ADVENTURES OF A FOODIE RESIDING IN LAGOS
September 8, 2022
“We are trying so hard not to review prices to see if we can weather the storm, but it’s tough” – Gourmet Twist Founder, Annie Uzoka Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and how you got into the world of food? I am Annie Uzoka, you can call me Chef Annie. I am a professional chef and the founder of Gourmet Twist — an online bakery and food store in Lekki, Lagos. I am married with 2 lovely kids. I wanted to do something completely different after my bachelor’s degree at the University of Lagos, so my husband […]
August 10, 2022
Radish Restaurant (Lekki 1, Lagos) Plot 8, Fatai Arobieke Street, Lekki 1 | Phone | Instagram We re-visited Radish Restaurant a year after our initial review here This time we were at Radish Restaurant in Lekki for a hearty breakfast. Radish Restaurant is located in the Maple hotel in Lekki phase 1. It’s a cute small restaurant with a simple, minimally decorated, beautiful interior. It’s also a nice quiet spot to work from apart from the great breakfast. There’s also an outdoor seating area and parking space available in the restaurant compound. Breakfast Now to the food! I […]
August 8, 2022
The Art Hotel – Mist Restaurant (Oniru, Lagos) Yesufu Abiodun Way, Oniru, Lagos | Phone | Instagram NEW NEW in Oniru🗣 The Art Hotel Lagos – Mist Restaurant is a newly opened restaurant located at the Art Hotel on Chief Yesufu Abiodun Way in Oniru. This Restaurant is so so beautiful, the hotel is a boutique art hotel so there are a lot of beautiful art work hung beautiful around the hotel space. The restaurant itself also has a really beautiful interior as you can see from the pictures. This spot would be loved for its Instagram features 🌚 the lighting […]
August 8, 2022
The Wine Lab Restaurant (Victoria Island, Lagos) 11A Goriola Street, Victoria Island | Phone | Instagram The Wine Lab Restaurant is a vineyard-themed restaurant located in Victoria Island and has been on our radar for quite a bit so we decided to give you a full review! The Restaurant is really beautiful, there’s a bottle of wine everywhere you turn and I think that’s so cool. I may be a little biased because I love wine 😌 but see for yourself 👇🏾 There’s an executive cigar room located upstairs in the restaurant that’s available to members. This is a […]
August 7, 2022
The Sannikayz Place (Lekki 1, Lagos) Plot 6, Muiz Banire Street, Lekki 1| Phone | Instagram Sannikayz Place is a new spot in Lekki Phase 1. Sannikayz Place / Kitchen is a budget-friendly restaurant that serves afro continental dishes. It’s a pretty small space which gives more of a drive-through vibe but it’s great that it has has a dine in space too but with very limited seating. The restaurant is moderate but beautifully decorated and has a small outdoor seating space too. MAIN Now to the food 🥘 The food here was so so good! I had the Orisirisi […]
July 13, 2022
Terraform Restaurant and Bar (Lekki Phase 1, Lagos) 14 Wole Olateju Crescent Lekki 1 | Phone | Instagram Terraform Restaurant Lekki, is a newly opened waterside restaurant and bar in Lekki Phase 1. The restaurant has an indoor seating space and an outdoor space with a great view of the waterfront as you’d see from the pictures. The restaurant has two bars, one located at space upstairs and the other on the ground floor, and a pool downstairs. There is also a seating space upstairs. I’d give the design of the restaurant a 7/10. Decent with a great view […]
June 16, 2022
Here are some Lagos gyms to try out to stay fit Trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle in Lagos is not for the faint-hearted 😅. It’s not too late to bring your Fitfam fitness aspirations to life this year and summer is already here! Eating healthy, juicing, and intermittent fasting needs exercise to complement it and Lagos gyms are too many to count. Check out our top 4 below: 1. iFitness Everyone and their mom knows this gym lol. With a 100+ trainers, a wide array of fitness classes, and budgets they are quite popular. They are the fastest-growing chain […]
June 14, 2022
Chef Alex Oke is the Russian-Nigerian co-owner of XO Boutique Bakery, an ambient boutique bakery in the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos! It features the best of both worlds of rich french pastry – traditional and modern! In this interview, we uncover whether he prefers Smoked Salmon Bagels to Chocolate Chip Cookies on the menu, his kryptonite 😉, plans for the future and more… Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and how you got into the world of food in the first place? My name is Alex Oke, and my background is in business management and marketing/branding. […]
June 7, 2022
Kapadocia Restaurant Abuja (Wuse 2, Abuja) 2 Kinda Street, Wuse 2 | Phone | Instagram Kapadocia Restaurant Abuja, is a Turkish cave-themed restaurant located at Wuse 2, Abuja which also has a location in Lagos. The restaurant is really beautiful and that won me over. The vibe is calm and a bit romantic I’d say, the whole cave idea was giving. I really love the design of the restaurant interior. The colorful lights in the restaurant as you can see from the pictures also add life to the cave theme and just ties everything together. There is also a beautiful […]
June 6, 2022
Outside Restaurant and Lounge (Wuse 2, Abuja) 141 Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent | Phone | Instagram Outside Restaurant Abuja – Abuja we outside babyyy 🌚 or not? LOL! So after reading all those tweets about the restaurant that sells ₦20k beans, we know we had to go see for ourselves – yes, we get coconut head -😩. Outside Restaurant and Lounge Abuja has a nice space, the design is not bad however the seating arrangement may cause clusters on days where they have a lot of customers so I’m not sure how practical that is. The restaurant has big […]
June 3, 2022
Tulip Bistro (Wuse 2, Abuja) 141 Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent | Phone| Instagram Tulip Bistro, Abuja is an oriental international fusion restaurant located at Wuse 2, Abuja! I decided to stop by for a quick bite. The restaurant space is wide and beautiful as you can see from the pictures. I, however, couldn’t cover more as they had restrictions so taking pictures and videos which was a bit understandable as there were customers seated in the restaurant and the waiters weren’t rude about it so that’s fine. MAIN I had the Classic Burger and a can of coke as it […]
May 31, 2022
Amazonia Restaurant (Wuse 2, Abuja) 7 Hombori Street, Wuse 2|Phone|Instagram Amazonia Restaurant Abuja is a rainforest-themed restaurant located in the Art-Tech District. The dining experience here is really interesting, they even have a gorilla walk around the restaurant while you dine to give you that forest experience and I find that pretty cool. It’s also a child-friendly restaurant. The interior of Amazonia is cozy and nice, the seating space is wide enough to not have clusters. I also love the placement of the greenery in the restaurant. There’s an inner seating space that could also double […]