Most commented posts

  1. Review: Annwn, Narberth — 116 comments
  2. TripAdvisor gives me indigestion — 13 comments
  3. Spicy beetroot soup — 11 comments
  4. Review: Noma, Copenhagen — 10 comments
  5. Spaghetti alla carbonara, essentially — 10 comments

Author's posts

Review: Impala, Soho

Impala

Impala is dark, modern, sharp-yet-relaxed and loudly buzzing. Proper shout-across-the-table to be heard kind of buzzing. So I’d suggest you only go when you’re in that kinda mood. If you do, you’ll be very happy because the food is splendid. The menu is definitely meant for sharing, and you’ll need to trust the staff to …

Continue reading

Review: Crab House Cafe, Weymouth

Crab House Cafe

I love going to the coast. One of the main reasons I love it is the explosion of shabby-chic seaside shack restaurants that serve up smashing fresh seafood hauled out of the sea nearby. I don’t know who exactly started it and where, but we’ve found them from Pembrokeshire to Kent, Northumberland to Devon and …

Continue reading

Review: The Water House Project, Bethnal Green

Coral custard

They do a good thing at The Water House Project, a small touch but it feels generous and indulgent; with each of the wine pairings, they come along after and ask if you’d like a little more of the wine. Don’t mind if I do! Although, of course, it’s daft to overdo it on the …

Continue reading

Review: Sentosa, Bermondsey

Black pepper crab

Way back in 2010, in the middle of our year-long trip around the world, we found ourselves in Singapore for three days. This was a wonderful city, both quite alien in many of it’s habits and customs, but also completely modern and comfortable to be in (okay, except sometimes for the heat on the street!). …

Continue reading

Review: Ixchel, Chelsea

Ixchel

You’d expect a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea to be a little more stylish than a taqueria in Borough Market. Hey presto, Ixchel appears! With a stunning interior of cool creamy walls covered in artfully lighter rustic niches full of ancient-looking Mayan-stylie terracotta figures and some very grand cacti. The colour palette is graceful and restrained. …

Continue reading