Chateaubriand at Mr Whites, Leicester Square
Mr Whites on Leicester Square is a new restaurant, opening around 4 months ago in what use to be the Chiquito restaurant. We booked at the last minute but they had plenty of space on Saturday evening, maybe as it is still building its reputation. As expected the establishment...
Fish & Chips at Fishworks, Swallow Street
The Fishworks restaurant in Piccadilly has a fresh fish display as you enter and is a well designed family friendly restaurant with a lovely atmosphere. It was a dilemma what to opt for but the fish & chips turned out to be a great choice. The batter wasn’t oily...
Suckling Lamb at La Choza, Spain
The Spanish municipality of Manilva is renowned locally for its eateries and Venta La Choza just off the main road didn’t disappoint. Its a traditional restaurant that’s been under the same ownership for over 25 years and you can feel that when you arrive. We had the Suckling Lamb...
Fabulous French Cuisine, Casse Croute
Casse Croute on Bermondsey Street is a small French eatery, it can seat just 30 people and as such has a perfect cozy ambience. The L’escargots were cooked in a pastry and served with a creamy sauce – delicious but not identifiable as snails at first! The main course...
Cambridge Chop House 10th birthday
The Cambridge Chop House celebrated its 10th birthday by a special purchase of Syrah sold at £16 per bottle instead of £26. I’ve been going there since it opened on King’s Parade in Cambridge, and have had many excellent meals over the years. This time I began with salted...
How not to become obese
One answer is not to eat too many breakfasts on Delta Airlines. It began with champagne and nuts, which is harmless enough. Then the first course came: croissant and herb butter, tuna carpaccio with rye bread, fresh fruit plate and yoghurt with strawberry and muesli. Then came the main...
Very old Madeira
I am very partial to very old Madeiras. Because the wine is already oxidised, it improves rather than deteriorates over time. I have enjoyed a pre-French Revolution 1789, an 1815 ‘Waterloo,’ and an 1824 Malmsey, laid down while Thomas Jefferson was still alive. I have just acquired an 1885...
Elderberry Port
I was given some. It’s from the Lyme Bay winery, which seems to be a National Trust property, with revenues from its sale accruing to the Trust itself. I’m not sure. It’s 17 percent, fortified wine level, rather than the ‘liqueur’ it is sometimes described as. I like port,...
Wine & cheese in Cambridge
The Cambridge Wine Merchants have an area for people to sit and drink wine, with a small range of foods to go with it. Of their cheeseboard I chose Suffolk Blue, Suffolk Gold and Godmanchester cheddar – all good cheeses. It was a pleasure to see oatcakes, rather than...
Marscapone ravioli
Flying out on British Airways to Boston via New York, I chose their marscapone ravioli for my main course, and was glad I did so. The pasta was al dente, and the filling delicious. It went down very well with rosé champagne…...