Saturday 7th June, 2020 – The Folly/The Brothers, Towcester We have had a somewhat up and down relationship with The Folly Inn, our most local gastropub, over the years with some very good food and some that really hasn’t hit the mark, along with service that can be very hit and miss but can also…
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Food 2020 РRecipes (Scones, Cheese Scones, Canel̩s, Lemon Drizzle Cake With Edible Flowers, Runebergintorttu)
May 2020 – Recipes (Scones, Cheese Scones, Canelés, Lemon Drizzle Cake With Edible Flowers, Runebergintorttu) I should probably call this the Great Lockdown Bakeoff (or something). I’m sure it’s a pretty common theme (certainly it would seem to be if you look at how damn hard it has been to lay hands on flour, yeast,…
Travel 2020 – Towcester Watermeadows
April/May 2020 – Towcester Watermeadows While I appreciate that for some people the lockdowns imposed in various countries (or not) have been at best mixed blessings and at worst a constant source of concern and alarm. For us, it has been no problem at all really, with both of us working full time from home…
Food 2020 – Recipes (Pasteis de Natas, Baked Custard, Meringues, Naan Bread)
Saturday, May 23rd 2020 – Recipes (Pasteis de Natas, Baked Custard, Meringues, Naan Breads) I know, I know. Are we doing nothing apart from baking? Well, no, we’re also working full time, running, cycling, walking, so cake is essential to break up the day! For a while I’ve been wondering if I could make the…
Food 2020 – The German Gymnasium, London
Tuesday 10th March, 2020 – The German Gymnasium, London This was the last meal I ate out prior to the Covid-19 lockdown kicking in. And it wasn’t planned at all. I’d been in the office rather than working from home, and had walked back to Euston from the City as per usual. I arrived at…
Food 2020 – The Oxford Kitchen, Oxford
Saturday, 29th February 2020 – The Oxford Kitchen, Oxford We haven’t been to the Oxford Kitchen since it got its current – and much deserved – Michelin star, partly because we’ve not been in Oxford much, and partly because as a result of the award it’s a lot harder to get a table now than…
Food 2020 – Pompette, Oxford
Thursday, 27th February 2020 – Pompette, Oxford, Alsatian Wine Dinner Sometimes, when doing other things, you blunder across something unexpected but welcome. Such was the case in Oxford the other weekend, when we went to a talk at Blackwell’s bookshop and then needed to find lunch afterwards. There was a place in Summertown that had…
Food 2020 – Trishna, London
Saturday, 15th February 2020 – Trishna, London As part of a trip to London to go to the theatre, we do like to go and have a good dinner somewhere, and with Trishna, over in Marylebone, we certainly seem to have struck gold. We made our way over from a performance of Uncle Vanya in…
Food 2020 – Pompette, Oxford
Saturday 8th February, 2020 – Pompette, Oxford Oxford is a strange city in food terms (not as dire as Cambridge, though it remains a mystery given the amount of money washing around as to why precisely there aren’t many good and/or high end restaurants in either city). However, of late Oxford has improved considerably, with…
Food 2020 – Akasaka, Milton Keynes
Monday, 3rd February 2020 – Akasaka, Milton Keynes We had a date to go to the theatre in Milton Keynes, as we had tickets to see Sandi Toksvig on her “National Trevor” tour. As Lynne was working in the office that day (which is in MK), we decided I would pick her up from the…
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