Brie and pistachio bites
A very pretty dish that takes about fifteen minutes of your time. TIP If you don’t like heat, omit the chilli. The brie should be nice and ripe. Serves 4 as a starter Preheat the oven to 200oC 200gr brie … Read More
The Wet Fish Cafe West Hampstead
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I’ve always thought that a meal for which you pay a handsome price should have all the ingredients to make it a happy and memorable experience. The service, the setting, the menu, a carefully curated wine list and the atmosphere. … Read More
Cherry Tomato Sauce
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This is one of the easiest sauces to produce. It makes a great base for pasta sauces, to which you can add chicken, prawns or fish. TIP Use only really good quality cherry tomatoes, preferably very ripe. You can blitz … Read More
Pork Belly
Once considered a poor man’s dish, if cooked properly pork belly is something to behold. Sit it on some creamy, garlicky mash, serve with a pea puree, green beans and a white wine sauce made with fresh chicken stock, white … Read More
Sweetcorn fritters
These fritters are a no fuss, ‘all in one bowl’ crunchy and spicy snack that you can produce in about ten minutes. They are then frozen in silicone moulds. You can deep fry them from frozen which means cooking ahead … Read More
Poached eggs with Greek yogurt and spiced butter
A bright, summery breakfast, eggs bathing in a spicy butter and a warm garlic yogurt. Attack it with some splendid toast to soak up the butter. TIP You can of course pour over less butter but I’m afraid I can’t. … Read More
Sunset Italian Restaurant South End
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Residents of Southend will have to forgive me for having a cliched view of this popular seaside town. Well, despite the amusement arcades and the ubiquitous fish and chip shops, I was to discover a very different culinary scene which … Read More
Is service as important as the food? Billy Hundreds Southend
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We’ve all been there I believe. Snotty waiters, impatient staff, a whiff of condescension in supposed classy establishments. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve witnessed simply awful behaviour towards waiting staff, usually by some entitled twit who hides their insecurities by … Read More