Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
I’ve been such a faithful follower of my favourite local Indian restaurant Tangawizi, that it’s taken me literally years to try Swagat, not so far away and just over the other side of Richmond bridge and a little way up Richmond Hill. I’ve heard good things about it and knew the food should be similar as […]
Read MoreI’ve been going to Pizzeria Rustica in Richmond for years. They opened in 1996 and I guess I’ve been going for a large part of that time. As often happens with favourite places, I’ve gone through phases of going to Pizzeria Rustica almost every week to going rarely. But after a ‘quiet’ period with the […]
Read MoreI’ve said in one or two other ‘Favourite Haunts’ posts that they are not necessarily about great food but a host of other things that make them favourite places to revisit again and again. However, A Cena stands out as being one of my favourite haunts where the food is of an exceptionally high standard […]
Read MoreThere was a time when my daughter’s birthday treat involved nothing more adventurous than a trip to the local Burger King (though that was a very long time ago). Gradually we’ve moved upmarket and for her birthday this year, she told me, she’d love to go to her favourite restaurant – Petersham Nurseries. Now, our visit […]
Read MoreBrula was a runner up in the ‘Best Restaurant’ category of the recent Observer Food Monthly annual awards. And being a runner up to Heston Blumenthal’s new restaurant, Dinner, can only be an indication of how special this little French restaurant in St Margarets, Twickenham is. It opened on its present site in 2000 and has […]
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