Food 2020 – Lino, London

Wednesday 22nd January, 2020 – Lino, London It is quite possible that Lino, which only opened towards the end of 2018, may have crashed and burned in the Covid-19 lockdown of the City of London. If so, that would be a great pity. I went there with colleagues, one of whom was picking up the…

Food 2020 – The White Horse, Kings Sutton

Sunday 12th January, 2020 – The White Horse, Kings Sutton As it was my birthday, and I didn’t want to do any cooking (much as I enjoy it normally) we decided it would be good to head out for lunch somewhere not too far away. That meant I was looking at no more than 20…

Food 2019 – Recipes (Zwiebelkuchen)

Food 2019 – Recipes (Zwiebelkuchen) Ingredients (Makes 12 portions): 125g butter 200g plain flour 500g onions 150g mushrooms 200g schinkenspeck 200g cooked bacon 125mls sour cream 150g Emmental cheese 2 eggs Salt, pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground caraway seeds Method: Rub the flour and 100g of butter together, and then use 3-4 tablespoons of cold water…

Food 2019 – Vlet, Hamburg

Monday, 2nd December 2019 – Vlet, Hamburg Feeling altogether more human after Saturday’s illness, I have to say I was really looking forward to our final meal in Hamburg, lunch in a restaurant in the Speicherstadt, Vlet in der Speicherstadt. On their own website they wax lyrical about their location: “Among the red brick buildings,…

Food 2019 – Hamburg, Day 4, Heritage

Sunday, 1st December 2019 – Heritage, Hamburg After a Saturday to forget, by the end of Sunday afternoon I was starving, and dinner looked like a very welcome detail in our day. For Sunday evening I’d got us close to our hotel again, with a table reserved at Heritage, overlooking the Aussenalster. I hadn’t realised…

Food 2019 – Hamburg, Day 2, Wolfs Junge

Friday, 29th November 2019 – Wolfs Junge, Hamburg Friday night’s restaurant booking saw us again getting on the number 6 bus (I’m beginning to think there’s no other bus route worth bothering with in Hamburg – though I suspect I’m wrong) and this time getting off just three stops from the hotel as we headed…

Food 2019 – Hamburg, Day 1, Tyo Tyo

Thursday, 28th November 2019 – Tyo Tyo, Hamburg And so to our first dinner in Hamburg. We stopped off in the Crowne Plaza bar first, because they had given us a pair of welcome drink vouchers and it seemed churlish not to use them. The staff were friendly and fun, and we enjoyed a couple…

Food 2019 – Lorne, London

Saturday, 5th October 2019 – Lorne, London In between two exhibitions we really needed to make sure we found some food. A quick online search in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace threw up Lorne Restaurant, which was well located and well reviewed by a critic I respect, the splendid Marina O’Loughlin, back when she was…