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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  1. TripAdvisor gives me indigestion — 13 comments
  2. Spicy beetroot soup — 11 comments
  3. Review: Noma, Copenhagen — 10 comments
  4. Spaghetti alla carbonara, essentially — 10 comments
  5. A gourmet and his gout — 9 comments

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Review: The Bell Inn, Yarpole

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Pubs, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

28 November 2011

This weekend was clearly doomed. Doooooomed! Which is another way of saying that we were too late trying to book the restaurant(s) we wanted and so ended up eating somewhere dull on Saturday night. And then we didn’t even manage to rectify things with a good Sunday lunch, making for pretty much a culinary failure …

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Spicy beetroot soup

Categories:

Recipes, Soups, Spicy food, Vegetarian

25 November 2011

There’s definitely a nip in the air this morning. A little frost in the shadows and by the road was a big old toadstool with a puddle of water on its upturned cap that was still frozen. Steamy breath and a hazy sun on the rooftops of Ludlow. I love chillies at any time of …

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Review: The Chilli Pickle, Brighton

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Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

23 November 2011

Oooo… lovely. A cup of steaming hot chai, sweet and spicy and milky and deeply reviving. Exactly as you’d get it from a good chai-wallah in Delhi. In fact it takes me straight back to the spice market in Jodhpur, or the book seller in Udaipur. While I got sick to the back teeth with …

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Apple soufflé with white chocolate parfait

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Desserts, Recipes, Showing off

21 November 2011

I spend more time reading food blogs now that I have a food blog. Inevitable perhaps, but I’ve certainly learned some new things to do with favourite ingredients and I’ve got some good tips for restaurants to try (and others to steer clear of). It’s a nice way to while away some time. So equally …

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Beetroot and black pudding salad (no bird)

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Lunch or supper, Quick meal, Recipes

17 November 2011

You won’t find any decomposing bird carcasses in this salad recipe. While you recover from that truly horrible thought, perhaps you can help me out. What exactly is the definition of a salad? The dictionary tells me that it is a cold dish that includes green leaves such as lettuce. This is clearly nonsense as …

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