So…I said “this really is unfair. It’s far too early for me to go”. It was a tough argument but as I had just died and gone to heaven I was fortunate. My “death” was caused by eating lunch in… Read More ›
Doctor’s prognosis
Itineraireisoverthaire – £££ – 9.5/10
Mes braves, mes amis! One is back to the writing slab and it is all down to a serendipitous find in the environs for Paris. It is imperative that I regale you of a wonderful restaurant on the Rive Gauche… Read More ›
Steak on Air Street – 8/10 – £££
APOLOGIES…that is a burger and chips up there. Not a steak from the restaurant or even a burger from the restaurant. It’s just that one forgot to take any photos and needed something to convince you that this was a restaurant review. If… Read More ›
Bentley’s is still fishy – 8/10 – £££
When you see ice in a urinal in the gents you know you are in a classy establishment. Sorry ladies but it is something that gentleman can have fun with!..ahem. Bentley’s was one of those traditional olde worlde English fish establishments… Read More ›
Michelin but not Michelin 8/10
Clermont Ferrand is not the most glamorous of towns but it was on our route so we paid a visit. Besides it got yet another cathedral and it is not that pretty! This one is made of black rock from the town of Volvic, yes, the town famed… Read More ›
Off the Chartres – 8.5/10 – £££
So, if you whizz to Chartres, just a short jaunt to the southwest of Paris, you will find the great French Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres. It was constructed between 1194 and 1250 and is well worth a visit as it has… Read More ›
The Doctor is an Anglophile – 8.5/10 -£££
So, one has been travelling. A lot! Through cathedral cities of France to monastic Spanish Paradores, to the pintxo bars of San Sebastian and the artistic delights of Bilbao. From Washington DC down through the Blue Ridge mountains to Florida via the… Read More ›
A cunning Roux’s – 9/10 – £££ (lunch) – dinner (££)
Le Colombier – London – 8.5/10 – £££ (dinner) – ££ (lunch) So after my statement that maybe Le Colombier (see review) rather than Le Gavroche may be the best lunch deal in olde Londinium, one is trying another Michel Roux establishment namely Roux at… Read More ›
Le Colombier – London – 8.5/10 – £££ (dinner) – ££ (lunch)
Lord Norberry-Grumpus suggested lunch at Le Colombier in Chelsea. A fabulous French eatery that has a top notch reputation. I cannot believe its omission from one’s previous blogs. I have visited on a number of occasions and the last visit sealed it as a restaurant that deserves to… Read More ›
Gymkhana – no horsing around 8/10
Just around the corner from the Ritz Hotel, a little surprise awaits in the form of an Indian restaurant which is Michelin star no less. Now, any self-respecting Englishman would normally visit an Indian restaurant after a couple of pints in the pub after… Read More ›
