TrueFoods, Melmerby, North Yorkshire
Just as he was sounding utterly jaded with restaurant reviewing, Giles Coren surprised readers with a visit to ChefsTable, the tiny “show kitchen attached to the factory of” TRUEfoods, Yorkshire purveyor […]
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The Abbey Inn, Byland, North Yorkshire
The world-famous Black Swan at Oldstead (aka The Best Restaurant In The World) has a new companion. No, not Roots, their York City venue – also holder of a Michelin […]
Paradise with FRJ
Well, a quick update from deepest, dry Yorkshire. These wild and wooly areas are looking particularly arid and savanna like. We’re sure we saw lions prowling round the garden the […]
The Alice Hawthorn, Nun Monkton
Do you think the days of one, two or three Michelin restaurants are over? Or the dreaded ‘27 course tasting menus’? We were reading about that restaurant at the end of […]
The Blue Lion, East Witton
Great, highly consistent food, excellent wine by the glass (175ml), carafe, or bottle. Really good white burgundy at about £12 a glass. Not cheap but stunning. “Sharing plates”…what on earth […]
Oak, Bath
During two years of The Great Pandemic we’ve had just five days away. Two at Inver in July 2020, and three at the Drunken Duck in September 2021 when it […]
Osip, Bruton
H&W have galleries across the globe (e.g. New York) but this one is a little different. Very stylish building converted from some redundant farm buildings – low key – and […]
The Wyvill Arms, Constable Burton
Regular readers (hello you two!) will recall when The Black Swan at Oldstead was voted BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD by Sh*tadvisor. Ridiculous. Preposterous. Even they thought so. […]
Tommy Banks Takeaway…
So, after two years of scrupulous self protection (the full works – quarantining the post, masks, food deliveries, isolating from practically everyone) we’ve finally caught Covid. Now that we’re triple […]
Jet Black Jewel Café Bar
Whitby in the winter. Cold, windy and bright brisk walk along the beach from Sandsend (have you seen the house prices in Sandsend!!!…Ed) to Whitby, about 45 minutes. Getting the […]
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