Evolution not a Revolution at Le Café du Marché: In the days when I did a normal office job, Le Café du Marché just happened to be the closest good restaurant to one of my favourite suppliers. It’s an old haunt as a result, but one which, tucked away on the corner of Charterhouse Square, I haven’t been back […]
Smiths of Smithfield, Farringdon
Steak and more at the Grill, Smiths of Smithfield: Nearly twenty years ago John Torode, of Masterchef fame, opened a large and at the time, quite unique restaurant in London. Smiths of Smithfield, looking directly out over the famous meat market quickly became very popular. One of the first all-day venues with a menu built […]
Annual Sud de France Sommelier Competition – Dinner at Club Gascon
Sud de France Wines Sommelier of the Year competition – Finalist Dinner, Club Gascon: Having just returned from the South of France, it would have been churlish not to accept an invitation to celebrate with the winners of the Sud de France wines sommelier of the year competition. Especially as the dinner was hosted by […]
Historic London – Smiths of Smithfields
Top Floor Dining – Smiths of Smithfields Smiths, on the edge of Smithfields Meat Market, was one of the first of a new wave of restaurants in London to embrace British food. It opened fourteen years ago, in a building that had been empty for over 40 years. At the time, the New York warehouse […]