Cooksister | Food, Travel, Photography

Food, photos & faraway places

  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • About me
    • Contact me
    • Work with me
    • Legal
      • Copyright notice & Disclaimer
      • Disclosure
      • Cookies and Privacy Policy
    • Press and media
    • Cooksister FAQs
  • RECIPES
    • Recipe Index – by course
    • Baking (savoury)
    • Braai/Barbecue
    • Breakfast & brunch
    • Christmas
    • Dessert
    • Drinks
    • Eggs
    • Fish
    • Gluten-free
    • Leftovers
    • Pasta & rice
    • Poultry
    • Pulses
    • Salads
    • Soup
    • South African
    • Starters & light meals
    • Vegan
    • Vegetables
    • Vegetarian
  • RESTAURANTS
    • British Isles restaurants
    • Dubai restaurants
    • France restaurants
    • London restaurants
    • Montenegro restaurants
    • New York restaurants
    • Pop-ups and supperclubs
    • Serbia restaurants
    • Singapore restaurants
    • South Africa restaurants
    • Sweden restaurants
    • Switzerland restaurants
    • USA restaurants
  • TRAVEL
    • All my travel posts
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Canada
      • Dubai
      • Cruise ships
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Grenada
      • Hong Kong
      • Hotel reviews
      • Italy
      • Israel
      • Jersey
      • Mexico
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Singapore
      • Ski & snow
      • South Africa
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • UK
      • USA
      • Wales
  • PORTFOLIO
    • Freelance writing portfolio
    • Speaking and teaching
    • Photography portfolio
    • Buy my photos
You are here: Home / Restaurants / Moro restaurant

Moro restaurant

by Jeanne Horak on September 8, 2006 12 Comments in London restaurants, Restaurants

Moro restaurant grilled whole fish

Reasons why I should like Moro:

  • I love Spanish food.
  • Their cookbook looks great.
  • Johanna (whose opinion in all things culinary I trust implicitly) likes their cookbook.
  • They have a great reputation as a London mecca for Spanish food.
  • And did I mention that I love Spanish food?!

Plenty of reasons, really.  Plus the fact that it’s situated in the rather charming Exmouth Market which always feels strangely un-Londonish and exotic.  So it was with delicious anticipation that Johanna and I booked a table and agreed to meet there with our respective other halves a couple of Fridays ago.  As with many other popular London restaurants, I could not have a table for 19h30, but was allocated a 19h00-21h00 slot which I always find tremendously annoying – but c’est la vie when dining in London.

Moro is an airy (if somewhat bare) space with a couple of tables on the pavement leading to a long, modern room with a bar counter down one wall and an open kitchen at the back of the room, lit with natural light from a large skylight.  The lack of soft furnishings make it a rather noisy place too, but we weren’t too bothered as we weren’t there for a romantic meal a deux 😉 While we chatted and looked at the menu, I watched as a waiter sliced chunks off the still-steaming, blackened loaves of bread fresh from the charcoal oven.  Said chunks were brought over to us with some olive oil and proved to be a very promising start to the evening – dense and heavy with a chewy crust that perfectly paired with robustly fruity olive oil.

The first disappointment came with the information that tapas are only served if you are seated at the bar.  Since we had all been rather keen on tapas, this was a blow, and with four people it’s jst not practical (or social) to sit in a straight line at the bar!  I guess we coudl have pushed the point, but in any event it looked like a silly ruling.  Why would it be harder for the staff to serve tapas at the tables, rather than serving food off the full menu?   So it may well be that if we’d sat at the bar and had tapas, it would have been a different evening, but that’s not what transpired.  For our starters, Johanna, Nick and I all had mojama (salt-cured tuna loin) on fresh pinto beans cooked with tomato – and this was truly the highlight of my meal.  I had never heard of or eaten mojama but I certainly plan to do so again in future!  It looks like cured ham and is very salty at first, but this was the perfect foil for the mild pinto beans, and the first wave of saltiness turns into a delicious and robust fishiness after a few chews – just gorgeous. Chris had jamon iberico and grilled padron peppers which were visually very striking but he wasn’t particularly moved – unlike the rest of us and our mojama!

