Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  3. Review: AngloThai, Marylebone — 24 February 2026
  4. Review: Beckford Bottle Shop, Bath — 24 February 2026
  5. Review: The Bell, Ramsbury — 24 February 2026

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Review: Terra – The Magic Place, Bolzano

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Fine dining, Michelin, Overseas, Restaurant Reviews

17 August 2023

In England we’d call a restaurant “B*tchshack” or “Dumb Waiter” before we’d ever dream of naming it something as corny as “The Magic Place” but today we’re not in England, we’re in northern Italy. And at the very end of a winding mountain road through the pine forests, overlooking an idyllic Alpine valley, is Terra …

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Meadowsweet cordial

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Preserves, Recipes

17 August 2023

You need… 1 litre of water 250 g sugar Loads of meadowsweet (about 50 heads?) 1 lemon Bring the water to the boil with 125g sugar and the lemon juice, then switch off. Strip all the flowers from their stalks and add to the water, which should end up with a thick wodge of flowers …

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Review: Muse, Cheltenham

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

15 August 2023

Muse, Cheltenham

When we walked in and scoped out the decor, the clientele and the menus I think we both felt reasonably confident that we’d pegged Muse. There’s a kind of up-market provincial brasserie with over-enthusiastic decor and well-dressed middle age punters where the menu is typically brave and full of all the right words (including last …

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Review: The Set, Brighton

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Fine dining, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

15 August 2023

The Set, Brighton

The Set is a tasting menu place in Brighton that has somehow escaped my notice for a few years, even though it sets out its stall as “meat, umami and fat driven cooking” which is, frankly, my kind of thing. It was time to rectify this. They take over a place called Cafe Rust in …

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Review: Cinnamon Club, Westminster

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Fine dining, London, Restaurant Reviews

8 May 2023

Cinnamon Club

The Cinnamon Club certainly feels like the kind of dining room where you may spot a couple of famous faces. Partly it’s the location, in a grand building along one of the film-set roads in Westminster, not far from the heart of government. Partly it’s the restaurant, with its grand dining room and polite, excellent …

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