Traditional & cost-effective budget lodgings and food

From our perspective, the local food on offer can make or break an extended travel agenda. If you have an adventurous palette, more often than not you’ll discover some amazing flavours and experience a diversity of unforgettable snacks and dishes. Here is a summary of our favourite eating establishments and best bites discovered to date.

Sepilok Borneo – Where to Stay & Eat

Sepilok was our final destination in Borneo, following a 21-day journey through Malaysia. After spending 4 days in Kuala Penyu, we organized a taxi to take ...
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Gdańsk Poland Eating Out

With just 4 days to spend in the historic old town, we did a little preparation to ensure that our Gdansk Poland eating out ...
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Venice Osteria and Trattoria

Considering that Italy is pretty much one big restaurant, there’s never any difficulty finding somewhere to eat. Whether it's an osteria, trattoria or pizzeria, ...
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Chateau Maleplane – Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat

After taking in the culture and gastronomy of Bordeaux and Limoges, one of the highlights of our visit to South West France was a ...
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Ubud Bali Eating Out 🍛 Favourite Warungs

Our Bali and Nusa Lembongan 2-island itinerary would last 18 days and include stop overs in both Hong Kong and London. So with just ...
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Limoges 🏰 UNESCO Medieval French City

Limoges in South-Western France is a little out of the way for the majority of tourists on a short visit to France. This in ...
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Bordeaux Break 🍷 Sublime French Gastronomy

The advent of low-cost flights to Bordeaux from various European locations is the perfect excuse to make a short trip to this gastronomic region ...
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Girona City Stopover – Where to Stay & Eat

Our Girona city stopover allowed us just one night in the city, before heading south to Barcelona-El Prat airport later the following day. We therefore ...
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10 Best-Value Pubs & Restaurants in Edinburgh

Edinburgh is a great place for pub food, but there are some pretty good restaurants too. Following several stays in the capital, here is our ...
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Kuala Lumpur First Impressions – the delicious aromas of food…

Following a short transit through a decidedly chilly Holland and Belgium (see If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium), we were ready to take ...
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Inexpensive Rome Restaurants

Rome is like one giant restaurant. Every street seems to host a series of eateries tempting visitors with their delicious Italian kitchen aromas. In ...
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Istanbul Eateries and Accommodation

We would only have 2 nights and days in Istanbul. To optimize our time in the city, and to find the best Istanbul eateries, ...
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Valencia Eating Out? Eating Late is the Norm

For our 4-day trip to Valencia, we selected in advance a number of interesting restaurants with good reviews. The only problem was these restaurants ...
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Madrid Budget Break 💃 Where to Eat & What to Do

Our 9-day tour around the Canary Isles started and finished in Spain. We spent a few days at the beginning of the trip in ...
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Bland Filipino Food 🥢

Before we started this trip, from our research we gathered that there was no distinctive Filipino cuisine. From our actual experiences in the Philippines, ...
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Griller in Manila Shabu Shabu Self-Service

We tactically avoided a trip into Manila on our arrival in the Philippines, but opted to spend just a couple of days there before ...
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Booze in Bohol 🍺 Philippines

After spending 3 days in Pangangan we headed down south by bus to Panglao, and the celebrated Alona Beach. Along the way, we stopped off at ...
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Lembongan Island Eating Out

Your eating out options in Lembongan are plentiful enough. Every guesthouse offers a menu, and there's a good variety of standalone restaurants and warungs. During ...
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Karimunjawa Eating Out

Since Karimun town is quite a small place, you can't expect to find a great number or variety of eating establishments. Some guesthouses offer their ...
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