a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in British, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Aug 5th, 2009
[UPDATE - September 2009: Based on such a pleasant experience, I returned with the husband a month later for the same set lunch. This time, however, the lunch was underwhelming. The set menu was exactly the same, except that instead of fish fingers, they had Cornish sardines. It was also busier on a Wednesday than [...]
Posted in British, French, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jun 23rd, 2009
Background:
When our Canadian friends visited London recently, I had to think hard about where to take them for dinner. As we’d already dined at The Wolseley, Konstam and Yauatcha with them over the last two years, I wanted to maintain the high standards to which they’re accustomed in London. In the end, I chose Le [...]
Posted in British, England, Ireland, Scotland, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, recipe, traveleating on May 29th, 2009
After recently enjoying a lovely dinner at Hix Oyster & Chop House, I was intrigued to receive Mark Hix’s British Regional Food, sent to me by Quadrille Publishing to review. Billed as ‘a cook’s tour of the best produce in Britain and Ireland with traditional and original recipes’, the book promised a wealth of information [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, organic, traveleating on May 11th, 2009
After spending a wonderful day at last year’s Real Food Festival at Earl’s Court in London, I was looking forward to replicating the experience. With nearly 500 small food and drink producers attending the three day event, as well as cookery workshops, chef demonstrations and tasting sessions, it seemed as if this year would be [...]
Posted in British, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Mar 10th, 2009
Background:
It was a toss-up between dinner at Hix Oyster & Chop House or Hawksmoor. I didn’t really mind when my friend chose the former because both were on my wishlist and I’ll be visiting Hawksmoor soon anyway. So back I went to Farringdon, the third time in a month, to visit what used to be [...]
