Kennington Park Cafe and More: *July 2019 – Kennington Park Cafe Progress* The Cafe now has some space inside for customers and they are offering ‘order at the counter’ table service with hot and cold drinks, cakes, ice-cream and pizza. The outside looks stunning, though the seating is picnic-style benches and tables which are immovable […]
Review: The Hand in Hand – a great village pub in south-west London
Popular Wimbledon Common pub is back – better than ever after a makeover. Just because it’s a cliché doesn’t mean it’s not true – London really is made up of villages. Although most of these have disappeared, up on the hill in south-west London, Wimbledon still has a villagey feel. An upmarket village certainly, with […]
Park’s Edge Bar and Kitchen – Excellence in Herne Hill
A Classy Kitchen and Bar near Brockwell Park. As you may guess, the name of the venue indicates where it’s located. Yes, Park’s Edge Bar and Kitchen faces onto the lovely Brockwell Park. This is an area of London with which I’m very familiar. My father was born and grew up on a few hundred […]
Trinity Clapham – Adam Byatt Land
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 […]
The Abbeville – laid back ambience in Clapham
The Abbeville Renewed – Local Pub Abbeville Village, Clapham. There is something rather lovely about a local pub. You’re likely to bump into people you know or make some new friends in the area. The Abbeville in Clapham has just undergone a major make-over, aiming to achieve the perfect ambience coupled with a great […]
Bar + Block Steakhouse, Wimbledon
Bar + Block Steakhouse, Wimbledon Broadway – a new opening in Wimbledon (Ad:Press Review) A new restaurant concept by Premier Inn owners Whitbread, Bar + Block Steakhouse is more than good enough to stand out on its own and a great place for a night out. Entering, there’s a modern and welcoming interior, full of […]
The Bedford, Balham is Back
Rediscovering The Bedford, Balham (review) The Bedford, Balham is back. First built in 1931, this impressive venue has recently undergone a multi-million-pound refurbishment to create an unrivalled pub, club, restaurant, live music and entertainment venue plus 15 stunning boutique bedrooms. After the major refurbishment, it was a pleasure to visit The Bedford, Balham for a […]
Mien Tay – Vietnamese restaurant in Battersea
Great Vietnamese regional cooking – Pho for those in the know: Hands up who’s been to a Chinese restaurant? Everyone – unless you’ve just arrived in London from another planet. The same is probably true for Thai and Japanese restaurants which are now on almost every local high street. On the other hand, Vietnamese places […]
Cinnamon Kitchen comes to Battersea
Cinnamon Kitchen goes South of the River: I’m a huge fan of Vivek Singh, I love his restaurants, and I love his cookbooks which enable me to try to reproduce his creative and innovative dishes at home. I also love Battersea, having lived there for 5 years in my late 20s/early 30s. So when the […]
Daddy Bao comes to Tooting
Taiwanese Tooting Comes of Age with Daddy Bao: You can tell when a part of London starts to become ‘up and coming’; coffee shops open, craft beers appear, and possibly a local gin is distilled. Over the past couple of years that certainly been true of Tooting, once only famous for being the home of […]