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Hay, hay, hay!
[singlepic id=269 w=240 h=320 float=right]The latest bit of experimentation inspired by our astonishing meal at Noma is hay smoking. The principle is fairly simple: put some hay into a big casserole, put some foil in with your foodstuff on top, cover with the lid and get it on a high heat for 5-10 minutes. This …
Review: Odette’s, Primrose Hill
[singlepic id=265 w=210 h=280 float=right]There is a new(ish) restaurant in Richmond which has a nice big sign beside the door that reads: “Richmond’s Favourite Neighbourhood Restaurant”. ORLY? D’you know what, I rather think the good people of Richmond will be the judge of that. The laurel of “neighbourhood restaurant” is something you earn by consistently …
Wet Monday lunch
On a wet, chilly and rainy Monday morning we found ourselves in a car park in Bath sitting in our steamy vehicle. Our challenge? To return home to Ludlow while taking in a good lunch en route, so I’d have somewhere new to review. [singlepic id=262 w=320 h=240 float=right]And so began a trawl through the …
Review: The Bath Priory
This guest post was written by: Maureen [singlepic id=258 w=280 h=210 float=right]”Sam is suffering from a leg injury, sustained while training for a cycling event”, said our waitress. “We’ve persuaded him to stay home the last couple of days but he insisted on coming in today for your kitchen visit”. So he did. And patiently …
Smoked bacon fudge
[singlepic id=255 w=280 h=210 float=right]I am always most delighted by a restaurant that breaks new ground, taking food in a direction I have never encountered before. That’s probably because I have a well developed sense of adventure, and whereas an element of natural timidity steps in to prevent me going skydiving over the Sahara, when …