Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
This is the kind of post that usually gets published around new year, looking back on the best of the previous year. However, I had a busy start to 2025 – family and work – and so a look back on 2024 passed me by. Now spring is on our doorstep (not officially with us […]
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It had been a long time. I could hardly believe when I checked the date of my first visit to The Palomar on the blog that it had been in December 2014. I went a second time a couple of years later with friends and have always meant to go back. But it didn’t seem […]
Read MoreSoho is full of places to eat, from classic dining institutions like L’Escargot in Greek Street and Quo Vadis in Dean Street (both places I’ve been to but not for a long time and pre-blog days) to familiar chains like The Real Greek, Cote Bistro, and recent ‘chain’ favourite, Franco Manca (links are to other branches […]
Read MoreWe’re experiencing an unusually long heatwave in London. It normally only lasts a day or two but this one has been going on for at least a couple of weeks. I’m not complaining. I love it. And it’s interesting how it affects one’s appetite – not only how hungry (or not so hungry) you feel, […]
Read MoreThe Barbary opened a few weeks ago to a fanfare of excited reviews. Even before it opened there was excitement, for The Barbary is ‘little sister’ to the wonderful The Palomar, and so expectations were high. Pretty much without exception, the reviews have been great so I was keen to go there soon. However, it was Annie who […]
Read MoreHappy New Year 2016!! WordPress have just sent me the blog’s Annual Report full of statistics about which posts were most popular and where readers came from. The most popular post this year was a TV review of Italy Unpacked Series 3: Puglia & Basilicata but my recipe for mince pies wasn’t far behind. I […]
Read MoreThe temperature has dropped to freezing in London but a sunny day was forecast so, still in holiday mode, I decided to have a ‘day out’ in central London. I’d heard great things about the Giovanni Battista Moroni exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts and since I’m a Friend and can therefore visit for […]
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