Adam Handling, Covent Garden – Frog Restaurant and Eve Bar. Not bad as a last before lockdown lunch, I’ve been meaning to visit Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden for some time. As it happens, I made it just before all restaurants in the UK were closed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a […]
Introducing Stock’d Up – comforting, innovative dishes to enjoy at home
Stock’d Up – a new, little sister to Wandsworth’s superb London Stock restaurant offers a fab new takeaway menu Only open a few weeks before Covid-19 hit, London Stock had been slowly building its reputation for superb food and getting rave reviews from enthusiastic diners – including me (here). Situated in Wandsworth’s Ram Quarter, the […]
London Stock – Ram Quarter, Wandsworth – Review
A superb tasting menu offers seven steps to heaven ‘’Empyrean’’ is the highest part of heaven, thought by the ancients to be the realm of pure fire and there’s no better word to describe London Stock, a new restaurant in Wandsworth’s Ram Quarter. The cooking is heavenly and its young chefs are on fire, lighting […]
Novikov Italian Restaurant – Mayfair – review
Novikov – A touch of Italy in Mayfair. The Italian Novikov restaurant sits alongside its Asian counterpart in a prime Mayfair location on Berkeley Street just a stone’s throw from Green Park, neighbouring other exclusive dining destinations including the Ritz, Hakkasan Mayfair, Murano, Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester and more. The brainchild of celebrated Russian […]
The Clove Club Restaurant, Shoreditch – Review
Shoreditch Spectacular at The Clove Club The Clove Club in Shoreditch is the love child of chef Isaac McHale, a chef who first came to prominence as one of the duo of ‘Young Turks’ who first hit the gastro headlines with their popup above The Ten Bells pub in 2011 in neighbouring Spitalfields. McHale had […]
Pied à Terre Restaurant Review
Pied à Terre Tasting Lunch review with BuyaGift. What’s your favourite ‘pick-me-up’ treat? A spa day? A posh afternoon tea? an indulgent lunch somewhere you’d never normally go? All of them work for me – and I love the fact that my friends and family can give me a voucher from BuyaGift with their idea […]
Paschoe House – indulgent rest and relaxation in Devon
Head south-west to Paschoe House, a little piece of Heaven in the heart of Devon. There are country house hotels which feel like hotels and there are country house hotels which feel like homes, and then there is Paschoe House, a stunning grade II listed, family-run, country house offering luxurious rooms and a glorious 3-AA […]
London Restaurant Festival – Jerusalem Top Ten Cuisines
Moshiko Gamlieli and Lello Favuzzi – two of Jerusalem’s and London’s top chefs – swap kitchens and countries. The 2019 London Restaurant Festival has drawn to a close having showcased some of the very best the capital has to offer in all things restaurant. From a sushi masterclass or restaurant hopping through five venues in […]
Copper & Ink – Review
Copper & Ink – Fine Dining in Blackheath. “I love a tasting menu” was my friend’s response when I told her we were reviewing Copper & Ink, a new modern British restaurant in south-east London with ‘influences from classic French and Scandinavian cuisine’. Just a couple of steps away from Blackheath overground and right in […]
Adam Simmonds at the Capital Hotel
A New Chef at the Capital Hotel, Knightsbridge. Adam Simmonds steps into propitious shoes taking up the role of Executive Chef at the Capital Hotel. His predecessors, Nathan Outlaw and before that Eric Chavot both held Michelin stars for the Capital, one for Nathan and two for Eric. But, Adam himself has already been recognised […]