Another day, another brasserie. This time at the Rosewood Hotel, its own British brasserie called Holborn Dining Room. Brasserie is a French word,…
Review: Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly Circus
French cuisine is glamorous. Not essentially so, but symbolically such. One may argue that this is because of the prettiness of their dishes,…
Review: Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar, London
I feel for celebrities. The incessant publicity, invasions of privacy, criticisms for being human and all the other general intrusions that make up…
Review: The Castle Inn, Bungay, Suffolk
For a small town, Bungay has a fair few restaurants. You’ve got your standard chippy, your Chinese, your kebab shop, but you’ve also got…
Travelog: An Account of Our First Day in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Our train arrived into Ljubljana in the latter part of the morning. The trip was not too long, so we were not too weary by…
Review: XU Restaurant & Teahouse, London
I walked from Piccadilly Circus, through the busy afternoon streets of central London, a busker’s painful rendition of Kodaline’s All I Want, a…
The Wonders of the Leopold
The pieces put on display at the Leopold museum in Vienna were some of the most remarkably beautiful works of art that I…
Review: Farmyard Contemporary Bistro, Norwich
Although the term is not as widely used, bistronomy is what most savvy restaurants are into these days. No longer is it practical to…
Review: Brat Restaurant, Redchurch Street, Shoreditch
If you squeeze past the roiling busyness that is Smoking Goat in Shoreditch, moving just around the corner and a little bit further on…
Review: Padella Restaurant, Borough Market
I am convinced that one of the best places to get to know a person is in the queue outside Padella. You are in…