My dear luncheon companions, your faithful Doctor Lunch returns! After a quiet interlude, I emerge, fork aloft, with my dashing comrade Fortescue—known to close confidants as Godfrey Jillings, a man of such savvy and good looks that Vendôme’s Loir River… Read More ›
Worth a visit
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 ›
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 ›
Eat at Joes? – 7/10 – ££
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Clove Club – £££ – 7.5/10 – City of London
A row of Iberian ham hangs in the back window of this eatery which is located in a once less fashionable part of the City of London right next to Shoreditch Town Hall. The restaurant is one large airy room into which light… Read More ›
Stovell’s – 6/10 (7.5/10 without the Sommelier) – £££
Lady Gemima and Lord Hugo Hammersley had suggested lunch in the English countryside near their country residence. Our trip was straight out of Downton Abbey. Lovely sunshine, the narrow, tree lined lanes meandering in the green rolling hills of the English countryside. Wondrous…. Read More ›
Roti Chai – 7/10
One remembers the 70’s. A time of flaired trousers, tank tops, platform shoes and flock paper in Indian restaurants. Alas and hurrah, those days have gone, the fashions of the 70’s are now curiosities in the Victoria and Albert clothing section and today’s… Read More ›
Just behind the hot dogs – Chef’s table – 7.5/10
Yes dear readers, here are many images of one meal which featured 13 courses as displayed on the blackboard in the kitchen. In this case, the kitchen was in fact the restaurant and seated a mere 19 all of whom… Read More ›
Classy Kindergarten dining – The Petersham Hotel – 7/10
We arrived at The Petersham Hotel for lunch and sat in the perfect spot overlooking the famous bend in the River Thames near Richmond Hill that has been painted innumerous times over the ages by such eminent artists as Turner. Even Wordsworth had… Read More ›
Good old fashioned grub – Simpsons Tavern 7/10
One had just received one’s Freedom of the City of London and had to celebrate. We were close to Simpson’s..no not the one in the Strand. This is Simpson’s Tavern. A very old institution dating back to 1757 that one can… Read More ›
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