‘MasterChef – The Professionals’ winner Steven Edwards’ Richmond restaurant Visiting Richmond is always an absolute pleasure for me as I grew up here and love any opportunity to return. It is especially well known for its beautiful park, but it also boasts a bustling high street, a theatre and a magnificent Thames riverside location which […]
Dinner at The Petersham Hotel
A New Chef at the Petersham Hotel: For the last few years, I’ve been an occasional visitor to the Petersham Hotel, it’s a little too far from Kennington for me to be more than that but I’m always pleased to go back there. The stunning Victorian ‘Italian Gothic’ hotel looks out over a view of Petersham Meadows […]
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 […]
From Richmond to Petersham – Lunch at the Petersham Hotel
Petersham Hotel and a summer stroll: This year’s haphazard attempt at summer didn’t bode well for a trip to Petersham Hotel. While I’m a huge fan of Richmond (and can get there easily), the pretty village of Petersham is too close to warrant a taxi but far enough to be a little miserable if it’s […]
Number One Duke Street, Richmond – Review
Natural Selection? Number One Duke Street: The company behind Number One Duke Street, Darwin & Wallace, I presume have taken their name from two great scientists, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace who, in the mid-1800s, were independently working on the Theory of Natural Evolution. There’s something of a story – it is now claimed that […]