I have been on Twitter for some time now and I am still loving the fact that it generates discussion, it keeps me informed on topics I like and it puts me in touch with like minded people. And it is with two of these like minded people (foodies, in this instance) that I planned a meal out at Italian eaterie in Pimlico, Tinello. The ladies in question are anglo-neapolitan @gigi_nav and pasta specialist @linguinadc Both of them had already…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** I do not normally go to italian restaurants in London, and occasionally, I even succumb to the type of italian restaurant that I should not, ever, eat at, such as Isolabella in Holborn. Nothing that bad, but with a menu that reads like a 1980s touristy version on some classics such as Carbonara (with cream, eeeew), it’s not somewhere I should be spending my money. So with some trepidation we left friends’ drinks to get…
When you spend 50 quid on food and drinks and come home hungry, something is not quite right. As I munch on crackers and rapeseed mayo (delicious) I reflect on the evening events which saw me experiencing the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at posh London hotel the Sanderson. As a wannabe foodie, I cannot help but feel the urge to blog about the soiree, partly food related but generally, to write yet another ‘grumpy old woman’ account of a hit…
Memories from the south Pacific, with this refreshing, light marinated tuna dish called Ike Mata
A couple of months ago Paul Ainsworth (yes, met in person!) told my sister and husband to watch him on the BBC as he was going to appear in the Great British Menu. We watched, we enjoyed it and with Paul, another chef caught our attention (and that was not Tom Aikens). Big guy Tom Kerridge seemed really friendly and his food very appetising so, for the occasion of foodie sister’s visit, we booked Sunday lunch at his Marlow Michelin…