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Berkshire – Bray

The Fat Duck – OTT!

The Waterside Inn – old fashioned comfort

 

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Edinburgh

Joseph Pearce – Scotland meets Sweden

Number One at The Balmoral – well bread

The Kitchin – Sunshine (& Snow) on Leith

Falkirk

The Wheelhouse – Good Food and a Tourist attraction!

 

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Kent – Broadstairs

B is for Broadstairs

Trip to Broadstairs – Converted to The Chapel

STARK

Wyatt and Jones

Kent – Canterbury

Abode – not so inviting

Boho – Clock it

Salt – British Tapas in Canterbury – CLOSED

Kent – Faversham 

Reads – got the looks but not the substance – CLOSED

Kent – Folkestone

Rocksalt – Saved by the cooking

Kent – Fordwich

Fordwich Arms – Pub Fine Dining

Kent – Margate

The Ambrette

Forts – don’t tell everyone

GB Pizza – UFK

Turner Contemporary Cafe – Margate through the looking glass

Trip to Margate – Saved by The Lifeboat

Kent – Ramsgate

Albion House Hotel

Arya at the Ravensgate Arms – CLOSED

Coco Latino 

Flavours by Kumar

VinylHead Cafe – CLOSED Now Eats n Beats

Kyoto Sushi and Grill

Miles Cafe Culture – CLOSED

Rokka – fish out of water!

Royal Harbour Brasserie

The Empire Room at the Royal Harbour Hotel

The Empire Room – Majestic

Travellers in Italy

Where to eat and drink – East Kent/Isle of Thanet

Using Ramsgate as a Hub

 

Kent – Whitstable

East Coast Dining Room

The Sportsman – Seasalter near Whitstable

The Sportsman in Seasalter – forgetting about the weather

The Sportsman – Fresh from the garden

 

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London

40|30 at the Gherkin – COOLest venue of the Noughties!

40|30 at the Gherkin – hi def cuisine

40|30 at the Gherkin – the high life

5th View Bar & Food

5th View at Waterstone’s – Book it

A Wong – Seriously Cool

Adam & Eve – Tempting!

Albannach – style on the square – CLOSED

Almeida again

Almeida – Chocolate Week 2010

Almeida – not just for chocoholics

Altitude 360º in Millbank Tower – student discount?

Anchor & Hope – Time & Patience!

Apsleys at the Lanesborough – Where Taste Fails

Art of Tapas – Hola!

Awana – on a quiet day

Baltic – getting colder!

Banana Tree – branching out in Soho

Bar Boulud – Busy! Buzzy! Burgers!

Bar Boulud – a welcome return

Benares – the return!

Bibendum – Home of the Michelin man

Bistro Bruno Loubet @TheZetter

Blue Print Cafe – focusing on the view

Bob Bob Ricard – Fantasy Diner

Cafe Luc – European Grand Cafe – CLOSED

Chez Bruce – better late than never!

Chez Bruce – Mmm…mmm…mmm

Chor Bizarre – eclectic Indian cuisine

Chino Latino – lighten up!

Chino Latino – Room with a view

City Cafe – Summer in the City – CLOSED

City Cafe – Winter in the City – CLOSED

Coq d’argent – Right on the Money

County Hall Bakery

Defina – Spooky?

Defina – Sunday opening

Del’Aziz – expanding!

Detroit – Spirts

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

Dockmasters House – pre cinema treat

Dog & Fox – less is more

Fairwell to Chris Staines at the Foliage – CLOSED

Foodies Festival at Battersea Park

Fig & Olive – a find in Islington

Foliage – Accidental walkin – CLOSED

Foliage replacement – the gossip! – CLOSED

Foliage – The Last Post – CLOSED

Galvin at Windows – lower prices at a higher altitude

Gastronomica – Piemonte in Pimlico

Hawksmoor – Best of British

Hibiscus – too much hype! – CLOSED 

Inamo – for high tech gastronauts

Jose – Third time lucky

Kitchen W8 – a perfectly pleasant Sunday Lunch

Koffmanns – Pigs trotters and french fries – CLOSED

Lambeth Pier Fresco Cafe – AKA “The Hut”

Launceston Place – a star in Kensington

Launceston Place – Impressive

Launceston Place to be… or not to be?

L’autre Pied

La Dolce Vita

La Gelatiera, Artisan Ice Cream parlour – what’s not to like?

La Trompette – treating ourselves in Chiswick

Le Pont de la Tour – No Fireworks!

Magdalen – Friendly neighbourhood restaurant

Marcus Wareing – a bit thin

Maze-constrained by design – CLOSED

Medlar – under the influence

Menier Chocolate Factory – Just Dessert

Mint Leaf – deal or no deal?

Mortons Club – Private dining

Murano – oh dear!

Osteria Dell’Angolo – 3’s a disappointment

Peyton & Byrne – false economy

Pied à Terre – First Foot

Providores – From Pod to Providores

Quirinale – its got competition!

