Borough Market Summer Colours

July 14, 2009

Some people bemoan Borough Market for being twee, middle-class and expensive. With produce available there as good as this, I couldn’t give a monkey’s what they say…

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St. Germain, Farringdon, London

July 10, 2009

(James Ellroy-esque brevity has absolutely nothing to do with a lack of creativity on my part…nothing at all)

Ate here last night. Slick. Manhattan-cum-Farringdon vibe. Couple of glasses of champagne (£7 a pop) to limber up. Warm bread brought to table. Good.

Pleasant meal form the 2-course set menu (£13.50). [...]

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Current Top-10 Restaurants: June 2009

June 30, 2009

Decided to add some comments this month…

Marcus Wareing: remains the most complete dining experience I’ve had

Trinity: this lovely restaurant gets better and better with time – high quality cooking at very reasonable prices in a chic setting – wonderful to have as part of the neighborhood – now hosting masterclasses too

Per Se: I’ve thought a [...]

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Glastonbury 2009, Pilton, England

June 29, 2009

Worthy Farm is a pretty special place, and Glastonbury is one heck of an experience.

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Morgan M Restaurant, Islington, London

June 25, 2009

Should location count in one’s appraisal of a restaurant? The purist* in me wants to say: hell no fool! Just gimme the low down on whether the kitchen and front of house can rock my world, sod the location! Unfortunately, experience (or lack of it) leads me to believe that it’s pretty hard [...]

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Palate training – can I get better at ‘tasting’?

June 10, 2009
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Recently, I’ve been thinking about ways I might try and improve my palate. My interest was peaked after I read a post or article somewhere (sorry, can’t find it at the mo) about a restaurant critic who practiced identifying different spices through blind-tests in a bid to improve his ability to identify ingredients. [...]

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