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…
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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…
Wine 2020 – WSET Level 2 in Wine, London
Saturday 18th and 25th January, 1st February 2020 – WSET Level 2 in Wine So as some people will know last year (2019) I turned 60 and a group of my friends clubbed together to pay for me to take at least one of the Wine and Spirit Education Trust wine courses, the WSET Level…
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 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…
Travel 2019 – Mary Quant: The Victoria and Albert Museum; Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing: The Queen’s Gallery, London
Saturday, 5th October 2019 – Mary Quant: The V&A; Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing: The Queen’s Gallery, London We had a day in London with the emphasis on exhibitions. The plan had started with an intention to visit the Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham…
Events 2019 – Sauce Supper Club at House Restaurant, London
Monday, 19th August 2019 – Sauce Supper Club at House Restaurant, The National Theatre, London This had been hovering on our radar for some time, after a number of events elsewhere in the country on dates we couldn’t do, but finally we managed to find a date we could do, and we duly booked in…
Food/Travel 2019 – Porto; Restaurant Palco, Porto, Day 1
Thursday, 11th July 2019 – London, Porto, Restaurant Palco After a great deal of messing about, mostly with structural questions, the planned extension to our home will not now start until January 2020, so having reached that conclusion, we decided we could actually book some holiday time. And so we found ourselves in the car,…
Food 2019 – Recipes (Towcester Cheesecakes, Yorkshire Cheesecakes, Maids of Honour)
Tuesday, 9th July 2019 – Recipes (Towcester Cheesecakes, Yorkshire Cheesecakes, Maids of Honour) I think there is no doubt that each of these three recipes are very closely related, and are in fact subtle variants of pretty much the same thing, and they clearly date from a time when sugar was becoming more available, but…
Food 2019 – Cocktail Recipes (Caipirinha, Sinatra Smash, Long Mango, Kentucky Smash)
Sunday, 7th July 2019 – Cocktail Recipes (Caipirinha, Sinatra Smash, Long Mango, Kentucky Smash) Here are some of my favourite cocktail recipes, starting with my absolute favourite, the caipirinha. Never let anyone make one using any other method! The Sinatra Smash is something I enjoyed in our Macau days at the utterly splendid Cinnebar in…
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