Masala Dosa Vegetable samosas Gulab Jamun Watford High Street and its environs are now rammed with back to back chain restaurants and yesterday being a bank holiday, there were queues a mile long outside Carluccios, Wagamamas etc. Depressing. Luckily I … Read More
I can’t remember who first introduced me to Japanese food, but I’m damn glad they did. I grew up by the sea, so have always loved seafood with a passion. I used to catch my own mackerel, bream and pollock … Read More
To my shame, it’s taken years to realise that good restaurants and cafes abound all around me in NW!0 and this morning I made another discovery, Gracelands cafe on College Road in Kensal Green. Now Sundays are precious to me … Read More
The cool interior of The Salisbury Gastro Pub The famous Burata Having had a good old mooch at the Queen’s Park Farmer’s market, the usual lunchtime pangs guided me and my pal to The Salusbury, a gastro pub and a … Read More
Having a Saturday off is a precious and unexpected luxury in my world, so using part of it to be pampered for three hours in a most indulgent facial and pedicure was like a little slice of heaven. Equally my … Read More
Going to the New Forest as a child was an almost magical experience. The trees seemed huge next to my tiny frame and the forest dense and a little foreboding. What I recall most is the overwhelming musty odour of … Read More
There has always been something quite other worldly about Amersham, for an urban dwelling Londoner it feels like the end of civilisation with nothing beyond but verdant countryside. Perhaps it’s because, for many years, it was home of one of … Read More
Hungarian Goulash I’ve heard a lot about Minkies, a rather good looking cafe in Kensal rise. It has a reassuringly small menu and the kitchen is on display for everyone to see the goings on. Now I love a heart … Read More