Peking Opera Classics at Sadler’s Wells: I’m a big opera fan but have to confess that when I was asked to review the China National Peking Opera Company at Sadler’s Wells, I had no real sense of whether it going to be Mozart in Mandarin or a more indigenous form of entertainment. I went the troupe of 65 performers […]
Il Sud – Review
Southern Italian Sunshine at Il Sud: Il Sud is the latest addition to the thriving Fitzrovia restaurant scene. It’s the baby of two friends, Luca who runs the front of house and chef Vittorio. Having worked together in a number of London restaurants they decided to create a place that features the food from their home […]
Christmas Port and Cheese – Paxton & Whitfield in Jermyn Street.
Matching Historic Cheeses to Exceptional Ports – Christmas Selection: Christmas is coming and with it, there’s always that pressure of what to serve? Fortunately, those sensible people at cheesemeisters Paxton & Whitfield and Taylor’s Port recently held an event at Paxton’s Jermyn St headquarters to help to take the pain out of those festive Port and […]
Giggling Squid Tunbridge Wells
Thai in Tunbridge Wells at the Giggling Squid: I’m a big fan of Thai food and have travelled to the country several times. I had heard of the award-winning Giggling Squid Group – the first national Thai restaurant group – who now have 29 outlets around the country, and was interested to see what their […]
St Germain and London Cocktail Week
St Germain – The Salt and Pepper in my Cocktail: It’s London Cocktail Week and that means it’s time to put your glad rags on and get out into the city’s many bars and clubs and get drinking – sensibly of course! I was invited to the bijou Petit Pois Bistro in trendy Hoxton Square where four of London’s […]
Ali Ocakbasi – Review
Turkish Food in London’s West End – Ali Ocakbasi: It’s always been an ambition of mine to travel to Turkey, the country that more than any other bridges the East to the West. I love the immediacy and vibrancy of Turkish food, marrying the cuisine of the southern Mediterranean with ingredients such as walnuts and pomegranates […]
Patron Restaurant, Kentish Town – Review
A Taste of Paris at Patron Restaurant in Kentish Town I’m a sucker for all those Parisian romantic clichés and if I haven’t had a recent Paris fix the chance to live those out in London is difficult to resist. So I was very happy to be invited to review Patron Restaurant, a bijou Parisian-style brasserie […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Sustainable Seafood at Bucket Notting Hill: I’m a seafood fanatic so when invited to review Bucket, a brand new sustainable seafood restaurant and bar in Notting Hill it would have been impossible to refuse. The Bucket team are also launching ‘Oyster Hour’, offering £1 oysters every day from 4-7pm on weekdays and 4-6pm on weekends with any bottle, jug, cocktail or bucket of beers and […]
CERU Soho – Review
Levantine Delights in Soho at CERU I originally came across CERU a few years back as a 20 seater three-month pop up in Fitzrovia serving Executive Chef Tom Kime’s delicious small plates of Levantine food. But CERU has stopped popping up and has started putting down roots, with the first permanent CERU restaurant in South Kensington CERU […]
Camillo Benso Mayfair Restaurant – Review
Mayfair Italian Dining – Camillo Benso: Milan, the Italian centre of fashion and design has a distinct sense of style and elegance. And the food is excellent. I have just spent a day there en-route back from the Italian Lakes. So when I was asked to review Camillo Benso, the new Mayfair outpost of a […]