Balzersen’s and Norse, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Harrogate, like most large towns, has a variety of shopping and eating offerings. James Street hosts all the smart bits – Hobbs, Laura Ashley, White Company, Waterstones, Jigsaw, Phase 8, […]
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Gatto Nero, Burano, Venezia
Burano is one of the beautiful lagoon islands to the north-east of the city, lying out beyond Murano but easy to get to on the regular water bus. Whilst Murano […]
Osteria Santa Marina, Venezia
On the scale of hard to find, this is a challenge. Venezia is notoriously hard to navigate at first but, as with most things, practice makes perfect – and we’re […]
Dock Kitchen, Portobello Docks, London
Each time we go to London – now more for pleasure rather than business – we try to explore a new bit, or revisit an area long neglected. This time […]
Restaurant Meneghello, Palmizana, Pakleni Islands
Just off the coast of Hvar in Croatia you’ll find the paradise that is the Pakleni Islands. Otok [means island] Sveti Klement is the largest island of the group and […]
Wahaca, Covent Garden, London
Since we’re quite fond of food, we’re also fans of the BBC Masterchef series. Preferably the original flavour, rather than the “professionals” or, much worse “celebrity” – who are these […]
Villa Kaliopa, Kut, Vis Island
The island of Vis lies about 20 NM off the coast of Croatia, roughly south-south west of Split, through the gap between Brac and Šolta. During Tito’s reign the island was […]
Grill Rato, Scedro, Croatia
We seem to have featured a lot of Yorkshire recently [and what’s your point?…ed] so we now come to another in the series “Top Ten Settings”. This doesn’t have spectacular […]
The Punch Bowl, Crosthwaite, Lake District
There are some stunning places to stay in the Lake District – many very luxurious with restaurants with plenty of accolades – The Samling, Hollbeck Ghyll, Miller Howe, Sharrow Bay […]
Irati Taverna Basca, Barcelona
Strolling down La Rambla, avoiding the pickpockets…the top five cities for pickpockets are all in Europe, see below*. It’s all a bit touristy here, but there are some gems. See […]
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