Month: May 2006

About Thyme II

I revisited About Thyme in Wilton Road, London. I used to go there when it was a friendly family Greek restaurant called Psistaria. Now it’s sleek and modern and very cool. I have a very high opinion of this place, justified yet again by a superb lunch. I had...

Budapest information?

Today I rose early to get back to Brighton. I ate a ham and cheese toasty on arrival and am now chewing gum… I just booked a one way flight to Budapest in Hungary. If anyone knows anything much about the place I would be grateful for any information!...

Bar 1001.

Tonight I went to Bar 1001 in Brick Lane. It is a most unusual place. On the street they were serving BBQ/outside food in what appeared to be an alleyway. One would be excused for mistaking it as a soup kitchen for the down and out. I waited for my...

New or Old? Good or Bad?

There has been a raging debate for many years over whether New World or Old World wines are better. ‘Old World’ refers to regions that have traditionally made wine, typically European, such as France and Germany. ‘New World’ refers to places that are relatively new to wine-making, such as...

Sink fish

Tonight’s supper was a good, quick one that would come in handy if hob space was scarce: I cooked salmon steaks in the kitchen sink. First I put the salmon into a re-sealable food bag with a good dousing of dark soy sauce, two large spoonfuls of ginger paste,...

1990 was a good year…

…for the world wide web. It was in 1990 that Sir Tim Berners-Lee published a formal proposal for it which was later widely used, so thanks go to him for this site’s technology. It was also a good year for Bordeaux wines. A good year is mostly determined by the...

Easiest ever meal for guests

Last night, my fiancé’s best friend, Tim Evans, came over for dinner with his wife, Helen, and their baby daughter, Petica. I was fairly relaxed about this, because sometimes when we go to their house for dinner, we end up ordering a takeaway; so I knew that, if worse...

News on the march! – Xander heads for the capital!

It’s a shame, and almost morally wrong, to knock that beautiful picture of barrels of beer off the top of the blog. However, I reasoned it would happen soon enough so here we are. Today I woke up, summer seems to have been a brief 3-4 days over a...

Cambridge beer festival

Now in its 33rd year, the Cambridge Beer Festival is currently offering hundreds of different ales from a marquee on Jesus Green. Many of them are produced by small breweries, and have names most people have never heard of. It’s always a popular event, where visitors pay a refundable...

A Spanish tipple (over)

Eating in La Tasca in Cambridge the other day provided me with the opportunity to try a 2001 Rioja, which is a region of Spain where they use a blend of grapes to create their red wines. In this case, it was made from tempranillo and granacha grapes and...