 

Mojama salt cured tuna loin

 

Jamon Iberico with padron peppers

 

However, things took a turn for the worse with the arrival of the main courses.  Both Johanna and Nick had the wood roasted chicken with courgettes cooked in yoghurt and mint with pine nuts.  And on the plus side, I do have to say that the portions were gigantic.  Each of them got what appeared to be two chicken supremes (or two utterly enormous thighs) with crispy skin – but with little pools of fat in the nooks and crannies of the chicken.  Now, for a cholesterol queen like me, that might not have been a problem, but neither Nick nor Johanna was particularly impressed with the generaly fattiness of the chicken.  I have to say, though, that their accompanying courgettes cooked in yoghurt and mint was delicious and made me wish I’d ordered the chicken.  But the portion size and the greasiness were, frankly, off-putting.

 

Grilled chicken

 

Chris had the charcoal-grilled red mullet with celery, preserved lemon and olive salad.  His exact words when I asked him about it were “well, fish is fish”.  So nothing to write home about there then!!  I had the lovely-sounding charcoal grilled lamb with aubergine pilaf and a spiced cucumber salad.  Good points:  the lamb was delicious and you could taste that it had been charcoal-grilled; and…. erm… that’s it.  One of the things I love most about lamb is its innate fattiness, but this must have been a fillet of some sort as there was not a smidgeon of fat to be seen (or tasted!) on it – disappointing, but not fatal, compared to my other complaints.  The first disconcerting impression was that my plate was noticeably smaller than the other three.  Not only was this slightly odd, it also meant that everything was squished unattractively together – I have to say that for plating, my food got a solid 0/10.  My granny giving me roast lamb for Sunday lunch in her suburban kitchen could have done a better job.  The aubergine pilaf was another disappointment.  The rice was fine and attractively al dente, but the chunks of aubergine had apparently been cooking since about July and all that remained were the chewy squares of skin, each with a slick of the cooked-into-oblivion flesh.  I have absolutely no doubt that I could have done a better job myself – and a touch of seasoning might not have hurt either!  Last and very much least we come to the “spiced cucumber salad”.  Now I don’t know if the chef was having an off night or what, but this consisted of diced cucumber, a handful of chickpeas, virginally pure and devoid of seasoning, plus two bits of flat-leaf parsley in a little heap.  And that’s it.  Spiced??  Not unless the meaning of the word has been changed to “unseasoned; bland” while I wasn’t looking.  So although there was nothing nasty on my plate, it looked boring and hastily thrown together – and tasted the same – which is, frankly, not what I go to a restaurant to experience.  And with the main courses in the fairly substantial £16 to £18 each range, I certainly expected a lot more.

 

Moro restaurant grilled whole fish

 

Charcoal grilled lamb

 

Right – on to dessert.  Things can only get better.  Well, as it turns out, not much better.  By that time I think Nick & Chris had seen the writing on the wall and opted for liqueurs instead of dessert.  But the eternal optimists Jeanne and Johanna forged ahead and ordered the chocolate and apricot tart. I had visions of the fabulous tarts at Flaneur where the chocolate and ginger tart consists of rich, dark chocolate topped with chunks of crystallised ginger.  What arrived looked perfectly promising (if indifferently plated) – but sadly, there was no redemption for this tart.  Although the chocolate component wasn’t bad – light and bittersweet – the apricot component appeared to be… a layer of apricot jam spread on the too-solid crust!  I tried scooping some chocolate only from the top of the tart and found…  no trace of apricot flavour.  I’m not saying it was unpleasant, but I certainly expected a lot more from a restaurant with as good a name as Moro’s.

 

Chocolate tart

 

In the end, the meal cost in the region of £35 each with wine, and all I could think was that I’d paid far less for far better meals in London (Arbutus for one; the Salt Yard for another; and not forgetting the terrifically well-priced menu du jour at Le Pont de la Tour).  And although we were expecting to be hustled out of our seats at 21h31, the never happened – obviously because there were no takers for the 21h30 sitting.  Could it be that we weren’t the only ones less than impressed with the place?!

In summary, I couldn’t say that we had an appallingly bad meal.  But it was a consistently disappointing meal (with the exception of my lovely starter), and the price wasn’t low enough that you could forgive this.  Maybe the trick is to go for tapas – I don’t know.  Although, given this experience, I would rather spend my money on tapas at Brindisa.

And here’s Johanna’s review of the same meal.

Moro
34 – 36 Exmouth Market
London
EC1R 4QE

tel: +44 (0)20 7833 8336
fax: +44 (0)20 7833 9338
e-mail:
[email protected]

More deliciousness for you!

