Restaurant Reviews

Pierre Koffmann’s at the Berkeley Hotel – Bad Bread Good Souffle

January 29, 2012
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Last night was our dinner date, neither of us could remember the last time we went out on our own, it had been so long.  Father-in-law was having the 4 year old overnight and to make the most of it I thought I should trade in my usual jogging pants, t-shirt, hair in bunch for [...]

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Why Start A Food Blog? And Can You Make Money Out Of It? Part I

January 5, 2012
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Why?  Because you want to. And the next answer is no, you can’t make money out of a food blog, or to be more precise, you can’t make a living directly.  Not as things are, whether it will change or not, that I don’t know. I’ve been blogging for just over 2 years and in [...]

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Wild Thyme Restaurant in Chipping Norton

September 2, 2011
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We made a trip to Matthews Mill this morning and on our way further North to visit a start-up bakery we stopped in Chipping Norton for lunch.  Walking from the car park we saw a little restaurant tucked away, we almost missed it if it weren’t for us letting some passersby go past us on [...]

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Pollen Street Social Restaurant

August 14, 2011
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Firstly there’s no photos of the food we had last night at Jason Atherton’s new restaurant much to the disappointment of a particular twitter friend I’m sure.  I did take some on the iphone but they’re rubbish and instead I’ll use them to remind myself of the details of what I had.  I also think [...]

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Breakfast this Morning at Princi – Soho

July 31, 2011
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After being told I should try the bread at Princi in Soho, London we decided to have breakfast there this morning.  We’ve been having Sunday breakfast in different places with the 4 year old over the last few weeks.  This Sunday before breakfast we wanted to drive past Big Ben to show her how big [...]

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Gilbert Scott Restaurant – The Decor is Grand But the Food is Not

July 18, 2011
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Saturday evening we went to Gilbert Scott for the first time and it will be our last visit.  One of the best things about the evening was having a cocktail in the bar area.  The bar like the outside of the building is a room full of grandeur and ornate walls but unlike the appearance [...]

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The Olde Bell – Berkshire

June 13, 2011
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We had dinner last night for the first time at The Olde Bell on the recommendation of a friend and we left very happy with the overall experience we had.  The food was delicious and the service was friendly and efficient, pretty much ticking all the boxes for becoming our default place when we can’t [...]

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Best Burger Goodman or Hawksmoor?

May 24, 2011
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Hawksmoor At the end of last year I was on Quora looking for recommendation of the best burger in London since it’s one the things Bikerboy loves and wanted to take him.  The two names coming up to the top of the list was Hawksmoor or Goodman.  There was also Haché and the Meatwagon.  The [...]

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Le Champignon Sauvage Restaurant

May 1, 2011
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I had a delayed birthday dinner last night at a restaurant I was meant to try last year but then one of the kid’s was ill and that’s how it goes sometimes.  I’ve had David Evitt-Mattias’s book for a while and wanted to try his food ever since.  As you can see I have no [...]

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Ping Pong Dim Sum – Can you have quality in corporate dim sum?

April 3, 2011
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I was invited along with other bloggers to try out Ping Pong’s new season’s dim sum this week.  I’ve never been before.  The majority of my dim sum experience has been in London’s China town but I’ve also had it in New York’s China town.  The first time I had dim sum was 19 years [...]

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Roka Restaurant – Conveyor Belt Service

February 27, 2011
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Our meal at Roka two nights ago left us with the overall impression of good food but clinical and over-efficient service, felt like we were on a conveyor belt.   Can not remember the last time I complained of over-efficiency.  Most restaurants now have two sittings in the evening but still manage to walk the [...]

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FishWorks Restaurant Marylebone London

October 24, 2010
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A week ago Bikerboy and I had an opportunity of riding his new bike into town.  The story behind the ‘new’ bike will be another post!  The idea was to have brunch or early lunch at Providores restaurant but as it happens it wasn’t meant to be because even though we arrive early enough I [...]

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Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain

September 2, 2010
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I have been waiting to visit Bilbao with the sole purpose of seeing this beauty shimmering in the light showing off its curves ever since it opened.  San Sebastían was about food and Bilbao was about Frank Gehry’s glorious Guggenheim Museum.  My photos don’t do justice to this building, they were taken in a rush [...]

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San Sebastián, Northern Spain

September 1, 2010
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I know…I know…this is not a post about the mad week leading up to the big event…the wedding… and how it all went so off plan…so off plan in fact we had to draw up a whole new plan on the 11th hour…but I’ve tried now three times to start typing and got stuck.  So [...]

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Megève France continues..

February 18, 2010
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Here’s the second post of our four night trip to Megève in France.  We left the resort on the Monday of the English half term and by then the lifts were crowded, queues were long and at the start of the easier pistes it was busy but we both felt there wasn’t as much shoving [...]

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