The First Anniversary Today marks Gourmantic’s first anniversary, the day I hit the publish button and went live with an idea that took me just a few weeks to realise. I still recall flicking through some notes I had made during various travels and feeling the urge to share my stories. And I still remember [...]

I don’t usually write personal blogs on Gourmantic but today I am making an exception. Last month, I entered the May Grantourismo Travel Blogging Competition. With the theme of travel and food, I felt it conveyed the heart and palate of Gourmantic. So after giving it some thought, I got serious with my keyboard. And [...]

As a website grows and expands, it is important to review and reassess our needs as well as take into consideration the pattern of visitors to our site. As a result, we have implemented a number of changes to Gourmantic.com. Easier Navigation A sub-navigation bar now groups countries by geography for easier navigation. It also [...]

Since its inception six months ago on 26 July 2009, 95 articles have been published on Gourmantic.com showcasing a variety of travel, food, drink, restaurant reviews, photographs, music and opinion pieces. Today, as the decade comes to a close and the dawn of ‘twenty-ten’ is mere hours away, it is time to look back at [...]

13077. That’s the final count of photographs taken on a five week long frenetic trip, spanning Dubai, London, several towns in Sicily and the Veneto region of Italy and culminating in eight days in Paris. They sit in the photo editing software waiting to be tagged, categorised and filed into their respective folders. Alongside them [...]

Before I set out of a five week long trip, I gave myself a task of providing updates of the holiday through Twitter. Not being a compulsive user, I had reservations whether I could accomplish it so I added another element to the challenge. I told family and friends that the only way to stay [...]

The suitcases are zipped. The camera gear is packed. Tickets and passports are in hand. For the next few weeks, we will be crossing time zones, flashing passports through several borders and eating our way round a few cities. Gourmantic will continue to be updated during our absence and there will be one special post [...]