Fortescue and I wandered around the Rodin exhibition at Tate Modern. It’s interesting but easily surpassed by a visit to the Rodin museum in Paris! Fat chance of going there any time soon. We decided not to venture further east… Read More ›
London restaurant recommendations
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 ›
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 ›
Very very Social – 8.5/10
Despite one’s groaning stomach after many excess festivities, one felt compelled to visit Pollen Street Social once a booking was secured. Hurrah for London at this time of year for one can get cherished reservations that would normally be impossible. Your Doctor’s wish list has long… 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 ›
Le Gavroche – Best in London! – 10/10 – ££££
If you live in or are visiting London and are in need of an epicurean experience then look no further. Le Gavroche, a two Michelin star, French restaurant based in Mayfair is perfection itself. It remains firmly at the top of your Doctor’s top 10 restaurants in… Read More ›
Updated – Top London restaurants
In an effort to start making parts of one’s blog more useful one has updated the Doctor’s Top London restaurants listing. One is pondering whether Wild Honey should join the list having visited last week but a return visit is required in… Read More ›