  • Carrot and cumin soup and a 66 Square Feet recipe book giveawayCarrot and cumin soup and a 66 Square Feet recipe book giveaway
  • Perfect palmiers with pistounade from ProvencePerfect palmiers with pistounade from Provence
  • Saturday Snapshots #306Saturday Snapshots #306
  • Saturday Snapshots #183Saturday Snapshots #183

Never miss a Cooksister post

If you enjoyed this post, enter your e-mail address here to receive a FREE e-mail update when a new post appears on Cooksister

I love comments almost as much as I love cheese - so if you can't leave me any cheese, please leave me a comment instead!

« Pork fillet stuffed with pear and sage – Scenes from a braai Part I
Broccoli and toasted seed salad- Food for a heatwave part III »

Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

  1. Silverbrow says

    September 8, 2006 at 6:53 pm

    All things considered it doesn’t sound so bad. Nonetheless it’s a shame you didn’t have a great time as it is a great restaurant. I’d definitely give it another go.
    I had lunch at The Ambassador, also on Exmouth Market which was excellent. I really need to write-up that meal at some point.

    Reply
  2. Jeanne says

    September 8, 2006 at 9:21 pm

    Hi Silverbrow
    I know, I know – I can’t even put it in the category of “laughably bad”. It was just unsatisfying and unimpressive and you kept thinking to yourself “I could get more for my money”.
    I mean, plating isn’t the end of the world, and if I’d got my lamb at The Stockpot I would no doubt have been thrilled. But the prices here were 3 or 4 times what you’d pay at the Stockpot and the plate of food I got looked indistinguishable from what you’d get there! I think I was most annoyed at the feeling that nobody had taken much care about the food on my plate (once the lamb had finished cooking, that is!).
    When I go out, I want to feel a little pampered and with indifferent food and indifferent service, I just didn’t feel that way. Which is forgiceable in some nameless suburban trattoria, but not in a restaurant of Moro’s reputation. Maybe I’ll take your advice and try again – only this time I’m having tapas come hell or high water!!

    Reply
  3. Andrew says

    September 9, 2006 at 12:27 am

    Neither your or Johannas write up is much of an inticment! We have a tapas/Spanish restaurant in the centre of Henley (La Bodega). Its ok (well I enjoy it) but maybe not up to your high-falutin city ways! Anyway next time you are down these ‘ere parts we should go (now that I know you like tapas; although the meza at the Green Olive is rather good too).

    Reply
  4. johanna says

    September 9, 2006 at 1:06 pm

    my god you’ve been busy posting!
    and while you were writing this up, I have decided where we’ll go next, as Robuchon is opening here in London!! bet he’ll get better marks!!!

    Reply
  5. anthony says

    September 11, 2006 at 8:13 am

    Went to a tapas restaurant the other night and hence have a miss manners question for you since I know you like wine.
    Is it good form for a person complain incessantly about somebody else’s wine choice of a tempranillo because they think the only real wine is a shiraz?
    Would it be out of order for said chooser of tempranillo to thump the Shiraz person, given that it was someone else’s birthday?
    Warm regards
    Angry in Perth

    Reply
  6. Andrew says

    September 11, 2006 at 8:33 pm

    couldn’t the shiraz person ordered his own bottle? I would have arranged to knock over his glass – preferrably on his lap or in his food.

    Reply
  7. Constance says

    September 12, 2006 at 7:28 am

    Thanks for the details. My grandma just adores Spanish food too, and I know she’ll rave about all these when she gets to visit the place.

    Reply
  8. Jeanne says

    September 12, 2006 at 10:25 am

    Hi Andrew
    Yes! Yes! Tapas – maybe after we come for your, erm housewarming? And meze is always good too – in fact, any sort of food consisting of lots of little plates gets my vote every time!
    Hi Johanna
    Yup, there has been a bit of a blogging spurt lately! And as for Robuchon, good thing you warned me in time, now I can get that second mortgage approved 😉
    Dear Angry Australian
    Oh dear. Tricky one. Physical thumping couls always result in spillage of your precious glass of Tempranillo (which, as we all know, is the perfect accompaniment to tapas). I think the polite way of dealing with this is to take Shiraz Boy aside for a quiet word so as not to disturb other diners. It’s amazing what a change in attitude you can achieve in just five minutes in a locked room with a corkscrew and a foil cutter.
    Best of luck!
    Hi Andrew
    Exactly! If you don’t like the wine STOP DRINKING IT!! Other people’s children, really…
    Hi Constance
    You should take your grandma to Brindisa at Borough Market – the tapas are amazing!

