Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

Latest posts

  1. Review: Laxsa, Soho — 7 May 2025
  2. Review: The Horse Guards, Petworth — 26 April 2025
  3. Review: Chet’s, Shepherd’s Bush — 19 April 2025
  4. Review: Mamapen, Soho — 15 April 2025
  5. Review: The White Horses, Rottingdean — 5 April 2025

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  1. TripAdvisor gives me indigestion — 13 comments
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  3. Review: Noma, Copenhagen — 10 comments
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Steak tartare

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General Articles, Lunch or supper, One-pot meals, Quick meal, Recipes

26 January 2013

Whenever I visit France I throw myself at the steak tartare like a love-struck fool. Because absence makes the heart grow fonder and this simple dish is harder to find on UK menus than beetroot macarons. Not impossible, I grant. But don’t bother telling me about the one posh brasserie in London you know of …

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Review: The Unicorn, Ludlow

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

20 January 2013

I’m sometimes tempted to make allowances for duff food on the grounds that at least it was cheap. But that’s daft. I’m a half-decent home cook, no Delia but no bad either. So I can confidently state that it doesn’t cost more money to cook crunchy chips, it just requires that you cook them right. …

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Khao Soi, Northern Thai Curry

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One-pot meals, Recipes, Spicy food

12 January 2013

If you haven’t been to Thailand, you really should. I recommend spending two weeks exploring north from Bangkok, inland, and then relaxing for two days on a beach at the end before going home. We have such brilliant memories of our eight weeks there, and no more so than a week in the city of …

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Review: Churchill Arms, Gloucestershire

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

5 January 2013

Is it fair to review a restaurant that you visited on a “special” day? In this case, New Years Day for lunch. My friend Tim was quite prescient in saying “we shouldn’t expect too much, the staff will be tired after last night.” But surely a restaurant should only open its doors if it is …

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My own 2012 was…

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General Articles

1 January 2013

I’d like to thank anyone and everyone that has found my blog over the past year, especially if you’ve left a comment. Nothing moves a blogger more than proof that their words are read, and nothing does that like a comment on a post! This, which just missed being the last post of the year …

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