Travel 2016 – Berlin, Day 1

Friday, December 2nd 2016 – Berlin, Day 1 We set off at a slightly silly hour from our friend’s house in south London to get to City airport for the 08:20 to Berlin Tegel, and although it only takes around 27 minutes at that time of day there began one of the themes of the…

Food 2016 – Winter Food Festival, Northampton

Saturday/Sunday, 12th/13th November 2016 – Winter Food Festival, Northampton County Cricket Ground, Northampton After three years of the Towcester Food Festival, held in the summer months at Towcester Race Course, the indefatigable Crispin Slee, madman of the parish (in the nicest possible way) and one-man force of nature decided that what we needed in the…

Food 2016 – Rascills, Raskelf

Saturday, 29th October 2016 – Rascills, Raskelf Back in the day when Mum was still alive, she and I became very fond of Artisan, a really rather special restaurant over the other side of town from Mum and Dad’s house, and run by the lovely Lindsey and Richard Johns, with Richard cooking superb food from…

Travel/Food 2016 – Beverley, East Yorkshire

Saturday, 29th October 2016 – Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK We urgently needed to scoot up to Hull to check on my late parents’ house as we’ve just put it on the market, and so we decided to make a bit of a weekend of it and stay two nights in Beverley, which for those who…

Food 2016 – Whites, Beverley

Friday, 28th October 2016 – White’s, Beverley Back when Mum was very ill and in hospital for weeks at a time, and I was up in Hull trying to hold myself together through it all, through dealing with getting power of attornney and talking to oncologists and visiting Castle Hill Hospital for what felt like…

Food 2016 – Galvin la Chapelle, London

Saturday, 8th October 2016 – Galvin la Chapelle, Spitalfields, London Another Saturday, another restaurant, another Groupon deal. Post-theatre (No Man’s Land, Wyndhams Theatre) we made our somewhat convoluted way to Spitalfields, an area of London that has changed beyond all recognition in the years since I used to cut along Commerical Road to get to…

Food 2016 – PokÄ“, London

Thursday, 20th October 2016 – PokÄ“, West India Quay, London Another day at Canary Wharf, another trip to Kerb at the Quay for lunch. After the preponderance of somewhat less healthy options I decided this time I would try and do myself some good with my lunchtime choice so I had a quick look at…

Food 2016 – Crabbieshack and House of Dodo, London

October 2016 – Crabbieshack, House of Dodo, West India Quay, London With winter coming on fast the wonderful Kerb on the Quay people are winding down with the last outing of 2016 taking place last week. Meanwhile I managed to revisit two of the food truck I’ve already reviewed, and have some further thoughts on…

Food 2016 – Vibin’s, Buckingham

Thursday, 20th October 2016 – Vibin’s, Buckingham Vibin’s, nee Halibut once upon a time, was a restaurant on our radar ever since the late and much-lamented Roade House went the way of all flesh and robbed us of a regular, not too expensive but very good indeed, eating haunt. And so, on a cold, damp…