Poulet Rouge is a simple but enjoyable restaurant in Balham serving – you guessed it – chicken which we visited recently for a post-New Year lunch. The menu is unfussy, pretty much just offering different fractions of chicken (quarter, half or whole) with sides, chips and sauces to go alongside it. All the side dishes…
If you didn’t get enough to please your tastebuds at Xmas here’s a restaurant to try… Kai, Chinese Restaurant, has been a stalwart of the Mayfair dining scene since 1993 and during this time they have been awarded a Michelin Star (2009-2015). They hit The Sunday Times Food List for ‘Britain’s Top 100 Restaurants’, 2015 Edition, and…
The 3 BBS Ticks are the gold standard for style and accessibility. Today we’re giving out 3 Christmassy Ticks for the following 3 things… What to buy / be bought!… Give someone a way to keep their Blue Badge in Style this Christmas by giving them a trendy holder from the Blue Badge Company. They…
The European Access City Award is an annual prize set up to reward the European city that has done the most work to improve its accessibility for less able residents and visitors. For 2014, Gothenburg was named the EU’s Access City for its holistic and comprehensive approach to access. Sweden’s second city was declared to…
The Rake, in Borough Market, is an award winning bar specialising in beer and packing in an incredible amount of variety into a very small space. The bar is owned by Richard Dinwoodie and Mike Hill – the two owners of Utobeer – and is a true haven for beer connoisseurs, with the beer changing pretty…
Winter’s just about here (apparently it’s going to the wettest in 33 years – a miniature nightmare for wheelchair users) and at this time of year, as the weather starts to turn nasty and the nights draw in, there’s nothing like some warming grub and a nice glass of wine. So that’s something I’ve been…
Caminata is a popular yet relaxed family Italian restaurant in Balham, which also does takeaway pizzas. It’s a relatively small venue but it’s not at all cramped, with lots of space to move around (which should be helpful for wheelchair users). It’s a cosy and simple but stylish environment with exposed duct work, rough stone…
Over the weekend we headed to The Dairy in Clapham for a wonderful lunch of superb, innovative, little treats. We were there for a 21st birthday but all agreed that the food alone would have been worth celebrating. It’s an unassuming little bistro on the edge of Clapham Common with stripped down walls and ‘reclaimed’…
We had Sunday lunch at La Capanna which is located in the high street in Cobham. It is Italian cuisine and they have a set menu on Sundays. The service was excellent and the food was very good. Now I will tell you the Bad news and the Good news: Bad news first, there is…