Category: Restaurant Review
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A meal at Benares, Mayfair
After the appalling experience at Hix Soho, I was not feeling really up for another big dinner, at another West End expensive eaterie. But alas, all in support of the food writer sister… we thus made our way to Berkeley Square right in the heart of the elegant Mayfair. I had been at Benares years ago…
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A (terrible) meal at Hix Soho
When one has a food writer sister who begins visiting London as often as she can, it is difficult not to feel dragged into the reviewing and trying of new and not so new restaurants. So during the last weekend of March our first gourmet stop was Hix Soho. I got excited by reading the…
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A meal at Dinner, Heston Blumenthal at the MO
What now feels like a life time ago (January 5th) I eagerly booked a table for two at the soon to be opened Dinner for a random date in March. That date finally arrived and after some persuading, I managed to convince my husband to join me (as he does not find Heston’s food an…
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Becoming a regular at the Dock Kitchen…
On my way to my annual Italian summer holiday, I had with me a copy of Stevie Parle’s book: ‘My Kitchen, food from near and far‘. I did not think much of a cookbook as a holiday read so I started flicking through the pages while on my flight. Two hours later, I was completely…
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A (Michelin) star in a dark winter night – Taverna Estia (NA, Italy)
On a mild December evening my entire family congregated for a special occasion, a 70th birthday party. Having planned this evening for a while, the choice of restaurant sort of surprised me. Around 30 minutes drive from our Napoli home, in the middle of nowhere in the (not particularly attractive) outskirts east of the city.…