I’ve just enjoyed a belt-bursting and smile-inducing lunch at the Butchers Arms on the most miserably rainy day of the summer so far. There are few better pleasures on a rainy day than finding yourself somewhere cosy with good food. [singlepic id=292 w=210 h=280 float=right]This is the Butchers Arms, Woolhope, Herefordshire. Not to be confused …
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Restaurant reviews
Review: Min Jiang, Kensington
[singlepic id=285 w=280 h=210 float=right]For me Chinese has always been the ugly duckling of cuisines. It is spoken of as one of the three great originating cuisines of the world; French, Persian and Chinese. But my experiences of Chinese food in Britain have typically ranged from jolly tasty to utterly dire, with no hint of …
Review: The Mail Room, Ludlow (part 1)
[singlepic id=273 w=280 h=210 float=right]Blogging for nine months now and this is the first time I’m reviewing a restaurant in its opening week. What can I say, it’s not often a new place opens in a small town like Ludlow, a town already stuffed with places to eat. One promising aspect of The Mail Room …
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 …
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 …