16th April 2020 Skopje, North Macedonia
My name is Mare Janevska and I am the Manager and Chef of the British Residence in Skopje. It was an honour to be chosen for this position that I have been working in for 13 years now. I am working on both positions in parallel but the role as Chef at the Residence is […]
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21st January 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka
There are 700 named varieties of British cheese. On Monday night, at the High Commissioner’s Residence, we tasted four of these: a blue Stilton and a mature cheddar, two of the most famous British cheeses, as well as a Red Leicester and a white Stilton with mango and ginger. Cheddar is probably the most consumed […]
25th January 2015 Skopje, North Macedonia
Burns’ night is a big deal in Scotland. I come from the west of Scotland, just up the coast from where Robert Burns lived and worked in Ayrshire. As a child, I remember in the middle of every dreich (cold, rainy and grey) month of January, my parents, aunts & uncles etc, would get dressed up to […]