a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in dining out, England, food, Modern European, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Aug 11th, 2009
Background: It was the husband’s birthday, so a dinner was organised by his dad at St Helena in a small village near Bedford for five of us. Of course I conducted the obligatory online search to see what other people thought of it. The reviews ranged from positively raving about the place to hating it, [...]
Posted in dining out, food, London, Michelin star, Modern European, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Mar 22nd, 2009
Background: I recently decided to tidy up the categories on my London restaurant reviews page and as a result, discovered several restaurants I fancied revisiting. Arbutus (click for previous review) was one of them. I’ve only been once, for the set lunch which they were offering long before the credit crunch, and gave it a [...]
Posted in dining out, food, London, Modern European, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on May 28th, 2008
I had not even heard of Refuel at The Soho Hotel, until I went there recently for a work lunch. I hardly ever eat in hotel restaurants (Nahm was a mistake), particularly in this country, and now I know why. ‘International’ hotel food is not exactly the most exciting or creative… The restaurant was busy [...]
Posted in dining out, food, London, Michelin star, Modern European, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Dec 21st, 2007
[UPDATE: January 2008 Wild Honey was awarded a Michelin star] Wild Honey opened earlier this year, following in the footsteps of its acclaimed elder sister Arbutus, which now has a Michelin star. Situated in Mayfair, in contrast to Arbutus’ Soho location, the formula is nevertheless similar. Wild Honey offers the same set lunch and dinner [...]
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 [...]
