ETM goes West – Ealing Park Tavern: Situated on the Brentford border of South Ealing, The Ealing Park Tavern is the latest addition to the ETM group of gastro pubs across London which include several of my personal favourite refined haunts such as ‘The Jugged Hare’ (nestled behind the Barbican Centre) and Chelsea’s ‘The Botanist’ (occupying […]
Birthday at The Well in Clerkenwell
Well Fed and Watered at the Clerkenwell Well: It seems a while since my birthday. But, it was on that day I arranged a review lunch with my friend Adrian. He’d been invited to cover one of the special events at the Well in Clerkenwell, which had ultimately proved so popular that there wasn’t space […]
Kings Road – Cadogan Arms – Pool and Pie Perfection
Walking on the Wild Side – The Cadogan Arms Chelsea: Not so far down the Kings Road that it could be called ‘The Wrong End’, if indeed anywhere in Chelsea is ‘Wrong’ now, our taxi driver was reluctant when we asked to be taken to the Cadogan Arms. Oh you don’t want to go there […]
Battle of the Pans at the Jugged Hare
ETM Group Chefs In Action at the Jugged Hare – the Battle of the Pans: I’ve been to a few of the ETM group restaurants recently. Scattered across London, it might be hard to guess they were from the same ‘family’ if you didn’t know. So I was thrilled to be asked along to the […]
Review: The Botanist – Sloane Square, London
The Sloane Ranger Eats Rather Well at The Botanist: When I was young and impressionable, thanks to the perceptive wit of Peter York, the term ‘Sloane Ranger’ emerged. Of course you can spot a Sloane Ranger anywhere – but their spiritual home has always been Sloane Square. It is an affordably expensive part of London, somewhere […]