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay – Royal Hospital Road

Rex Whistler @ The Tate

Roast – gets a roasting!

Roganic – Pop up

Roussillon – easy on the wine

Roux at Parliament Square – Private dining

Roux at Parliament Square – The return – CLOSED

RSJ – Something old and reliable

RSJ – Neighbourhood restaurant on the South Bank

RSJ – loves those Loire Valley wines

Scooter Caffè AKA Scooterworks Bar and Cafe

Seven Park Place by William Drabble – A tale of two menus and an offensive statue

Sketch – in a world of its own

St Pancras Grand – No Service

Tapas Brindisa – Me gusta!

Tamarai – lotus eating

Tamarai – gets it right again

Tamesis Dock – Hot spot in Vauxhall

Tapas Fantasticas

Tas – get to know the Group!

Texture – Feeling a bit rough!!

Texture – Something good from Iceland

The Athenaeum – Evergreen

The Athenaeum – not your average Christmas Dinner

The Berkeley – Pret a Portea

The Capital – comforting

The Capital – post Christmas treat

The Chop House – good old spot

The Chop House – vegetarian friendly!

The Cinnamon Club – Spicing it up

The Foliage without Chris Staines

The Glasshouse in Kew – Sparkles

The Gun – a real hidey hole

The Hide Bar – Hidden Gem

The Hilton – Confessions of a Chocolaholic Afternoon Tea

The Ivy – A list or Z list?

The Lavender,Vauxhall – appearances can be deceptive

Launceston Place – Taste of

The Ledbury – embarassing leaks

The Ledbury – More or Less?

The Landmark – Champagne brunch in the Winter Garden

The Mayflower Inn versus La Lanterna

The Modern Pantry – food fusion

The Old Brewery – Good enough for Johnny Depp!

The Park at the Mandarin Oriental – so long and thanks for the desserts! – CLOSED

The Portrait – Worth a look

The Regency and The Riverside Cafes – Breakfast in Westminster

The Ritz – putting it on!

The Ritz – getting past The Glitz

The Rocks – Omelette challenge

The Square – indulgence dilemma

The Table – by design!

Theo Randall – at The InterContinental Park Lane

Tom Aitkens – flavour, flavour, flavour

Tom Aitkens – Downsizing

Trinity – Not so Common

Tsunami in Charlotte Street

Vinopolis – nothing to wine about!

Wapping Food – Wapping Project at the Hydraulic Power Station -CLOSED

Wapping Project – Hardens Reporters evening – CLOSED

Where to eat – London Bridge, Bermondsey, Bankside (Southwark)

Where to eat and drink in Londons West End – Tourist Central!

Where to eat – Westminster

Where to indulge in Coffee, Tea and Cakes

Zucca – a significant addition to Bermondsey’s burgeoning foodie scene

Zucca – Cucina povera & BYOB : Bellissimo

 

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Oxfordshire – Great Milton

Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saison – any occasion!

 

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Surrey

Foodies Festival at Hampton Court

Thailand Festival at Secretts

 

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Sussex

47 Mussel Row

Morgans

Thai Marina

The Grand Hotel Eastbourne – Afternoon Tea at The White Palace

The Hungry Monk in Jevington – Birthplace of the Banoffee Pie

The Little Polka Cafe – a little ray of sunshine on the coastv- CLOSED

The Sundial in Herstmonceux

The Waterside – no not the famous one!

The Waterside – The third kind

Where to eat and drink – Sussex

 

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Misc

Bermondsey Street Festival – Who let the dogs out?

B is for Broadstairs – covers Broadstairs Food Festival, Bleak House and Belvidere Place.

Broadstairs Food Festival – Going Medieval at the Seaside

Chocolate & Cocktail matching at Le Méridien

Chocolate Unwrapped (2010) at Vinopolis

Chocolate Unwrapped (2009) at the May Fair Hotel

Easter Chocolate Festival at the South Bank Centre – Hot Chocolate!

Le Weekend in Sandwich

Louis Roederer Cristal – bling bling!

Real Food Festival on the Southbank

Serious about Dessert Wines

The Chocolate Festival – Chrismas Treats!

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2 thoughts on “UK”

  1. Hello! I love your website, and find myself reading your reviews too often, and wishing I had time/ money to visit more of them! I was wondering if you have tried the Gallery Mess at the Saatchi Gallery? I went there not long ago after visiting the Gallery, I loved the Chicken main, but felt the restaurant itself was a little expensive for a ‘mess hall’. Would love to know your opinion on the restaurant! (and of course I felt it was too expensive, I’m a student…)

  2. Thanks. I do like the look of Gallery Mess at the Saatchi Gallery (nice location on a Sunny day), but I have to admit it didn’t draw me in when I was last visiting the Gallery. The prices do seem to be a bit steep for what it is.

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