    Reply
  9. Shaun says

    September 15, 2006 at 2:42 am

    Hi Jeanne,
    It is always a shame when a chef’s books is so much better – or appears such – than his or her (and, in this case: their) restaurant. I had flipped through the Clarks’ second cookery book thinking I’d get it one day if I had had enough of other books that I have on their region of “expertise”, but perhaps I won’t now given that the dining experience wasn’t lived up to.
    I send you best luck for a positive dining experience at your next destination 😀

    Reply
  10. Jeanne says

    September 25, 2006 at 11:26 am

    Hi Shaun
    I had been tempted by the book but never got round to buying it, although I believe Johanna that the book was better than the meal! Maybe they were just having an off night, who knows. Had great experiences the next 2 times I went out – once to Vinoteca and once to Pont de la Tour (the brasserie – not the stratospherically-priced restaurant). Must get round to writing those up….

    Reply
  11. Mignon says

    July 31, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    Moro is actually Moorish cuisine. Although it had an influence on Spanish cuisine and architecture (Alhambra in Granada), it is more Morrocan in it’s roots.

    Reply
  12. valentina says

    June 12, 2010 at 1:04 pm

    What a shame. I have been to Moro twice in the space of a couple of years and I have had a lovely meal and service both times. The first time the food was so lovely that it stayed with me for a long time so it was nice to go back and have the same experience. I do hate the fact that you are allocated a 2-hour window to have your meal, but as you well put it that is part of dining in London.

    Reply
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Never miss a Cooksister post!

Get my latest recipes delivered by e-mail!

Search over 500 recipes

Recently on Cooksister

  • Masalchi by Atul Kochhar – Indian street food in Wembley
  • Barbecued salmon with blood oranges and capers
  • Roasted Brussels sprouts with feta, pomegranate and pine nuts [GF, V]
  • Love Yourself healthy meal delivery [Review]
  • Antillean
  • Festive roast lamb with pomegranate glaze
  • Rustic blood orange and pistachio galettes
  • Cauliflower steak Welsh rarebit

Archives by month

Archives by category

Popular posts

Peppermint Crisp fridge tart - a South African treat
Oxtail and red wine potjie
Nigella's Bakewell slices & the Big Bakewell Taste-off
Gem squash 101: how to find them, how to grow them, how to eat them!
A risotto masterclass with the Costardi Brothers & Great Italian Chefs
Char-grilled asparagus, courgette and haloumi salad - I'm in love!

Featured on

Also available on

🌷🌷🌷 It’s tulip season in London! Every 🌷🌷🌷 It’s tulip season in London!

Everywhere you look, these long-legged floral supermodels are adding a splash of colour to parks and gardens and I just can’t get enough of them! It’s easy to see how they inspired a collective buying frenzy in 17th Century Holland, called “tulip fever”, but today there are less dramatic ways to enjoy them. Here are a couple of suggestions of where to see them at their best:

🌷 The ultimate tulipalooza is the annual opening of Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam where 7 million (!) bulbs burst into life each Spring. This year the gardens are open 24 March-15 May (click on the link in my bio for FAQs and my top tips for visitors)

🌷In London, Kew Gardens always has spectacular displays of tulips; but you can also see excellent and free tulips in most of the Royal Parks such as Regents Park. 

🌷The Hampton Court Palace tulip festival is on until 2 May and the Hever  Castle’s Tulip Celebrations until 24 April - both within easy reach of London.

🌷The Morges Fete de la Tulipe in Switzerland takes place every year against the spectacular backdrop of Lake Geneva - it is on until 8 May this year.

I spotted these spectacular red frilly parrot tulips beside St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday 🌹 Where is the best display of tulips that you have ever seen?
MASALCHI BY ATUL KOCHHAR - pan-Indian street food MASALCHI BY ATUL KOCHHAR - pan-Indian street food restaurant in Wembley

Remember to save this post so you can find it later! 🔖

[Invited] If you thought Brick Lane and chicken tikka masala or madras were all there is to know about the food of the Indian subcontinent, think again! In the shadow of the Wembley arch,  @chefatulkochhar has opened his first casual dining restaurant,  showcasing the rustic, spicy, diverse street foods of India. 

