Wembley Park is awash with (over priced) chain restaurants. It has a few independents, paying ridiculous rents and taxes and finding it difficult to make a living. I’m in a partnership running a community cafe in Wembley and know only … Read More
What does it take to please a customer in an eatery? In our Lounge Café, we bend over backwards to fulfil unusual requests, stray off the menu if we can and make our diners feel welcome. It’s not rocket science is … Read More
I’m a big fan of small plates. This way you get to taste a myriad of dishes and sharing food is always a huge pleasure. Thus I was delighted to come across a rather charming Austrian cafe which lies in … Read More
If there is one thing I’ve learned over the years it’s this; indulgence should be delved into with gusto and appreciation. Indulgence, should, in fact, be de riguer. Not everyday, all day, but just enough to make you grateful for … 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