A few months ago I met chef Tristan Welch on my ‘claim to fame’ Market Kitchen appearance, a fun and interesting night during which I had the pleasure to meet a lot of very nice people such as Tristan. Memories As he handed me his business card, I found out he was head chef at Launceston Place, so I promised him I would go and have dinner once my parents came to visit. In fact, in the early 90s, when we…
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 and remember not being very impressed by the food – rather, I was impressed by the very expensive bill and did not think I would…
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 appealing idea). The Mandarin Oriental, where the restaurant is located, is a beautiful building in beautiful Knightsbridge overlooking beautiful Hyde Park, Sadly, it is now…
Note: this post is over 5 years old 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. My first thought was – what are we doing here? And, as we walked out of the…
A meal at Hakkasan.