Cucumber – refreshing, a great addition to drinks and as it’s quite bland, it can take some punchy flavours to enhance it. This salad is very pretty indeed. It takes five minutes to make and is a lovely addition to … Read More
I´ve always been a fan of the J.D. Wetherspoons model of fine ales, simple food and excellent service and discovered this place while waiting to fly out to south America in the harsh winter of 2010. On that occasion I was on … Read More
The Exquisite Sashimi Plate I’ve been reliably told that there’s a large Japanese community in Cricklewood, not far from ‘Eat Tokyo’ in Golder’s Green. As I stepped into this unassuming looking restaurant, I noticed the Japanese invasion instantly. Is there … Read More
The Dukan diet – another of these harsh and frankly unsustainable regimes that will naturally produce the desired weight loss in your first week (up to seven pounds apparently) with the restricted intake to consist of protein only. How balanced … Read More
The first thing that hits you when you step inside this mind blowingly good deli on The Fulham Road is just how much produce and cooked food they manage to cram into the place. Not a centimetre of space is … Read More
A week ago or so I had what I can only describe as an unutterably grim piece of over cooked salmon. Actually it was cremated -rather what I wanted to do to the chef. I don’t get. I just don’t … Read More
I had originally wanted to call this “The Sashimi of the North” but my erstwhile editor insisted that the fish was not raw, but soused; I could say, on occasion, the same for her. Those who follow my food journalism … Read More
Everyone has heard of Bill’s in Brighon it seems. As I entered this large and impressive establishment, I also thought that everyone in Brighton was in Bill’s this morning. Fortunately we only had to wait for about five minutes before … Read More