Highlights when I visited included:
1. Carrot halwa
2. Papdi chaat
3. Chicken 65
4. Tandoori broccoli
5. Smoky aubergine chokha
6. A snap of all our mains - you can read all about these and more in the full review on my blog - click the link in my bio or go to:
 https://www.cooksister.com/2022/04/masalchi-atul-kochhar-indian-wembley.html

What is your favourite dish from the Indian subcontinent? Let me know in the comments 🌶🌶🌶
🍒🌸 It’s cherry blossom season! 🍒🌸 T 🍒🌸 It’s cherry blossom season! 🍒🌸

There is no season in London that I love more than cherry blossom season! From March through to April, trees in various parks and gardens in London put on an amazing display of delicate pink and white blossoms - and everything in the city seems a little more magical. This particular tree near St Pauls must be among London’s most photographed, and it’s not hard to see why 💕

Did you know that...

🌸cherry blossoms are Japan’s national flower and are known as Sakura 

🌸In 1910, Japan sent the USA some cherry trees as a goodwill gesture… and the Dept of Agriculture inspectors nearly caused an international incident by burning them as they were carrying insects and diseases! But in 1915 Japan sent more cherry trees that survived the inspectors, and these marked the start of cherry trees in the USA.

🌸 Peak blossom season is usually only two to three weeks in March/April but is hard to predict as the weather and the subspecies of tree influence the timing.

🌸The cherry blossom capital of the  world is Macon, Georgia with 300,000 - 350,000 Yoshino cherry blossom trees.

🌸 There are over 200 different varieties of cherry blossom and some are purely ornamental (meaning they produce no cherries)

Where is your favourite place to see cherry blossoms in London or around the world? Let me know in the comments and happy blossom hunting! 🌸🍒🌸

#pinkpinkpink
Dyed Gwyl Dewi Hapus - that's Happy St David's Day Dyed Gwyl Dewi Hapus - that's Happy St David's Day to those of you who don't speak Welsh! 

1 March is the Welsh national day  and what better way to celebrate than surrounded by daffodils -  the Welsh national flower!

Did you know that:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The English name "Wales" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "foreigner" - but the country's Welsh name "Cymru" means "friends" in Welsh.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The  Welsh language Cymraeg is the oldest language in Britain, at about 4,000 years old!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 There are more castles per square mile in Wales than any other European country.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mount Everest is named after George Everest, the Welsh surveyor who first mapped the peak on western maps.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The beautiful Menai bridge (spanning the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and mainland Wales) was the first suspension bridge in the world.

Have you ever visited Wales? What did you like most about it?
*NEW RECIPE* Barbecued salmon with blood oranges, *NEW RECIPE* Barbecued salmon with blood oranges, capers and dill. Pretty in pink 💕

[AD] Blood oranges are a small obsession of mine - from blood orange posset to blood orange and halloumi salad to blood orange & Cointreau upside down cake, I am always looking for new ways to make the most of their short season. Barbecuing them with salmon, capers and dill is a perfect match in terms of flavour as well as colour (or you can oven bake the salmon if it's not barbecue weather where you are!)

When @grahambeckuk asked me to suggest some recipes to match their wonderful Graham Beck Brut Rosé NV sparkling wine from South Africa, this was a pairing made in heaven, and wonderfully colour co-ordinated with their silver-pink bubbly. Get the full recipe and find out more about Graham Beck's sparkling wines, made using the same methods as Champagne, on my blog - link in my bio above. 

What do you like to do with blood oranges? I'd love to hear in the comments!
💘"Love yourself first and everything falls into 💘"Love yourself first and everything falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." - Lucille Ball

Whether you are celebrating with a partner, with friends, or by yourself today, I hope most of all that you love yourself, love your body, love your strengths, love your weaknesses, and love who you are (or are becoming). Because... you're worth it!

Are you doing anything celebratory today? Let me know in the comments 💘💘💘

(The beautiful street art is London Hearts by @akajimmyc)
📸: @girl_travelsworld
Would you believe me if I told you this is NOT a p Would you believe me if I told you this is NOT a picture of a Moorish palace, a castle or a cathedral? And that you can get to it from central London in under an hour?

