Saturday, August 4th 2018 – Basildon Park, Berkshire Headed for an evening at a particularly excellent restaurant in Berkshire (or possibly Wiltshire – I haven’t double checked yet) we were casting around for something to do in the afternoon, to make it into more of a “holiday” than just a trip out for dinner. After…
Food 2018 – Bar Encore, The Rice Bowl, Towcester
Saturday, 28th July 2018 – Bar Encore, The Rice Bowl, Towcester Well, we made a second stab at Bar Encore in town, hoping to test out their food. The menu claims they do tapas, but the reality that evening turned out to be that there was some technical issue in the kitchen which meant there…
Travel 2018 – The Depot, Weedon Bec
Saturday, 28th July 2018 – The Depot, Weedon Bec I got wind of this place when people I know started mentioning, in passing, book events that were taking place there. I drive past Weedon Bec on a regular basis, and even used to go to the dentist there, so how I’d missed the Depot is…
Food 2018 – Potterspury House Restaurant, Potterspury
Friday, 27th July – Potterspury House Restaurant, Potterspury This was an odd one. Potterspury House Restaurant is tucked away in an old manor house type building that’s been converted into a day spa, and that also appears to do weddings, and it seems to be being run currently by the owners, with no input from…
Food 2018 – Maaya, Brasserie Blanc, Milton Keynes
Wednesday, 25th July 2018 – Brasserie Blanc, Milton Keynes This was an odd one… We tried to eat out twice during the week with the intention of testing new places and ended up failing completely on both occasions and having to fall back on old favourites instead. Sometimes it just all goes awry. On the…
Travel 2018 – Cart Marking Ceremony, The Worshipful Company of Carmen, London
Wednesday, 18th July – Cart Marking Ceremony, City of London, London I was quietly minding my own business en route to the office, and I rounded the corner into Gresham Street to find it and the surrounding streets slowly filling up with horses, carts and vintage lorries and buses of many kinds. The first warning…
Food 2018 – The Oxford Kitchen, Oxford
Tuesday, 17th July 2018 – Provence Wine and Food Evening, The Oxford Kitchen, Oxford For what I think is their first ever wine and food evening, we found ourselves at the Oxford Kitchen on a school night, having finally managed to find a parking space (always problematic in Oxford) that was at least within sight…
Food 2018 – Murrays, Whittlebury Hall, Whittlebury
Saturday, 14th July 2018 – Murrays, Whittlebury Hall, Whittlebury We hadn’t been to Murrays for a while, but figured it was due the repeat visit we’d been promising ourselves, and so we booked a table, hoping for more atmosphere than last time (we went on the Saturday of the Moto GP meeting and were completely…
Food 2018 – Recipes (My Dad’s Potato Salad)
Thursday, 11th July – My Dad’s Potato Salad A while back I promised someone this recipe, and then forgot all about it. This is a somewhat ad hoc recipe, as I don’t think I’ve ever seen it written down. I just know how to do it! Ingredients (approximate quantities only): 1kg waxy potatoes 3 or…
Food 2018 – Pairings, York
Sunday, 8th July 2018 – Pairings, York For lunch on Sunday in York we took Richard’s at Rascills recommendation and sought out Pairings on Castlegate. He said we’d like it. He was absolutely right. Some of the seats looked a bit “medieval instruments of torture” but we found some chairs rather than bar stools and…
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