My favourite place that is only on my flipping high street is no firmly on the foodie/drinkie map seeing as the owner of the The Larder House, James Fowler, has become the World Class UK Bartender of the Year 2014.
No doubt hipster-types from London will have it on their bucket lists of things to do and places to visit. Hey, we were there first, but it's nice to share.
If you are bored these coming weekends and looking for something to do, then I'd recommend a visit to Durlston Country Park. I think it is a bit of a gem, especially now it has undergone a good deal of renovation.
It's great to hear of great successful things that happen through the collaborative power of the internet, supporters and innovators alike.
I have just put an order in for one of these watches from Eone. It started off as a project as a watch for the blind, but I think this will become a must-have timepiece and a design classic.
Check out the an overview on this Kickstarter Project.
Also see the Eone Web Site.
The Ocean City restaurant is now back in the hands of the original team. We are so glad, glad that dim sum is back on the menu whilst the previous team did a moonlight flit, and glad the old faces are back in town.
So soon after the last post, it is Happy Chinese New Year.
Year of the Horse. Reminds me, I still have some in the fridge that a friend brought back across from France, that wasn't in an Iceland mince pie.
Gordon and Angela Fong - living in Southbourne, working hard, enjoying life, travelling the world, eating great food and drinking some nice tipple along the way.
Give us a wave.
