I’d not seen my Dad a lot recently. He’s been busy with his new job and I’ve just started doing some volunteer work for my Duke of Edinburgh award. So when Dad said… Continue reading
The “High Quality European Olive Oil” campaign by Unaprol Regular readers will know just how much of an affinity we have for Italy, so much so that we even got married there. We… Continue reading
Life is too short to not visit Venice at least once in your lifetime. The tail-end of last year got us all thinking about our own mortality – what with all the celebrity… Continue reading
We absolutely adore the region of Puglia in the relatively untouched heel of Italy. Home to whitewashed towns with trulli – unique stone huts with conical roofs. We fell in love with it… Continue reading
How do M&S keep rolling out new ranges without us realising what old products have been ditched? They must be replacing something, right? Surely there’s not enough room for both the old and… Continue reading
Ah, paying for food by weight. We remember when The Table used to do that with their salad at lunch time, eventually they dropped it – for whatever reason they felt fit. Newbie… Continue reading
A dream collaboration has happened! Pizza Pilgrims and Cinnamon Kitchen have teamed up for one week only. Pizza purists may freak, but the famous Piaggio van has parked up on the terrace outside… Continue reading
OK, I’m not being mean, but why do so-called Londoners go to Pizza Express? This is a question we ask ourselves frequently. There are tonnes of greater (and cheaper) restaurants, it’s not 1998… Continue reading
By some weird coincidence we revisited the revamped Cucina Asellina at the plush celeb haunt ME London hotel exactly two years after the first visit. Although when I say we, I mean my… Continue reading
So what’s important to you when you visit a restaurant? A) Does it have to be all shiny and new with the enamel dishes fresh out of bubble wrap? B) Does it have… Continue reading
It’s funny how certain spaces give off certain vibes. As we entered the lobby via some revolving doors I was none the wiser. Even when I noticed one restaurant to our left and… Continue reading
Often it takes us a while to relax and get settled in when we visit a restaurant. We’re usually rushing and knackered from the day job, so switching off and enjoying the night… Continue reading
When it came to celebrating my little sister’s engagement recently, I knew Cucina Asellina at the ME London hotel would be right up her street. The latest in restaurant launches from the One Group,… Continue reading
Our wallets were still suffering from post-Christmas over-spend trauma, we’d had an unsettling week at work and we really couldn’t be bothered to re-start our ongoing DIY projects. But maybe the biggest reason… Continue reading
We first discovered Vapiano on one of our visits to Sweden, when our budget was low and we couldn’t afford to spend a fortune on a meal, which is pretty unavoidable in Stockholm.… Continue reading
Our initial gut feeling about Dalla Terra, a newish little Italian wine bar/restaurant on St Martin’s Courtyard was pretty bad. The reason being one of the waiters made us feel a little intimidated… Continue reading
St Martin’s Court Global Food Festival StMartinsCourtyardGlobalFoodFestival St Martin’s Courtyard in Covent Garden paid tribute to the cultural diversity of London this ‘summer’ with a free Global Food Festival last Saturday 14th July.… Continue reading
There’s an ever-increasing buzz on Bermondsey Street. Adding to this buzz and its portfolio of great restaurants, Antico, the first venture from Nick Crispini has recently opened. Set in a newly renovated antiques warehouse,… Continue reading
Polpo – new restaurant & cookbook www.polpo.co.uk So not only is Russell Norman opening his sixth restaurant, he’s also created a beautiful cookbook: POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts). A mammoth book crammed… Continue reading
When I announced to the office that I was going to try the new and improved pizzas at Fire & Stone, it was met with universal approval… One colleague even admitted that she… Continue reading
