Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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Review: Tierra and Mar, Cirencester

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

26 September 2018

Tierra and Mar

This little restaurant in a tucked-away corner of Cirencester is really hard to pin down. Is it fine dining or casual? Is it modern or trad Spanish? Is it brilliant value or a bit confused? Is it tapas or tasting menu? I’m not sure I can answer all these questions, but Tierra and Mar is …

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Review: The Coach House, Exmoor

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Fine dining, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

20 August 2018

Or to give it its proper title: “The Coach House by Michael Caines“. In the interest of full disclosure, this kind of thing really gets on my wick so I was likely to be skeptical going into this meal! Is it really necessary to suck people in with a name? All I can find on …

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Review: Jamavar, London

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Fine dining, London, Michelin, Restaurant Reviews

19 August 2018

Curry, innit?

Jamavar has recently had a change of chef at the top. I hadn’t realised, but it’s actually the first UK outpost of a small group of exclusive Indian hotels. The interior is very clubby, all mirrors and dark wood and little brass lamps. Comfy too. Service was decent and friendly. We went all-in for the …

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Review: Moksh, Cardiff

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Fine dining, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

30 July 2018

Dessert in the smoke

If you are an Indian restaurant with pretensions of fine dining, please learn this lesson first: portion sizes should be smaller on tasting menus. When a full sized curry with a complete portion of rice and naan rocks up after I’ve already eaten 3 amuse bouches and 4 starters, I just know I’m going to …

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Review: Ynyshir, The Pass Bench, Machynllyth

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14 July 2018

Up Cader Idris

I raved about Ynyshir last March after our first visit. And I kept raving about it, in spite of all the lovely meals I’ve had since, so much so that Maureen became heartily sick of me and booked a table there for my birthday this year to shut me up. This is no minor undertaking, …

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