Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons
“’Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all’. Really, Tennyson? I’m not so sure.” Gabrielle falls for Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons; her life will never be the same again…
Browsing: UK Restaurants
The Crown at Bray
When Heston Blumenthal bought his second pub in Bray, a few disgruntled locals of the gastro-hamlet expressed their irritation. There were puffed out cheeks and the waving of fists. Understandably, the inhabitants wished to hold onto their local ale house. How has The Crown fared?
The Gaggle of Geese
Kings and Queens. Ships, Sails and Dinghies. Red Lions, Foxes, Goblins and Griffins. A pub name should not follow trend. We need more character taverns, muses David, on his way to visit The Gaggle of Geese in Dorset.
The Hambrough, Ventnor
It’s a brave chef who opens his tasting menu with a potato; a Mayan Twilight, served with shavings of truffle, chard, artichoke and a hazelnut dressing. The chef is Robert Thompson of The Hambrough, Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight.
The Artichoke
Alex Larman and She Who Must Be Delayed escape London’s grey vistas and sloughs of despond, for a jaunt out of town to the leafy domain of Amersham and a dining destination called The Artichoke…
Rocksalt
Former Head Chef at Claridges and one-time Gordon Ramsay right-hand-cook, Mark Sargeant, has opened his latest solo venture in his home county on the Kent coast. David Constable casts his net over the menu and indulges.
Massala Indian Dining
There is an area in South East England that seems to have remained perennially in…
The Boaters Inn
When it comes to eateries, there’s been talk in the office of our diversifying of…