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 ›
Sir Cosmo
An epicure with an eye for new and trendy restaurants. His penchant is for the unusual and classy. He will rarely order the steak and chips, preferring instead the pig’s nose soufflé.
Main Food Choices – The unusual – fish, meat, offal. Never to be outguessed. However one detects a penchant for duck confit, sushi and Dan Dan noodles.
Favourite Restaurants – Dabbous, Brasserie Zedel
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Who gives a hoot? – White Barn Inn – 8.5/10
Lobster, lobster and yet more lobster…In Maine one cannot escape it’s claw-like grip. It’s in gift shops and cafes, on t-shirts and sweaters. So you can guess the main(e) course at the White Barn Inn. Yes it was the signature dish served with… Read More ›
21+9+4.5 = Heaven
You’re on course 15, only 6 desserts to go” said the waitress with a cheery smile. Yikes! One had already been dining for three hours and one hadn’t even got to dessert. All six of them awaited us! One had ventured to L’enclume. The restaurant resides in… Read More ›
Dishoom delivers… 8/10 – ££
“Meet at 12.15 on Thursday at Dishoom” texted Pettigrow. As a fellow gourmand and lunch companion extraordinaire, one knows that Pettigrow’s recommended rendezvous would prove a worthwhile sortie. Thursday was a sweltering, yet beautiful English summer’s day. One wished to be reclining in a deckchair in the countryside enjoying a cream… Read More ›
Ahh!! Arbutus – 8.5/10 – £££
After a brief sojourn, one has wandered the streets of Soho for the first time in a while. Please..no suggestive comments dear readers, it is beneath you. One was off to the theatre and was on a brief recce of… Read More ›
Dabbulous – 8.5/10
Sir Cosmo has long dangled a carrot that one has finally seized and chomped with relish. T’was an invitation to join him at the small but ever so fashionable Dabbous in Whitfield St. Chef, Oliver Dabbous has had those press chappies… Read More ›
What a Circus!
Le Cirque had languished on the Doctor’s wish list for too long and so when one’s American chums Baddenoch and Cranleigh suggested a luncheon there, one duly accepted with alacrity. Obfuscated by a modern, yet impressive glass building one entered expectantly. The modern and eye bashing bar is the first thing one sees before… Read More ›
