The Ivy, London
We were reading a review of The Colony Grill Room by Giles Coren in the Times today, the new hotel restaurant at the Beaumont Hotel. This is the latest venture of Jeremy […]
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Sunshine Bakery, C.A, [Leeds]
That’s a nice touch – “Sunshine Bakery CA” – makes you think of, well, California of course. It really means Chapel Allerton, a nice trendy, young professional type of place […]
Le Deuxième, Covent Garden, London
Want a really good, reliable post (or pre) theatre restaurant in the heart of Covent Garden? Look no further than Le Deuxième. A low key restaurant on Long Acre not […]
Plaza café, Manchester
If only it still existed. A legend in the 1970s, this small Somali café, run by Charlie Ali, was open until 4 am, serving a range of simple curries at […]
Kinloch Lodge, Skye
Kinloch Lodge nestles at the foot of Kinloch Hill on the tranquil shoreline of the sea-loch Na Dal in Sleat on the “wildly romantic” Isle of Skye. It’s the highland […]
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, London
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies will progressively fill the Tower’s famous moat […]
Ardanaiseig, Kilchrenan by Taynuilt, Argyll
On a road trip to the north of Scotland – and that’s the very north, see Croft 103 – we had a couple of overnight stops. This one was a […]
Balthazar, London
Here it is…Balthazar comes to London, right in the middle of Covent Garden. Well, it’s been here a while now [2013] but at last we’ve been. Jay Rayner’s review was […]
St Pancras Hotel, London
After the enthusiasm for the destruction of the Euston Station arch in 1961 as part of the “modernisation” of the railways, the magnificent Grade 1 listed George Gilbert-Scott St Pancras Station […]
Clarke’s Bakery, Nottinghill, London
Changed forever from Alan Bennett’s bohemian era, Nottinghill is terribly smart these days. Recently seen in the Guardian, this shop/café/restaurant is the very last word in patisseries, as they call them […]
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