Trinity – the Gastronomic Epicentre of Clapham. Sometimes a small pocket of a neighbourhood seems to evolve into something rather special. For me, that’s just what has happened around The Pavement in Clapham Old Town. When I lived a stone’s throw away in Abbeville Road, I remember there being a very good butcher, but not […]
Stargazy Inn Review Cornwall
Stargazy Inn – picturesque Port Isaac Cornwall. Port Isaac, a historic, Cornish, fishing port close to where I grew up in North Cornwall is a favourite spot for me. Arriving on a perfect sunny day, the weather couldn’t have been better. The Stargazy Inn is easy to find, at the top of the village on […]
L’Ortolan Reading – Michelin Starred Fine Dining Restaurant
Reading Fine Dining Restaurant – L’Ortolan: Reading’s only Michelin Starred restaurant is just outside the main town in Shinfield, a pretty and quintessentially English village. The Grade II listed former rectory that houses L’Ortolan reinforces that sense of tradition. And, from the moment you walk through the doors, you know you are in the kind […]
The Frog – Hoxton
Adam Handling in Hoxton – The Frog. When Adam Handling made his move from The Caxton Grill at St Ermin’s Hotel to his own achingly hip restaurant, The Frog in East London, I was lucky enough to be invited to go along and try the tasting menu there. I couldn’t help but enthuse. A well-timed […]
Make Mothers’ Day a Red Letter Day!
Unforgettable times together are just a mouse click away! If you’ve tried to buy a birthday card in recent weeks and found yourself up against displays filled with cards sporting floral baskets and bouquets of fifty shades of pink, you might well consider Mothers’ Day just a creation of commerce: yet another opportunity for […]
Meal for Two at Galvin La Chapelle – A Perfect Valentine’s Gift from BuyaGift
Galvin La Chapelle – Romantic Michelin Starred Dining in Spitalfields: There are restaurants in London that I know I should have tried. Every time I dine at a Galvin Brothers restaurant I love the food. From the formality and fine dining of Galvin at Windows to the funky sharing plates at Galvin Hop. Each restaurant […]
Indian Restaurant Chelsea – Kahani
Kahani – The Story – An Indian Restaurant in Chelsea: According to our menu at Kahani Indian restaurant, a recent addition to the Chelsea dining scene, Indian philosophy believes there to be three energies or Virtues present in the natural order of things which are Energy, Change and Peace. When all three work in harmony, […]
Sake No Hana Fine Japanese Restaurant Mayfair.
Japanese Feasting in Mayfair at Sake no Hana: Visiting Sake No Hana on the second day of January meant that I was in need of clean flavours. After 10 days of feasting the thought of another heavy meal was just too much. Which is why Japanese cuisine was just the ticket. Light and visually appealing, […]
Cub – Luxury and Sustainable Dining in Hoxton:
A Restaurant with an Ethos – Cub, Hoxton: Intrigued by the title? I was – especially as I’d been invited to try the food and drink pairing set menu which comprises several small courses of food with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to complement. In my head the concept of ‘luxury ‘ generally contradicts ‘sustainable’ […]
The Savoy Grill with Red Letter Days
Lunch at the Savoy Grill: I was something of a regular visitor to the Savoy Hotel before the refurbishment completed in 2010. The Savoy Grill was like a comfortable pair of expensive, traditional all leather slippers, worn down at the heel and so easy to wear that you put them on whenever you wanted to […]