Thai Tapas at the Thaikhun in Cambridge
I often eat lightly at the Thaikhun in Cambridge, preferring a selection of starter dishes. In this case I ordered the spring rolls, pork & prawn dumplings and chicken skewers with satay sauce. Sometimes I have the deep fried prawns, and sometimes the Thai fishcakes. It’s quite enough to...
Duck at the Varsity in Cambridge
The Varsity restaurant is the Cambridge twin of Trinity restaurant, and it came first. I began with chicken liver paté with walnut bread and shallot jam, and went on to pan-fried duck breast with pommes croquettes, parsnip and roasted red chicory. The duck serving was huge, thick and nicely...
Tapas at All Bar One – Victoria Street
All Bar One in Victoria Street offer a good selection of “small dishes” – i.e. tapas. This time I ordered Iberico ham croquettes, chorizo and halloumi skewers, and fried calamari. It was quite a varied selection, but a filling one. I chose a Sandbox Chenin blanc to accompany it....
Royal Dragon dumplings – Gerrard Street, London
Very often when eating a Chinese meal I will start off either with fragrant crispy duck and pancakes, or with dim sum dumplings. At the Royal Dragon in Soho’s Gerrard Street they offer a nice set of 8 dumplings with a sweet chilli sauce, good for two people, and...
Savile starter
London’s Savile Club featured a rather nicely done starter when I went for lunch recntly. It consisted of fresh figs served on a bed of crumbled sheep’s milk cheese on a lightly toasted base. It was very good indeed. I followed it up with a main course of confit...
Oh dear, d’Arry’s – Cambridge
I went to d’Arry’s in Cambridge in October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my Cambridge MPhil. Its a restaurant that we used to frequent regularly, until the service got so slow we had to leave one evening without evening (the gap between the starter and main courses was...
Mango with tamarind
Mango is one of my favourite fruits, and I love tamarind with its somewhat sour taste. So when I dined at Thaikhun in Cambridge and my companion ordered sea bass and mango salad with tamarind, I was intrigued. I sampled some and was most impressed…...
Lamb at Browns
Browns is a standby, a place you go to when no other choice appeals. It is reliable and not very expensive, and the range of dishes means almost everyone can be satisfied. This time I chose roasted lamb rump with potato gratin, crushed minted peas, and red wine jus....
Fish, Chips and Pies at the revamped Architect in Cambridge
The Architect pub in Cambridge has been taken over by the owners of the award-winning Blue Lion of Hardwick and given a complete make-over. It’s now a gastro pub specializing in fresh fish and homemade pies. Everything is fresh every day. I started with a sharing board featuring popcorn...
Giant fish at Bank
I went to Bank Restaurant in the St James Court Hotel, and ordered their fish and chips. Wow! the fish was gigantic. It was very fresh with really nice crunchy batter, and came with mushy peas and tartare sauce, plus a poke of chips with some skin on them....