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Review: Fatt Pundit, Covent Garden
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 …
Review: Khao-So-I, Fitzrovia
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 …
Review: Bistro Union, Clapham
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. …
Review: Wildhive at Callow Hall, Ashbourne
It’s very nice to get out of London for a little indulgent break in the bleak midwinter, especially in a lovely old country house perched on a wooded hillside and converted into a luxurious and cosy hotel. You might remember we did the same a couple of years ago at Hampton Manor. This time we …
Review: OMA, Borough
Feels like Middle Eastern cuisine is having a big time in London, and OMA is one of the spots at the forefront of it. It’s taken us over a year to get here since we put it on our bucketlist, as earlier on it was going through that super-hyped phase where booking less than a …