health kick’. My mother who suffered from terrible migraines, was prepared to do anything to get relief from the merry go...
by nicolafenton | Jan 22, 2014 | Observations
I like supermarkets, sometime times I pretend I don’t, but really I do. This is my second go at living in England, the first time was about 14 yrs ago when there didn’t seem to be too many supermarkets around. My shopping was mainly done from the wonderful...
by nicolafenton | Jan 8, 2014 | Eateries, Observations
Chutny n Dosa, a little South Indian eatery that I have recently found in the unusual sounding place of Tooting broadway, South London. I love South Indian food, in fact it is one of the reasons I really miss living in India. I was introduced to South Indian food a...
