Zotter’s Chocolate Factory, Austria – Review

How far would you travel for a certain food item? Down the road? To a city across the country? How about to another country? That’s what I did for chocolate. Not just any chocolate that you can get at your…

Touring Around Lille, France & Bruges, Belgium – Travel

I like to plan travels in January, as once Christmas is over, everyone is on diets, not drinking alcohol, have no money and it’s just been raining for months, it’s good to have something to look forward to. This year,…

About FoodNerd

I eat. I travel. I blog. I repeat.
Working as a Food Technologist, through my blog I take my love for all things food through to my travels to discover new cultures, recipe development in my kitchen and sharing restaurant reviews.

S’mores Chelsea Buns Recipe

We’re carrying on a very sweet theme of S’mores, today a recipe for S’mores Chelsea Buns. Soft enriched dough with a filling of caramelised digestive biscuit crumbs, gooey marshmallows and studded with dark chocolate chips. The mixture of the butter,…

S’mores Marshmallows Recipe

To carry on this mini-series of recipes featuring the key components of the wonder and joy that is S’mores, I bring you today a recipe for a digestive biscuit crumb coated vanilla marshmallow, studded with dark chocolate chips. Take you…

S’mores Monkey Bread Recipe

Some flavour combinations just work together. Chocolate and Orange. Chocolate and Raspberries. Well, anything with chocolate really. Including sandwiching it between two wheaty, oaty biscuits with a charred marshmallow, straight from a campfire. For someone, who hasn’t grown up with…

The Gift of Chocolate {Review- Choc-Swap What I Received}

In my earlier post this week, I shared with you the Chocolate Swap parcel I sent Patricia of My Year In Chocolate in California. It was my turn to receive the goodies. Check out below what I received in our…

The Gift of Chocolate {Review- Choc-Swap What I Sent}

I love technology, I am a nerd after all. I like how technology can make the world a smaller place. I have travel buddies scatter around the globe that I can send messages instantly to rather than waiting weeks for…

How To Make Your Own Chocolate Gin Recipe

I’m going to share with you a fact I learnt recently, that blew my mind. Gin is vodka with an infusion of botanicals with the main one having to be juniper berries. I don’t know how I thought they made…

The Chocolate Show, London – Review

There is a magical time of the year, that I make down in my brand new diary for the new year. No, it’s not Christmas or my birthday or even my beloved nephew’s birthday. Naw, Chocolate Week and The London…

Paul A Young’s City Truffles Collection – Review

Valentines Day might have been last month but a girl can always dream to be whisked away to a far off land for a romantic getaway. The closest I can get to that at the moment is tucking into Paul…

Bean to Bar Chocolate Course, Hotel Chocolat, London – Review

At the end of October, I left my first job from university. A company I had been with for the past four years and where I had learnt many work-related lessons and lifelong friends. It was a tough choice to…

Nutella Fudge Cupcakes with Nutella Icing Recipe

Today is my Mum’s special birthday. Bless my mum she has been given many nicknames over the years by me and my brother. One of my favourites is Elizabethan England, Mothercare and of course which she answers in supermarkets –…

Forever Young {Review – Paul A. Young Chocolates}

It’s been a while since the last cousin meet up for a foodie fest. So we are kicking off the new year in true cousin fashion by heading off the train and straight to our favourite chocolate shops ever. I’ve…

Bird In Hand, Bristol – Review

As mentioned in a previous post where I made my brother a dino birthday cake, birthdays around Christmas time just suck. My poor brother and Dad have had to celebrate their birthdays while everyone is either building up to Christmas…


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