We eat out a lot (obviously) and despite seeking out restaurants that we anticipate loving rather than just liking, a lot of the time we are left a little deflated. We’ve eaten at… Continue reading
Now don’t get me wrong, I love Forest Gump. It’s one of my favourite films. In fact it’s one of those movies that even when flicking through the TV channels at 1.06am, you… Continue reading
We’ve been to Jackson + Rye on Wardour Street numerous times. The first, back in December 2013 when they first opened to sample their brunch menu. More recently was to pop in for a nightcap when… Continue reading
I don’t think I’ve ever visited Herman ze German sober. The Villiers Street branch is in staggering distance of Charing Cross station and certainly beats a McDonald’s on the way home. Now they… Continue reading
Hotel du Vin for me always reminds me of Brighton – the only branch I knew of and the place everyone wanted to stay. Little did I know there’s actually 15 of them,… Continue reading
It’s becoming increasingly hard to keep up with M&S‘s new ranges, they’re on such a roll at the moment. Not only do they have a new expanse of meat – including pork presa… Continue reading
My first experience of ceviche was only this summer at Tierra peru, a stall at the Campo Viejo Streets of Spain festival and I loved it! Although ceviche has a Spanish heritage, it’s… Continue reading
Four years ago when we innocently and perhaps naively decided to start our blog, we never dreamt that it would still be going four years later or that it would have changed our… Continue reading
We pick our favourite cosy Bonfire Night treats. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) Bonfire Night doesn’t have to be hot with Mackie’s Indulgent Toffee Apple Dairy Ice Cream rippled with… Continue reading
There are a few fundamental things we look for in a restaurant: good customer service, pleasing decor, plus great cooking with a varied and reasonably priced menu. It’s staggering the amount of places… Continue reading
There’s nothing like a new set of crockery to reignite your passion for cooking and trying new recipes. I’d been stuck in a bit of a cookery rut, making the same reliable recipes… Continue reading
It was a cold Tuesday evening and Hurricane Gonzalo was causing havoc in old London town, so a visit to Camden didn’t seem like a particularly good idea. But work had been stupidly busy… Continue reading
We pick our top 10 spooktacular Halloween treats. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) The super-creative people at Orange Paper Duck have come up trumps again with these spooky cupcake wrappers,… Continue reading
The Greek island of Skiathos is known as the ‘fly and flop island’ and that’s exactly what we did when we stayed at the beautiful and extremely chilled Aegean Suites. We’d just spent… Continue reading
I have an idea of a new hotel concept – a cat hotel. Not a cattery, I mean a hotel for humans with resident cats. Humans like me who love cats but for… Continue reading
Chocolate Week is here on 13 October, like we need an excuse. Here’s 11 of our favourite chocolatey treats. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) First there was red velvet cake,… Continue reading
To me, pickled foods used to represent that limp slither of gherkin in a Quarter Pounder, the sad onions on cocktail sticks left behind at kids parties, or the boiled egg being sucked… Continue reading
We first met Carl Clarke three years ago at the fab English Launderette pop-up, it was only a brief meeting, but we in that time we could see just how hard-working he is.… Continue reading
A Sunday roast is best eaten either at someone else’s house, a pub or a restaurant. For me, it’s far too much faff with too little reward when I cook one, plus the… Continue reading
We’ve been to many a master class – how to make coffee, how to assemble the perfect chocolate bomb, how to make pizza dough, even how to pickle an egg! But this distil… Continue reading
