With Christmas being a distant memory, apart from the reminders around our waistlines and on our bank statements, we’ve decided to focus on Valentine’s Day. We’ve rounded up enough restaurants for you to… Continue reading
*WIN!* a mixology class & sharing dishes for four at The Drift! The Drift bar and restaurant is giving away a mixology class for you and three friends so you can learn the… Continue reading
To celebrate my in-laws wedding anniversary we decided to treat them to a bit of afternoon tea and burlesque at Volupté. Friends and colleagues didn’t feel comfortable about me using the words in-laws… Continue reading
COOKING Premium cookware… OXO Good Grips & Mermaid Cookware www.oxouk.com & www.mermaidcookware.com Panic is really starting to set in now! We have invited six people to our little cottage for Christmas dinner and… Continue reading
Slap bang outside the Radisson hotel where we were staying in my lovely hometown of Guildford is CAU (pronounced ‘cow’, obviously), which stands for Carne Argentina Única or unique Argentinian beef to you and… Continue reading
It’s almost our one year Dishoom anniversary. I vividly remember our first visit back in December 2010 with our friend Keith, and it’s remained a special place in our hearts ever since. Becoming their… Continue reading
Loch Fyne www.lochfyne.com Christmas is only a few weeks away and if you still haven’t found that present for an awkward uncle or your fussy cousin, don’t fret, the online shop at Loch Fyne… Continue reading
Finally, Guildford has a new hotel that’s actually in the town centre, and isn’t a Holiday Inn. I lived in the town for 21 years and love it to death, I couldn’t wait… Continue reading
We’ve walked past Yo! Sushi at Bluewater at least 374 times… Well, we’re not keen on sushi, despite trying it several times, so why would we like Yo! Sushi? How can we be SO… Continue reading
MEATLiquor, one of the most anticipated openings of the year, and it’s opened early! Owned by Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collins of Capital Pubs. The infamous #Meateasy ended back in the summer and… Continue reading
Thai restaurant group Patara has opened a new all-day dining restaurant in the newish St Martin’s Courtyard. SUDA features the UK’s first Som Tam bar – unripened green papaya, seasoned with dried shrimp… Continue reading
Pub du Vin is the slightly less polished little sister of the neighbouring Hotel du Vin. It’s location is ideal for a bracing walk along the seafront, which is what we needed to… Continue reading
After a full day wandering the streets of Brighton, including the obligatory walk along the beach and pier, we were totally ravenous and ready for our Indian feast. Upon hearing about the Chilli… Continue reading
myhotel just off the North Laine is slap bang in the middle of all Brighton‘s action. As soon as we walked through the coloured sliding doors into the vibrant and futuristic lobby we… Continue reading
Joe Delucci’s gelato joedeluccis.com We’ve often seen Joe Delucci’s gelato at Bluewater and my kids love the scooter seats. So we stopped and bought a few scoops, this isn’t your ordinary run of… Continue reading
The guys behind Rock Lobsta created a pop-up Launderette-style super club in Shoreditch last week – the English Launderette. If we’d been able to go when it first started, this blog would’ve been… Continue reading
After our cocktails at the Savoy‘s The American Bar (ooh get us!) we wandered along to Soho to try our first ever Vietnamese meal. The owner, Hieu Bui, 35 has four Vietnamese restaurants in London, the… Continue reading
Dishoom is taking part in the London Restaurant Festival for a second year running with four brilliant menus, we think they’re great value too. Being huge Dishoom fans we were eager to come along.… Continue reading
Well, to start with, this isn’t one of our usual blogs. Reason 1: We didn’t eat anything. Reason 2: We weren’t reviewing a bar and Reason 3: We were talking to doctors who had… Continue reading
Hieu Bui, 35, is the owner of four Vietnamese London restaurants, the last being the popular Cay Tre Soho which we visited last week, blog post to follow. He’s given us some fantastic… Continue reading
