Spain, along with France and Italy, is firmly in the top three truly gastronomic cultures of the world. What I adore about Spain, and Madrid in particular, is the way that many restaurants and bars will focus and specialise in … Read More
The Café O’Porto has been an institution in the Ladbroke Grove area for decades, opened up by an earlier generation of Portuguese immigrants escaping the dictatorship of Salazar and settling around Notting Hill before its gentrification. All those years later they … Read More
Exploring different parts of our city with the crew from The Londonist website is always a much anticipated and stimulating pleasure and, on one of their monthly nocturnal ramblings, I came across this wonderful establishment in North East London. I … Read More
Roast Duck Breast Just off West End Lane in West Hampstead there’s an Italian, family run restaurant that offers a set menu for £10.90 if you dine with them before seven thirty. That’s already a very attractive proposition, but when … Read More
Not wishing to waste a single, precious second of my last free Saturday before Christmas, the only way to start a cooking free day was to take myself off for brunch with a pal. Stepping into Lucky 7 is rather … Read More
Discovering this divine, yet simple restaurant in the backstreets of Le Touquet was a real and unexpected delight. The previous night had been a disappointment. The concierge at our hotel recommended we went to the finest restaurant in Amiens, Le … 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