Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: The Wensleydale Heifer, Wensleydale — 16 June 2025
  2. Review: The Aysgarth Falls Hotel, Aysgarth — 16 June 2025
  3. Review: The Sandpiper, Leyburn — 16 June 2025
  4. Review: The Rat Inn, Anick — 16 June 2025
  5. Review: The Beaumont, Hexham — 16 June 2025

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Review: Fallow, Soho

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London, Restaurant Reviews

1 January 2021

Fish head in sriracha butter

Comfort is a big part of how you rate a meal, whether you care to admit it or not. I remember getting to WTLGI down slippery frozen steps on a snowy night, teeth chattering, and then finding that it was never quite warm enough in the dining room to thaw out properly. I’m willing to …

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Romesco sauce

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Lunch or supper, Recipes

1 January 2021

This smokey red sauce is great with fish, with leeks (in Spain it is served with calcots but leeks are a much easier alternative) and almost certainly with chicken. 1 long red pepper 1 large tomato 1 tsp mixed sweet and hot smoked paprika 1 or 2 garlic cloves 20g hazelnuts 20g almonds, de-skinned 1 …

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Review: Chishuru, Brixton (eat at home)

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London, Restaurant Reviews

4 December 2020

Ekuru and goat cheese

We’ve enjoyed a bunch of upmarket takeaways over the lockdowns this year. Naughty Piglets worked out a superb set of menus that were an absolute doddle to reheat and plate at home, we ordered from them at least three times. And to control our bias, I can report that we had a takeaway meal from …

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Review: Jose, Bermondsey

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London, Restaurant Reviews

27 October 2020

Jose, tapas bar extraordinaire

Jose Pizzaro’s unadorned tapas bar in Bermondsey is just perfect. I mean, it really is trying hard to be a little slice of Spain in London, but that’s okay by me. The decor is right, the drink is right, the food is right. I want you to be in the right frame of mind before …

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Review: Noble Rot, Holborn

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London, Restaurant Reviews

27 October 2020

Slip sole

This was supposed to be a review of Noble Rot’s new place in Soho. But someone booked the wrong branch. I can’t get huffy. It was our friends who booked, for a long overdue get together, but then COVID went all tier-2 on us and mixed meet-ups were suddenly outlawed. Our friends were lovely as …

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