Globally Local Food; Valencia’s Burmese Briton.

Stephen Anderson’s family history is almost as interesting as the food served in his restaurant near the Plaza de la Virgen, but not quite. Picture this: Sir William Carr, a High Court Judge for the British Empire in Burma, strolls nonchalently through the colourful, spice-sodden market of Rangoon on a steamy, sultry monsoon morning, with his mind on his very special vice. He hasn’t smoked a good cheroot in days and his body is aching for nicotine, named after Jean Nicot, French Ambassador to Lisbon, and the first European to cultivate tobacco. Sir William spots a fine looking lassie rolling … Continue reading Globally Local Food; Valencia’s Burmese Briton.