Vanderlyle try pretty hard to emphasise that they are simply a fine dining restaurant (and, sotto voce, by the way they don’t use meat or fish). I completely understand why they take this slightly convoluted approach. When I’m thinking about going out for a nice meal, I can feel myself almost automatically skipping my gaze …
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Review: Fin Boys, Cambridge
Fin Boys is a seriously good fish restaurant in Cambridge. It would be a seriously good fish restaurant in London or anywhere else. They definitely put the “Oo!” into seafood. Hey… that was clever. : ) Sit at the counter if you can, that’s where we sat and talking with the chefs about seafood is …
Review: Santos & Co, Dorchester
It seems an unlikely place to find an independent Portuguese restaurant linked to a farm and wine estate in Portugal: inside a modern leisure quarter rubbing shoulders with Zizzi, Cote, Pizza Express and the Odeon. But that’s where Santos & Co live, in Dorchester’s rather pleasant Brewery Quarter. It’s a big dining room and gives …
Review: Impala, Soho
Impala is dark, modern, sharp-yet-relaxed and loudly buzzing. Proper shout-across-the-table to be heard kind of buzzing. So I’d suggest you only go when you’re in that kinda mood. If you do, you’ll be very happy because the food is splendid. The menu is definitely meant for sharing, and you’ll need to trust the staff to …
Review: Crab House Cafe, Weymouth
I love going to the coast. One of the main reasons I love it is the explosion of shabby-chic seaside shack restaurants that serve up smashing fresh seafood hauled out of the sea nearby. I don’t know who exactly started it and where, but we’ve found them from Pembrokeshire to Kent, Northumberland to Devon and …