When the qualifying Michelin star prefaces the description of a restaurant, an almost automatic discomfort seems to descend upon both the host and…
Review: Giggling Squid Restaurant, Norwich
One of the many reasons why I love taking Maddy out to dinner is because she will try anything that does not conflict with…
Review: Hawksmoor Steakhouse, Knightsbridge
We spent the morning before Hawksmoor at the Natural History Museum. I had been there several times previously, and thought it a convenient place…
Review: Cafe TPT Chinese Restaurant, Chinatown
If I am to go out for Chinese food again, I probably will not be heading back to Chinatown. I have been to a…
Review: Benedicts Restaurant, Norwich
The city of Norwich, as soon as you step off the train and onto the platform, speaks to you as all cities do, in…
Review: Absurd Bird Fried Chicken, Soho
Like most big cities in the world, fried chicken is well represented in London. Be it in the myriad fast food chains dotted…
In Defence of Flavour: Relearning What Tastes Good
We are what we eat: an amalgamation, a conglomerate of bacteria, enzymes and various other microbes that connect us not only to other people but…
Review: Brick Pizza Restaurant, Norwich
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I do not think I’ve ever eaten a pizza and said to myself, ‘Golly! That’s the most…
Review: Smokestak London Barbecue, Shoreditch
As has been the case with all my London escapades, I found myself in Shoreditch for the first time to visit a restaurant.…
Review: Senor Ceviche, Carnaby, Soho
Ceviche is not the kind of food you wake up craving at first light. It most certainly isn’t what lulls you blissfully to sleep.…