Bex's Food and Drink Awards: 2019 Edition

In this, the first and most delicious of my ninth annual end-of-year round-up posts, I highlight some of my favourite coffee shops, restaurants and dishes of the year, both in London and on my travels. This year, I visited nine countries (Estonia, the US, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain and France). From £4 chicken rice in Singapore to tempting tasting menus in Tallinn, as well as sublime specialty coffee, it's been quite a year. As usual, I've only included places I visited for the first time in 2019.

How To Spend a Long Weekend in Seville

My mum and I take a short European city break together every year — Budapest last year and Prague the year before. This year, we flew south to Seville, Spain's fourth-largest city and the capital of Andalucía. Although I've been to Spain many times, my visits had centred around Barcelona and Bilbao, so it was great to finally visit the south. 

A Specialty Coffee Tour of Seville

At the end of November, I spent a long weekend in sunny Seville with my mum, my first time in the capital of Andalucía. We had three full days in the city, which gave me enough time to visit a few of the specialty coffee shops on my list — without inflicting too much coffee on my mum, who doesn't like coffee (or even the smell of it).