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It’s becoming a family tradition to go to The Nutcracker at Christmastime – again! Again because I was taken to see it as a child for many years and it’s wonderful that now my grandsons are old enough to enjoy it too. It was Freddie’s (10) third time; Ben’s (8) second and this time my […]
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I’ve written about Santa Maria before: my first visit to the Ealing branch in 2019 and to the Kew branch earlier this year. But when I took the grandsons to Kew in July, there was no kids’ menu … then last Monday, my son suggested we all went to Kew Gardens for a walk in […]
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Christmas is a time for traditions and for me growing up, it meant being taken to a show, most often The Nutcracker ballet, which I went to every year for many years. I’ve started that tradition with the grandsons and have tickets again for just after Christmas. However, a new tradition has also come in […]
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I wrote about a rather disastrous visit to the Comptoir Libanais on London’s South Bank only a couple of weeks ago … so why did I go again so quickly? Well, the food had been brilliant, it was only the service that had been poor, indeed terrible. But it’s half term and I like to […]
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I met my lovely friend Lucia last night for a meal. She suggested going to The Resto near Highbury & Islington tube as this is a sort of halfway point from my home in SW London and hers in Hertfordshire. The Resto is a pizzeria serving Neopolitan pizzas and food of the Aegean. Well, I […]
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I’ve been in two minds about whether to write a review of the restaurant I went to last night with my friend Annette as I mainly avoid negative write-ups. However, the food was delicious and the service friendly – but unfortunately (the negative bit) also very poor. There was some confusion about there being a […]
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When people hear about my blog, they often ask me which are my favourite restaurants and, of course, over the years the choices have changed. I’ve been writing this blog since 2011 and favourites then are perhaps not favourites now, or don’t even exist any more. When I was in Aldeburgh recently, someone in the […]
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I first went to Cinnamon Bazaar in Covent Garden in April 2019. I was a long-time fan of the Cinnamons and although I loved the Kitchen and Club, was delighted by this less formal version at Bazaar. Despite promises to myself to go back soon, it wasn’t until April this year that I went again, […]
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My friend Sharon came up with another great suggestion of a place for us to meet last night: Claro, in Waterloo Place in St James’s in Central London, which runs from Pall Mall up to Piccadilly Circus. Claro serves Mediterranean food with Middle East influences and is housed in an attractive historic listed building with […]
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My friend Kate and I have a long-standing preference for eating Italian when we meet for lunch. It began years ago when we, for a couple of years or so, met once a week to practise our Italian. We then had a trip to Rome. Since then, I have to confess the Italian speaking has […]
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