a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Bologna, Italian, Italy, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, vegetarian, wine on Dec 23rd, 2008
We left Marina di Ravenna early in the morning, jumped on the train back to Bologna and dashed off to über gourmet delicatessen Tamburini to buy two boxes of fresh pasta and consume lunch at top speed, before grabbing a taxi to the airport to fly back to London. We were at Tamburini almost one [...]
Posted in British, French, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Sep 8th, 2008
Le Café Anglais is ex-Kensington Place chef Rowley Leigh’s new(ish) venture. It won London Restaurant of the Year and New Restaurant of the Year at the London Restaurant Awards a few days ago. As it’s had plenty of positive write-ups, I’d always intended to visit one day. After sampling their heavenly spit roast belly pork [...]
Posted in Bologna, Italian, Italy, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating, wine on Jan 7th, 2008
There was no question about Rodrigo not making it to the Bologna restaurant shortlist when I did my research about two months ago. My father-in-law loves this restaurant and still reminisces about the mashed potato with Parmesan that he had – so simple and satisfying. My husband had also planned to go there with his [...]
Posted in London, Michelin star, Modern European, dining out, food, 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 menus, [...]
Posted in London, Modern European, afternoon tea, breakfast, dining out, food, 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 [...]
