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Review: A La Russe, Windsor
Visit Windsor on almost any day of the year and you’ll find a town awash with tourists from across the globe, visitor numbers out of all proportion with the modest-sized town centre. So you’d expect most of the restaurants to be horrid affairs with glitzy frontages and gimmicks, serving up over-priced rubbish to people who …
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 …