Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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

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  3. Review: Noma, Copenhagen — 10 comments
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Review: Woodfire, Stockbridge

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Cafes etc., Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

26 March 2016

Quickie this, and no photos, totally forgot. Well, all we were looking for was a bite of lunch on our way down to Winchester. Stockbridge is a postcard-perfect little town in the Test Valley in deepest Hampshire. For me, the Test Valley is perhaps the most beautiful bit of rural countryside in the whole south …

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Review: The Dogs, Edinburgh

Categories:

Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

26 March 2016

The Dogs, indeed!

The Dogs is one of those great little finds, someone cooking good food without pretension in a kinda ramshackle and unexpected corner of a city. I’m reminded of Strathvagin in Glasgow. Dogs are a very literal theme, from the front door all the way up the old staircase, and into the bar and dining room …

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Review: Eat Wild, Cirencester

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Cafes etc., Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

28 February 2016

Bambi in a blanket

Oh wow, that was a good burger. No, it was a great burger! And just for good measure, it came with great fries. Oh, and Maureen’s pulled venison lasagne was super-great too, with star anise to give it whumph. And then for afters I scoffed a stick toffee pudding with so much (oh so very …

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Review: Castle Terrace, Edinburgh

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Fine dining, Michelin, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

28 February 2016

Venison pate en croute

At some point I just got bored and stopped eating my skate. Which is, really, one of the worst things you can say about a restaurant when you’re forking out over a hundred per person. This was my main course, “seared skate grenobloise with crushed pink fir apple potatoes and sea kale”. Seared implies flame-kissed, …

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Review: The Karczma, Birmingham

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

31 January 2016

Beetroot soup - inspired

I should be making witty remarks about the completely unironic kitsch of The Karczma, a 200% Polish restaurant in a dubious corner of Birmingham city centre. But all I want to do is MOAN ABOUT THE STUPID CRAPPY WEATHER WE’VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE PAST, LIKE, NINE MONTHS OR SOMETHING. We have never been so …

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