Author: Aila Bicer
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Helene Darroze At The Connaught: A Tasting Menu To Remember
If you’re a self-proclaimed foodie, you may have considered delving into the world of Michelin starred restaurants at some point in your life. Although it can be incredibly overpriced at times, there are plenty of lunch menus that don’t have to break the bank, with dozens of 1 Michelin starred restaurants offering 3 course meals […]
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The Perfect Socially Distanced Holiday: Camping on the Isle of Wight
Although lockdown seems to be easing globally, most people are still quite apprehensive about travelling – I certainly have been! Aside from falling ill or infecting others, which is essentially the worst outcome, the potential of arriving at your destination and having little to do due to most locations being closed or even experiencing a […]
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3 Healthy Smoothie Recipes
We all love a good smoothie on a warm summers day: it’s refreshing, delicious and filling when made right. Since it also achieves the healthy feeling of ‘new body hu dis?’, you can’t really go wrong when you’re feeling peckish but want to have a snack that tastes like a treat. However, in order to […]
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Top 10 Things To Do In Istanbul (After Lockdown)
As devastating as it was to hear of the initial surge of Covid-19 related deaths in China a few months ago, I never did expect it to become a global pandemic that would significantly alter our lives for the forseeable future. It’s honestly indescribably awful to hear of deaths day in and day out, as […]
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Visual Snow Syndrome: My Journey and Cure
Disclaimer: First and foremost I would like to state that I am not a medical professional, but rather somebody who has been officially diagnosed with VSS, a neurological disorder affecting visual and auditory senses, by neurologist Dr. Mark Weatherall. My diagnosis was in April 2019, approximately 4 months after experiencing my first symptoms, and just […]
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The Only Chocolate Cake Recipe You Need
Whenever I google a recipe and find one with high ratings, I excitedly click on it, only to find that the author has essentially decided to write a novel before finally revealing the recipe right at the end. I scroll endlessly to get to the good stuff, and still, after seconds of arduous scrolling, I’m […]
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A Trip to Columbia Road Flower Market: My Favourite Buys
After looking at my living room and noticing a lack of greenery, because, you know, I killed all my other plants, I wanted to go ahead and do a big plant shop. It’s lovely to walk into a home that resembles a garden, and it’s honestly such a therapeutic process to repot them, water them […]
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The Best Sushi Spot in London: Oka, Kingly Court
I have been relatively addicted to sushi since my aunt introduced it to me at the youthful age of 10, and although the alarming mercury content of salmon put me off for a while, I still can’t resist a sushi meal at least once or twice a month. I spent a lot of my adolescence […]
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