FOOD MILEAGE

Catch up on the latest openings, eats and reads around the world with travel editor Rhiannon Batten

Latest global foodie travel trends

60-SECOND REVIEW: THE ROYSTON, MID WALES WHAT’S THE GENERAL VIBE?

On the outskirts of Llanbrynmair village, in Montgomeryshire, this stately Victorian residence has been transformed into a designer guesthouse by former advertising executives, Clive Sweeting and Rob Perham. Expect creative furnishings (top hats are a bit of a theme) and sexy smoke-grey walls, alongside dreamy Twymyn Valley views.

WHAT’S GOOD TO EAT & DRINK?

Clive cooks breakfast and simple suppers using eggs from The Royston’s own hens, homegrown salad leaves, and meat from a butcher in nearby Newtown. Highlights include the breakfast granola, which comes with homemade rhubarb and ginger compote, and pretty Thai fishcakes with leaves and edible flowers. Help yourself to a pre-mixed negroni or a slug of The Royston’s damson gin from the honesty bar.

DON’T MISS

The nightcap flat white martini made with local Coaltown Coffee – enjoy it in front of the woodburner in winter, or outside by the fire pit during warmer months. Doubles from £129, b&b (theroystonwales.com).

Read

Fancy a slow-food traincation around Italy this summer? Or a tour of the Caucasus? Maybe you’re wondering how to track down the perfect romantic hideaway (or up-and-coming-but-under-the-radar foodie town) to whisk a foodie valentine away to next month. We’ve got it all covered, plus much more travel inspiration, in an online feature dedicated to 2020’s hottest foodie travel trends. Check it out at Omagazine.com.

Visit

The humble ’shroom will be stepping into the spotlight at the end of this month, when Mushrooms: The Art, Design and Future of Fungi opens at London’s Somerset House. Running from 31 January-26 April, the exhibition will see more than 40 artists and designers celebrate the power of mushrooms in everything from food to fashion. A series of pop-up events includes biodynamic mushroom-inspired feasts hosted by Skye Gyngell (of Somerset House’s Spring restaurant) on 27 and 28 February (somersethouse.org.uk).

Eat

Hot on the heels of its recent renovation, The Strathearn restaurant at Gleneagles Hotel is running a series of immersive pop-up dinners between January and April, in collaboration with four rising food stars: Roberta Hall of The Little Chartroom, Paul Graham of Sonder, Scott Smith of Fhior and Sam Carter of Restaurant Twenty-Two. Hosted in collaboration with the hotel’s executive chef, Simon Attridge, and held within the restaurant’s kitchen, these exclusive, six-course suppers (each one is open to 12 guests) are priced accordingly. From £500 for two, including dinner, bed and breakfast (gleneagles.com).