Riding The Fun Soho Beer Bike: Your Questions Answered

I haven’t been stared at by this many people in London since I wandered around wearing a Vivienne Westwood skirt shaped like a lampshade – but, pedalling around on the party bike that is the Soho Beer Bike Tour in London gets everyone’s attention – I’m in photos, I’m in videos, I’m waving at taxi …

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Plate of Yaki Udon from the restaurant who invented it in Kokura, Japan

The Tiny Kokura Restaurant That Changed Noodle Eating Forever.

Today in Japan, and, in Japanese restaurants all over the world, the idea of frying udon noodles to make yaki udon is normal – but, if local legend is to be believed, we can thank a tiny 8-seater restaurant in Kokura, Western Japan for the invention of the dish. I popped along to try a plateful of history…

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Bowl of kava in a yellow bowl served at a kava bar in Florida

Kava Bars in Florida – a Different Way to Chill Out on Holiday.

Normally if I’m in Florida and want to make the world a happy place I go on the It’s a Small World ride in the Magic Kingdom – but when I was in Fort Lauderdale a while back, I decided to try something a bit different – I took myself off to one of Florida’s many bars selling kava, a chill out drink traditionally found in the South Pacific.

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