The Wigmore at the Langham Hotel: When someone creates what is obviously a winning formula we all wonder why it hasn’t been done sooner. Converting what was The Langham Hotel‘s spa into a traditional London tavern with a luxury accent sounded unlikely to me, but the actuality of The Wigmore is a stunning space with […]
Above & Beyond, Dinner by Heston
Dinner by Heston, Mandarin Oriental, London: There are events I dream of being invited to. Usually, those events involve food, champagne and something quite exclusive. While I might not have created the itinerary for last week’s ‘Above and Beyond’ dinner it really is the kind of golden ticket planning that makes me proud to […]
Tin Belly Dining at The Clarence
How to make a Yorkshireman happy – Roast Beef with all the trimmings at The Clarence: Pure serendipity provided a request to review the Tin Belly Dining Room at the Clarence coinciding with meeting an old friend who just happened to have worked a stone’s throw from the pub for the last thirty years. The […]
The Rookery Clapham Review
The Rookery – Clapham Once upon a time I used to live in Clapham in ‘Abbeville Village’. It’s an area of London I really loved, but for work reasons left. At that time the Rookery didn’t exist – I would have noticed because it’s almost opposite the Windmill pub – one of those pubs you’d […]
Mews Of MayFair – Traditional British Food in London
Mews of Mayfair – A Very British Affair: I love the London restaurant scene. International, multicultural and diverse, I find myself lunching on Ramen and dining on Curry, visiting a Russian Restaurant one evening and a French Bistro the next. All within a few minutes’ walk of each other in Central London. But, it’s not […]