Le Pont de la Tour
When Jonesy drops one an email, one tends to sit up and take notice. More often than not, they offer tidings of comfort and joy. However, this one was laconic: “Larman, old chap. Cookery class at Le Pont de la Tour.”
Browsing: The Foodie
The Garrison Public House
Are gastropubs what they were? Does the concept still have a place at the forefront of our culinary landscape? Noah May chews over the questions and chomps on braised rabbit leg in the cosy elegance of The Garrison Public House.
Feng Sushi
The love affair the British have with sushi peddles on. It occupies both extremes: those…
Epicurean Empire
Shana Ting Lipton meets Tim and Nina Zagat, founders of the internationally renowned, iconic restaurant survey and guidebook series, which has humble beginnings in sixties Paris as the hobby of two ambitious solicitors dodging the chaos on the Left Bank.
Benares
Benares has a great reputation, for both its food and its owner and chef, Atul ‘Master of Spice’ Kochhar, so I didn’t expect to be disappointed. I didn’t expect, either, quite the culinary thrills that lay before me that evening…
Unique Italia
Here are antipasti that you’ve never had before, as you’ve never had them before. This is genuine Italian fayre, as it would be served, unadulterated and without the need for preparation.
Eastern Standard, Boston
Eastern Standard is apparently the restaurant that the big-name chefs go to when they’re in Boston. The food is said to be innovative and consistently good, ever changing but always memorable. Jackie investigates…
The Cadogan Arms
I’ve walked past The Cadogan Arms on the King’s Road many times. I’ve briefly peered…
Paradise by Way of Kensal Green
How far would you travel to reach Paradise? I travelled all the way from EC1…
Street Kitchen
Street food outlets are changing the face of the City lunchbreak. No longer is the office worker stuck with nothing but sad sandwiches from chiller cabinets. John and Jackie pop along to the Street Kitchen trailer to scoff and investigate.
Kuzina, Athens
“It is a truth (personally acknowledged) that a restaurant in possession of a view must have rubbish food, stratospheric prices, or both.” Victoria visits Kuzina in Athens, to be proven wrong…
Taco Haven, Texas
Taco Haven, San Antonio, is not a place you want to stand out when you are British, Asian, and photographing the food. It is, however, a place to enjoy barbacoa, aka cow’s face. So Jackie sets down her camera, and tucks in.