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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: The Cellar, Anstruther

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Fine dining, Michelin, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

19 June 2017

Have you visited the east of Scotland? Not Edinburgh. Not the majestic Highlands or the wild Islands, not Stirling or Loch Ness. But the surprisingly fertile swathe north and east of Edinburgh that includes places like Dundee and Perth and St Andrews. You should. It’s dotted with evocative medieval castles, truly ancient monuments, gnarly little …

Tags: fine dining, michelin, review, Scotland

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Review: Norse, Harrogate

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Fine dining, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

9 June 2017

Well, guess what? Norse is a modern Scandinavian restaurant. They give it away with the name, really. Although looking back on the meal there’d be nothing wrong with calling it a modern British restaurant, because frankly all the fantastic northern European ingredients they focused on are all found right here on our shores. Some lovely …

Tags: Harrogate, nordic, review

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Review: The White Hart, Fyfield

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

22 May 2017

There’s a certain kind of pub that can be a bit wearisome for a food blogger. It’s a lovely old building, service is friendly and informal, the cooking is all excellent and the menu is mainly old favourites with some original touches because chef obviously is a craftsman and loves what he or she is …

Tags: Oxfordshire, pub, review

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Review: El Portal de Echaurren, Rioja

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Fine dining, Michelin, Overseas, Restaurant Reviews

17 May 2017

It’s always nice to pair a long weekend of wine tasting with a top-class meal, but for Rioja we decided to go totally overboard and book a gastronomic weekend at Echaurren. This involved an evening meal at 2* El Portal de Echaurren, a fine breakfast before a morning in the kitchen with chef Francis Paniego, …

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Wine tasting in Rioja

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Events and Visits

16 May 2017

Say “Spanish wine” and most people will think Rioja. And until we started planning a trip there I didn’t really know more than that; renowned reds and some good whites. So. La Rioja is a northern region of Spain, just inland from the Basque country around Bilbao and overlapping with it a little. It is …

Tags: Rioja, Spain, wine, wine trip, wine-tasting

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Review: The Cellar, Anstruther

Review: Norse, Harrogate

Review: The White Hart, Fyfield

Review: El Portal de Echaurren, Rioja

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