Fine Dining with a view at OXO Tower Restaurant, London Southbank. London’s Southbank is one of my favourite places to spend a sunny afternoon or a balmy evening. Of course, there are plenty of bars and restaurants along the river but finding somewhere special can be tricky. There are plenty of pizza restaurants and all […]
Omar’s Place – Review
Passport to Pimlico Occasionally something takes you by surprise. When asked to review Omar’s Place, a Pimlico restaurant, I didn’t have any real sense of what it would be like. I knew that Mallorcan born chef Vicente Fortea had an impressive CV that includes three Michelin-Starred Arzak in San Sebastian and one Michelin-Starred Plat D’Or in Mallorca; […]
Corrigan’s Mayfair and Dickies Bar Review
Richard Corrigan’s Mayfair Restaurant – The Clatter of Forks and Spoons in a Fine Mayfair Setting: There are certain invitations which I know will be a real treat. Having visited a few times in the past, for me Corrigan’s is one of the best restaurants in Mayfair. It’s timeless, comfortable, elegant and inviting – somewhere […]
Indigo at One Aldwych – A ‘Free From’ Tasting Menu
Indigo Tasting Menu – Dairy and Gluten Free Fine Dining at One Aldwych There are many, many excellent restaurants in London. But, spare a thought for people who have serious food intolerances – those who are coeliac for example and need to avoid gluten at all costs. Or those with a dairy allergy. While many restaurants offer […]
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 […]
Parmigiano in Petersham
Petersham Nurseries – Parmigiano Reggiano & Aceto Balsamico: When the Great Fire of London of 1666 broke out the one thing the great diarist Samuel Pepys wanted to save was his Parmesan cheese. Parmesan is, of course, an anglicisation of Parmigiano Reggiano P.D.O. (though they didn’t have the protected P.D.O status in Pepys’ day), the wonderful […]
The Petersham Revisited
Location, Location, Location – Dining at The Petersham The Petersham dining room does have something of a strategic advantage – dining looking out through floor to ceiling windows, at the view of the Thames which inspired Turner to paint the meadows is always a joy. I last visted The Petersham in the summer, before the recent […]
Table for One at the Richmond Arms, Goodwood Hotel
The Richmond Arms – a Fork to Field Menu from the Goodwood Estate: Ten years ago I would have hesitated to dine alone. I spent several years travelling around Europe on business and generally I ordered room service rather than sit in a hotel dining room by myself. Luckily for the most part I was […]
Zaika at One Kensington – London
Comfortable Indian Dining in Style at Zaika, Kensington: Although Kensington High Street is great for shopping and One Kensington is only a stone’s throw from the Albert Hall, there isn’t a great wealth of restaurants at the Kensington Park end of the road. So, hearing that the Tamarind Group had re-opened Zaika at One Kensington […]
Uni Belgravia – #Nikkei near Victoria
Delicious Japanese Nikkei Dishes at Uni, Belgravia: Having raved about the food at Chotto Matte, it would have been churlish to turn down an invitation to visit Uni (which is apparently Japanese for Sea Urchin), in the heart of Belgravia, another restaurant offering Nikkei cuisine (Japanese/Peruvian fusion dishes). I suspect the pretty wood sculptures […]