Posted in afternoon tea, Alan Yau, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, London, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on May 26th, 2009
Background: Regular readers will know that I adore dim sum! I’m currently updating last year’s post Where To Eat Dim Sum In London, and have created a shortlist of dim sum restaurants to revisit as well as to visit for the first time. Having recently ticked a few new ones off the list – Yum [...]
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Posted in afternoon tea, bakery, breakfast, cafe, dining out, food, Italian, Italy, restaurant review, travel, traveleating on Jun 29th, 2008
Although we drove past the beautiful lakeside town of Salò several times to and from Limone sul Garda, where we were staying, we didn’t actually stop there until we were on our way back to the airport. We knew little about Salò at the time (although I did keep wondering if it was connected to [...]
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Posted in afternoon tea, breakfast, dining out, food, London, Modern European, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Dec 7th, 2007
[UPDATE - October 2009: I have been back to The Wolseley a few times since writing this review. The most recent dinner was two weeks ago, when I had the Grilled Fish of the Day - hake, which was simple but delicious. I also started with an artichoke salad, which I thought rather overpriced. My [...]
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Posted in afternoon tea, Alan Yau, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, London, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Dec 4th, 2007
[UPDATE: 26/05/2009 I revisited Yauatcha, so please most recent review here]. After the huge argument with my husband over last Friday’s dinner at Alan Yau‘s latest Japanese eaterie Sake no Hana, I felt a little apprehensive about going to another of his restaurants, Yauatcha, for dim sum today. However, we’ve both been many times before [...]
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Having been informed that traditional British afternoon tea at Reid’s Palace Hotel (former guests include Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher) on the cliff-tops above Funchal, Madeira was an event not to be missed, I duly booked a table for five on the elegant terrace. This is the place to sit, as the view of the [...]
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