Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
It was a grey, wet morning as I arrived at The Shard, Western Europe’s tallest building and designed by the architect Renzo Piano. It’s visible from way across London and is simply magnificent in its design and the way it draws your eye from literally miles away. As I emerged from London Bridge station it […]
Read MoreBarely five minutes walk from Victoria station in a remarkably quiet location is The Goring, the only family-run 5-star luxury hotel in London. Just a couple of years past its centenary celebration, the current CEO, Jeremy Goring, is the 4th generation of the Goring family to run this beautiful hotel. The Single Gourmet Traveller doesn’t […]
Read MoreI’ve always loved going to the Tate Modern restaurant for lunch; not only is the food always excellent but the view is stunning. Situated at the top of the Tate Modern building, the floor-to-ceiling windows allow bright light to fill the restaurant and give out to a view that spans a prime area of London […]
Read MoreRebecca Mascarenhas has been running top restaurants for 26 years. Her first restaurant, Sonny’s in Barnes, soon became a favourite destination in SW London. In 1986 when it opened, Sonny’s was groundbreaking, offering a new way of eating top-quality food locally; you no longer had to travel into central London to eat really well. But […]
Read MoreI recently wrote about the fabulous Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick and how I love its combination of great food and an easy, relaxing yet sophisticated ambience. It’s just the kind of place I love to eat so I was delighted to be heading there this morning to meet Sam Harrison – yes, it’s his brasserie! – […]
Read MoreI met Paul Merrett at The Victoria this morning; a critically acclaimed gastro pub in South West London, close to Richmond Park. Chef Paul and restaurateur Greg Bellamy opened the pub in 2008 and since then it has gained a reputation for serving excellent food. The Times described it as ‘an absolute treat for foodie familes’ […]
Read MoreI’ve been hearing good things about The French Table in leafy Surbiton for some time. From enthusiastic words about the restaurant from various people to my friend Jane telling me she’d stumbled by chance upon a wonderful cafe/bakery in Surbiton called The French Tarte that she thought The Single Gourmet Traveller should check out. When […]
Read MoreThose of you who have followed my blog since I began writing eight months ago will be familiar with my passion for talking anything ‘Moro’. Not only has Moro been one of my favourite restaurants for a few years (see my recent post about eating there), but the two Moro books I own feature on […]
Read MoreNow I’ve discovered the wonderful Cinnamon Kitchen, I keep heading back there, so my route via Liverpool St Station is becoming very familiar – in all the best ways. It was a special pleasure this morning to be going there to interview head chef Abdul Yaseen about his favourite cookbooks and find out more about […]
Read MoreI’ve written about the lovely A Cena on the Hill deli before and its head chef, Paul Hughes, but thought it was time I headed back to talk to Paul about his Top Ten Cookery Books and find out more about him. Paul is an interesting man to talk to: apart from his obvious love […]
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