I’ve always been a compulsive bookworm since childhood; reading books under the covers by torchlight and probably ruining my eyesight in the process. Hampstead and Highgate were one of my regular haunts for book hunting. I would take the tube … Read More
Occasionally after a roastingly hard day at the cafe there is nothing more that I want then someone to serve me food. So, without knowing what I was letting myself in for, my biz partner and I dropped into Casareccia, … Read More
While I love to flaneur in fancy French restaurants sometimes there is nothing one craves more than some simple, filling street food. Feeling peckish whilst wandering around central Madrid on a sunny winter’s day I noticed this charming place with … Read More
Clever condiments Lasagna I’ve always asserted that food, like life should be simple and honest. I’m certainly not comfortable around poncy food in general and all that goes with fine dining – extortion springs to mind mostly. Anyway, when you … Read More
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