Dinner Party Cookery Class – The Avenue Cookery School On the hottest day of the year so far your first thought would not have been to attend a cookery class. However, once greeted with a glass of cold white wine by the very lively Diana, our teacher for the evening I was happy to be […]
Justice League in 4DX at Cineworld Wandsworth
4DX Movies at Cineworld, Wandsworth: I can’t help it. I’m in love with Gal Gadot, the Israeli actress who plays Wonderwoman. So the opportunity to review her reprising that role in Justice League, the new superhero movie based on the DC comic universe, also featuring Batman, Superman, Flash, Aquaman, and Cyborg, was too good to miss. I grew up secretly […]
Winter’s Here – Time to Barbecue #ALittleSocialGrilling
MeatUP Grill Review: Guest post by Jenny McGee Don’t you love Social Sundays? Picnics on summer lawns; cosy pubs in winter. But what about autumn and winter? Where to gather, away from the chilled crisp air, after strolls and cycle rides through leaf-strewn paths? How about an indoor barbecue? MeatUp opened in Wandsworth in June, […]
View 94 – Review
A Restaurant with a View in Wandsworth – View 94: Wandsworth is not known as restaurant destination so I was excited to be asked along to review View 94 a Modern European Restaurant & Lounge with a terrific aspect onto the banks of the Thames. You’ll have to take my word for that as it was dark […]
“If you ain’t on the list, you ain’t coming in!”
Happy Birthday to The Ship Wandsworth: Sometime the worst of starts have the best of ends. We were invited to celebrate the 184th birthday of The Ship in Wandsworth; a pub that we had both frequented in the 1990s. However, on arrival our names weren’t on the list and the 2 security guards for the […]
The Good Earth – A Chinese Feast in Wandsworth
The Good Earth Chinese – Warm Hospitality for a Wet Wandsworth Evening: It was cold and raining when I left West Brompton to travel to Wandsworth Common. One of those rather irritating trips that isn’t far but somehow seems a little awkward. As a result, I arrived at the Good Earth, umbrella in hand feeling […]
Brinkley’s Kitchen Wandsworth
Not my Kitchen! Given that most of my restaurant reviews are of places I know and love, it’s a rare occurrence for me to leave somewhere feeling truly disappointed. Brinkley’s Kitchen – on the edge of Wandsworth Common was one such occasion. I was with a girlfriend for supper and we had great hopes […]