Last week was very busy as it seems it’s exhibition season. First I went to the Hotelympia exhibition of the best in the hotel & restaurant trade and I went specifically to see the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) and a talk by Sir Terence Conran. I succeeded on both counts: First, by accosting the SRA and…
Last week Lieutenant No1 told me of good new restaurant in Holborn, The Holborn Dining Room at the luxury Rosewood Hotel, in Holborn of course. So I had to give it a review, however when I arrived I realised I’d been there before, it’s past life was Pearl restaurant run by Jun Tanaka. I had eaten there and…
This week has been a trial by pavement. My bones have been shaken & stirred and not in a good way. Firstly, I and the Mancunian Lieutenant decided that after a hair appointment in Richmond, we should wheel down to the Crown in Twickenham (great pub with fab garden see previous review). Little did I…
This week I headed to Fitzrovia to try out the fantastic Ollie Dabbous’ new, lower budget, restaurant. Charlotte Street is a real haven for style seekers and discerning diners and The Barnyard proved to be no exception. First of all, the food was excellent – quite basic on paper but absolutely fantastically flavoured and brilliant value too.…
This week I’m going to be brief for no other reason than I’m hurting from the Man Utd defeat by Man City! I need to lick my wounds with a few drinks. First I went to the newly refurbished Avenue restaurant & bar from DandDLondon, in St James’ Piccadilly – ‘Where Manhattan Meets Mayfair’. It…
Last week I had a number of meetings in London to raise funds for BBS……………Has anyone got any?? I digress, the problem I had was getting around, so I opted for black cabs as per usual. I rarely wait on the street as I prefer the cab driver to come and get me from the…
This week I went to 3 different places and accessibility has never before felt more like a mission from the pages of a James Bond novel (or maybe I was too caught up in the Sky TV depiction of Ian Fleming) First was a visit to the private members club House of St. Barnabas –…
For once I went back to somewhere I’d reviewed before for a second visit – Tom’s Kitchen in King’s Rd. It was for a quiet birthday celebration of one of my Lieutenants and I can say it was as good as the last time but for the fact we had a table tucked in by…
The last couple of weeks have been manic with people waking up from hibernation and needing everything yesterday. So I missed last week’s wrap but here’s what’s been happening: In our last wrap I mentioned I was going to Arsenal to see Man Utd and I’d arranged to go for a pre-match meal. It was…