***this restaurant has since closed down*** I am on a roll. It seems I am visiting a Michelin starred restaurant a week at the moment, with terrible consequences for my waistline and my wallet. There is a reason, of course, which I am not able to share fully yet, however those brave enough to accompany me on those culinary trips are fully aware of. Valid reason, I assure you. Last week it was Hedone’s turn. Motivation to get on a…
I have been wanting to visit Midsummer House long before Daniel Clifford made it to the Great British Menu banquet last year, let alone after this year’s bang. Since eating his food at Ludlow Food Festival in 2011, to be precise. So when my friend @Kiwijoblogs announced one of her new years resolutions was to eat at a Michelin starred restaurant I asked her to join me on a day out to Cambridge to finally eat Daniel’s food in his…
On top of the Royal Festival Hall – photo by Robert Carr Images The Cube is something I had been longing to try since it opened in London a few weeks ago and a few fellow bloggers were invited to an opening lunch, writing great things about their experience. I decided that if the only chef I really wanted to see was on on my birthday, I would have treated myself and @bmcboy to this special and fairly pricey…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** Some three months ago someone mentioned Dabbous. I knew nothing about it but how could I resist booking a table at what looked like a really interesting place to visit? So I opted the first available date, for a far away day in May. What seemed ages away quickly arrived and by now, Dabbous had been visited by worthy critics and fellow bloggers, and the expectations were mounting. Reservations were as coveted as a…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** When I met Ben Spalding for my badly timed article for Identita’ Golose, he mentioned Viajante and North Road as places in London where one could find a similar philosophy to Roganic’s in the kitchen. I was intrigued as I did not know anything about North Road and decided to book a table for dinner. The venue is quite stark, elegant and on a Friday evening, only barely half full. It always makes me…