Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  5. Review: Cinnamon Bazaar, Covent Garden — 13 December 2024

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Causa with smoked duck breast

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Lunch or supper, Recipes

25 September 2013

Causa is cold mashed potato. Mmm… appealing! That must be why there are hardly any recipes on the internet for causa. Well, I’m here to add to that paltry tally. The whole point about causa, and why I like it, is that it should be cold mashed potato with stuff. In this case I happen …

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Review: Adam’s, Birmingham

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Fine dining, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

8 September 2013

If chef Adam Stokes’ favourite flavour of crisps isn’t salt and vinegar I’m quite prepared to eat my hat. Oh, I most definitely enjoyed my nine course tasting menu at Adam’s new venture in Birmingham, but those with a high blood pressure might want to steer clear. Tucked very unobtrusively away in the centre of …

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Review: The Bennetts End, near Ludlow

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

24 August 2013

Sometimes you get a better view from a hill than a mountain. You’re probably expecting something philosophical now, but I meant it literally. Take the Clee Hills, for instance. Driving up over towering Clee Hill you are greeted by one of the vastest views in England. Stretched out before you are four different counties, and …

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Review: The Waterdine, Shropshire

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

13 August 2013

When we first visited Shropshire, some years back, I distinctly remember being told of a hidden gem with a Michelin listing called The Waterdine. This week I finally got round to trying it. Unfortunately I may have left it too late. It’s tricky writing a review like this. We had a nice chat with the …

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Review: The Butcher’s Arms, Eldersfield

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

3 August 2013

Well, that was jolly good. The Butcher’s Arms is a proper country pub, honest and comfy. I’m getting heartily sick of walking into gastropubs that turn out to belong to a boutique chain of identikit establishments, walls hung with photos of pheasants and foxhounds, deja vu menus of hand-dived scallops and sticky toffee pudding. So …

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