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Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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Review: Rockfish, Brixham — 16 August 2025
Review: The Club House, West Bexington — 16 August 2025
Review: Da Mario, Kensington — 16 August 2025
Review: Chisou, Mayfair — 3 August 2025
Review: The Vine Tree, Crickhowell — 3 August 2025

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Review: Lorne, Victoria

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Fine dining, London, Restaurant Reviews

2 June 2019

Have I reached the end? Should I stop blogging when I can’t think of any witty, amusing, interesting or tangential theme with which to start a review? Or do I have a duty, nay a calling, to provide the internet-reading public with short, punchy, considered reviews of some of the most delicious places to eat …

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Review: Kiln, Soho

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London, Restaurant Reviews

2 June 2019

Kiln is a narrow little joint, mostly bar. Places like this come and go in Soho all the time – queues out the door on year one, vanished three years later. I’ve no idea what the recipe for longevity is, but I like Kiln so I hope they find it. Inspired loosely by northern Thailand …

Tags: London, review, Thai

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Review: Padella, London Bridge

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London, Restaurant Reviews

19 May 2019

Padella is hot right now. So hot that when we arrived at 6pm last week looking for a table, the next available was 9:30pm! Determined souls that we are, this time we (or rather Maureen!) got there by 5 and so managed to secure a table for 6:45. Was it worth it? Well, yeah. This …

Tags: Italian, London, pasta, review

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Review: Smoke and Liquor, Rochester

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

19 May 2019

I love Rochester, it’s loaded with character and history, I just wish it attracted more hipsters. Purely for their tendency to cause delicious food and drink venues to appear, you understand. Although I can report that Rochester has at least one decent place for a bite. I can’t help but think they might have named …

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Review: Brigadiers, City of London

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London, Restaurant Reviews

19 May 2019

I like a place where they’ve put some effort into the decor and taken their own road, rather than following along with the latest identikit hipster trends. On the other hand, I’m not sure whether it’s very PC to enjoy the gloriously British-colonial club atmosphere at Brigadiers. Well, at least “the Brigadier” who gazes down …

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Review: Lorne, Victoria

Review: Kiln, Soho

Review: Padella, London Bridge

Review: Smoke and Liquor, Rochester

Review: Brigadiers, City of London

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