[singlepic id=615 w=400 h=210 float=center] Customer: “That was a really good tasting menu. X and Y were particularly brilliant. I must admit though, we all thought the four desserts were a bit repetitive, all basically ice cream. One dish with a pastry element or a bit of cake might have been good…” [singlepic id=610 w=280 …
Category: Fine dining
White linen, silver service, but not in Mr Michelin's book
Review: Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Cornwall
[singlepic id=607 w=280 h=210 float=right]Sometimes I like to fool myself that I’m a local when I visit Cornwall. After all, I must have visited a dozen times. I know all the obscure villages; Praze an Beble, Indian Queens, Perranzebuloe, Mabe Burnthouse. I know how to pronounce Fowey and Mousehole (Fo’y and Mowz’l). And I never, …
Review: 5 North Street, Winchcombe
[singlepic id=596 w=280 h=210 float=right]It was very good of the owner of 5 North Street to phone me up a few hours before our booking to explain that they had no other bookings that evening. Not “…so we’re not going to open, sorry” as I’ve heard of happening elsewhere but “…so you’ll be alone in …
Review: Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
[singlepic id=589 w=280 h=210 float=right]In my most exhuberant burst of foody behaviour yet, I’ve moved house and am now only ten minutes’ walk away from my nearest two-star Michelin restaurant! Because it’s important to have a good neighbourhood eatery for those Friday nights when you really can’t be bothered to cook, right? The restaurant in …
Review: Adam’s, Birmingham
[singlepic id=561 w=280 h=210 float=right]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 …