Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: 27 Harbour Street, Broadstairs — 9 January 2026
  2. Review: A La Russe, Windsor — 9 January 2026
  3. Review: Fatt Pundit, Covent Garden — 9 January 2026
  4. Review: Khao-So-I, Fitzrovia — 14 December 2025
  5. Review: Bistro Union, Clapham — 8 December 2025

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Review: 27 Harbour Street, Broadstairs

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

9 January 2026

Hispi cabbage

Thanet is a lovely corner of Kent. Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate are all coastal towns with bags of character and varying degrees of nouveau-hip shops and eateries bubbling up. Stretch the boundary a little and the lovely medieval town of Sandwich makes a great quartet, all within about 20 minutes. 27 Harbour Street lies just …

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Review: A La Russe, Windsor

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

9 January 2026

Mushroom en cocotte

Visit Windsor on almost any day of the year and you’ll find a town awash with tourists from across the globe, visitor numbers out of all proportion with the modest-sized town centre. So you’d expect most of the restaurants to be horrid affairs with glitzy frontages and gimmicks, serving up over-priced rubbish to people who …

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Review: Fatt Pundit, Covent Garden

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London, Restaurant Reviews

9 January 2026

Venison and bun

We went to Fatt Pundit after a visit to the Hunterian Museum, which may have been a bad decision as the epic collection of things pickled in jars, strangely contorted skeletons and surgical instruments in this museum can leave you feeling a little… queasy… after a while. Not many museums can boast such an impressive …

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Review: Khao-So-I, Fitzrovia

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London, Restaurant Reviews

14 December 2025

Khao-soi up!

Chiang Mai was the first city we visited in Thailand, some fifteen years ago now. I still remember it for my first encounter with Thai food that was not from the menu of “20th century British Thai” (red, green or massaman curry and pad thai). A bowl of khao-soi in the street market, a beautiful …

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Review: Bistro Union, Clapham

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London, Restaurant Reviews

8 December 2025

Beef tartare

Bistro Union has been on our “oughta visit” list for five years. It’s in that weird zone: 25 minutes walk away, making it feel like a neighbourhood restaurant and thus not worthy of a special trip, yet too far to walk if we just want to pop out for a bite to eat near home. …

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