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15th July 2013 • 0 Comments Cordoba’s foodhall – the Mercado Victoria

The pic below shows Cordoba’s deserted streets a few days ago at around 5pm and...

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Fiona Dunlop is a seasoned travel and food-writer who has been ‘abroad’ for much of her life. She doesn’t count countries but aims to dig deep beneath the surface of the places she visits. Food has increasingly become her focus, without forgetting art, architecture and design. Andalucia (Spain) is her second home, but French her second language!

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Ahhh - Mimi, bravo. Not only was my fish delicious & a neighbouring platter of fruits de mer quite spectacular, but this woman chef even knows how to beautify mere chips...Her cosy village restaurant was packed at lunchtime so the word is out - vive Mimi!
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#chezmimi #cotedopale #opalcoastrestaurant #seafoodrestaurant #frenchfries #chipsinstyle #france #euweloveyou

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Pebbly beach, chalky crumbling cliffs - a mirror of Dover’s white cliffs across La Manche, here beneath the highest point of “Cape White Nose”
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#cotedopale #opalcoast #capblancnez #limestone #whitecliffs #pasdecalais #france #thechannel #euweloveyou

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Burns night past & the haggis is still in the fridge - sorry Scotland, la belle France won with these flakey sweet red mullet brought back from Boulogne. Here roasted with garlic, lemon zest & olive oil then laid to slumber on a bed of lambs lettuce - also from Boulogne market. Toooo good!
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Heaps of salivatingly fresh seafood at the market and harbour in Boulogne, France’s largest fishing port... no shortage of crabs, lobsters, langoustines & scallops as well as the snakelike pink roussette or dogfish
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#seafood #market #roussette #scallops #fruitsdemer #coquillessaintjacques #crabpincers #freshshellfish #freshfish #boulognemarket #piscinebliss #boulognesurmer #euweloveu

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On the wild & often beautiful Cote d’Opale north of Boulogne we came across this deserted beach, estuary & Vauban fort, built in 1680. The village of Ambleteuse is nothing special but, this being France, there’s actually a local cheese called Fort d’Ambleteuse —- fromages-fanatics ahoy!
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Stunning windows in this fabulous Gothic cathedral - though not sure of their age... :
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Amazing 20-hectare park in Saint-Omer designed in late 19th c to slot into the town’s 17th c Vauban fortifications. Must come back in summer to see its full glory - rather wintry-misty-cool right now
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I never tire of quick budget feeds at Khuttar, an authentic Iraqi restaurant in a backstreet of Paddington (blue organza curtains, kitsch paintings, charming waitresses). Generous mains kick off automatically with hummus, lentil soup & flatbread.
Best of all it’s just round the corner from the brilliant, always stimulating @frontlineclub :
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Incredibly diverse exhibits from Picasso and Paper @royalacademyarts - starting aged 8 in Malaga with his first cut outs, a dove & a dog. Onto a self portrait aged 20 in Paris then a study for ‘Friendship’, Paris, aged 27 & lastly the complex Violin, aged 31 also in Paris. There are many more - this is a huge & inspiring exhibition mainly sourced from Paris’ Musee Picasso.
Jan 25 - April 13
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Phenomenal new exhibition of Picasso and Paper @royalacademyarts shows the incredible breadth of Picasso’s use of paper - ending with this 1956 film Le Mystere Picasso by Clouzot. How many people have looked at a Picasso drawing & said ‘a kid could have done that’ - errrr no!
Runs till april 13.
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Picasso? Not exactly. This is one of three stunning sculptures dating from 5th - 3rd c BCE, the bulls of Costitx, from Mallorca. Apparently sold long ago to the archaeological museum for 3500 pesetas - takes me back...
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Spain’s Archaeological Museum in central Madrid is a real treasure trove of artefacts. I’ve loved this museum since the 1980s, even more since its massive 6-year long restoration & makeover. Go there to find astonishing Iberian & exhibits above all. See my page @andaluzfoodandtravel for the magnificent Damas de Baza & Elche
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