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Pachamama London. Peru comes to trendy Marylebone.
If a preponderance of Peruvian restaurants is a peculiarity of the London dining scene, an even greater peculiarity is that some of the best have non-Peruvian chefs at the helm. At the top end, Coya in Mayfair makes this spicy, colourful cuisine sizzle in the hands of Indian culinary genius Sanjay Dwivedi, while Pachamama London brings a highly affordable, slightly Anglicised version of the genre to an attractively decked-out basement in Marylebone.
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High West Distillery and Saloon
David Perkins has a lot to answer for as far as I am concerned. Describing his vision of building a whiskey distillery to a self confessed whiskey addict must surely be against some law or other. Nevertheless, after bullying me to taste some of his own whiskey creations at the High West Distillery and Saloon in downtown Park City Utah, this former biochemist turned restaurateur has achieved something quite remarkable; he can actually give Scotland a run for its money.
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Taiwan Lantern Festival
The 50 metre high golden ram was clearly relishing its VIP status as the centre piece of this year’s official opening extravaganza of the Taiwan Lantern Festival; its entire visage was lit up with lasers and strobes, as a phalanx of fireworks crackled overhead and I swear there was a cheeky smile cracking on its face.
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Mottram Hall Hotel. A Brilliant Cheshire Stately Wonder.
You may not get to bend the ear of Beckham, but Mottram Hall offers Britain’s best chance of rubbing shoulders with A-list footballers. The stars of Manchester United and Manchester City play golf while their WAG’s enjoy the spa in this hotel and golf club in Cheshire’s “golden triangle”.
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Constance Lemuria Golf Course
Lemuria I’m told stands for Lost Land, better it should be renamed Lost Balls in my view such is the shock and awe you experience playing the Constance Lemuria golf course on Praslin Island in The Seychelles. This is the only 18 hole course on the islands and if looks are anything to go by, there can be nothing better in my opinion. She is quite simply a stunner.
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Best things to do in The Seychelles
Giant Tortoises. Coco de Mer. The legendary Anse Source D’argent beach. Creole cuisine. Four world class attractions to discover in The Seychelles, but there are many more of course. With year round temperatures rarely falling below perfect, rainfall lasting between a coffee break and never depending on the time of year, and never a cyclone in sight, this necklace of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean is a rare place of tropical wonderment that demands to be visited. But faced with such perfection,if you are deciding what you should plan to do and see, here is the TripReporter guide to the best things to do in The Seychelles.
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