This is Crossness Pumping Station @crossnesset , a Grade I listed heritage site and one of London's last remaining magnificent Victorian sewage (!) pumping stations in Abbey Wood near Rainham. 

Did you know that...

💩 You can visit the building on monthly open days - the next one is Sun 20 Feb. Book at www.crossness.org.uk

💩  It was only in 1856, after 3 major cholera outbreaks in 30 years and the Big Stink when the stench of London's sewage finally reached Parliament, that construction of an intercepting sewer system for the city was approved.  The system (parts of which are still in use today) was designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, Chief Engineer of London's Board of Metropolitan Works at the time.

💩  At Crossness, all London's sewage from south of the river was was raised by 9-12 metres to large reservoirs so that gravity would cause it to flow further east and into the Thames estuary. (Yes, until the 1880s, raw sewage was simply pumped into the Thames!)

💩 The incoming liquid was raised by the four enormous steam driven pumps, built to Joseph Bazalgette's design. The pumps were named Victoria, Prince Consort, Albert Edward, and Alexandra. They are thought to be the largest remaining rotative beam engines in the world, with 52-ton flywheels and 47-ton beams. 

💩 The pumping station was decommissioned and abandoned in the 1950s but declared a listed building in 1970.  Although all 4 beam engines remain in place, they were so damaged that today (thanks to the efforts of the Crossness Engines Trust) only Prince Consort has been restored to working condition and can be seen in action on open days.

💩 The exuberant and colourful wrought ironwork inside is the amazing work of architect Charles Henry Driver. My favourite detail is the fact that the pillars in the central atrium are topped with stylised figs and senna pods... two of nature's greatest natural laxatives 🤣
*NEW RECIPE* Roasted Brussels sprouts with feta ch *NEW RECIPE* Roasted Brussels sprouts with feta cheese, pomegranate and pine nuts

Ever noticed how you are affected by colours? 🌈

Maybe some colours make you agitated and some make you relaxed. Or maybe you find yourself inexplicably attracted to a particular colour (oh, hi teal and aqua!💙). On the basis that all colours have a wavelength, and that those outside the visible spectrum can affect us, it makes sense that the colours we see can affect our mood or even our physiology. Did you know for instance that exposure to red light can increase your blood pressure and heart rate? Are there any colours that you find yourself particularly attracted to or affected by?

The pretty colours of these roasted Brussels sprouts with feta cheese, pomegranate and pine nuts will be the first things that attract you to this dish - but it is the delicious combination of flavours and textures that will keep you coming back for more!

The recipe (and more about how colour affects us mentally and physically) is now live on my blog - click the live link in my profile and remember to like and bookmark this post to see more Cooksister in your Instagram feed ❤️
Perspective: a particular attitude towards or way Perspective: a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something.

Perspective is the one thing that the Covid-19 pandemic has given us plenty of. It has certainly made us re-evaluate what is truly important, and also what we did and didn't enjoy about our lives  before the pandemic and its associated lockdowns. It made me appreciate how much happiness my house, my job, my friends, my own company and my running bring to my life (and how fortunate I am to have all these things). But it also brought home how much I enjoy and miss travel, the theatre, and the luxury of reataurant visits at the drop of a hat. I don't think words can describe my joy at sipping the first coffee purchased from a coffee shop in summer 2020 as lockdown eased. It's the little things...

One of the things I have enjoyed and will not miss as the world creeps back to normality is the absence of crowds in what is usually a crowded city. On the occasions that I have been in central London since the start of the pandemic, streets have been blissfully empty and it has felt as if I were discovering my city anew. This glorious perspective (hah!) of St Paul's Cathedral normally requires a long wait while a queue of tourists and "influencers" ahead of you pose for photos - but on this glorious day last Spring it was almost deserted. I will miss that...

Is there anything you will miss as Covid-19 restrictions start to be lifted?
Load More... Follow me on Instagram

Follow Jeanne Horak-Druiff's board Recipes by Cooksister on Pinterest.

Cooksister

The South African Food and Wine Blog Directory

The South African Food and Wine Blog Directory

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Jeanne Horak is a freelance food and travel writer; recipe developer and photographer. South African by birth and Londoner by choice, Jeanne has been writing about food and travel on Cooksister since 2004. She is a popular speaker on food photography and writing has also contributed articles, recipes and photos to a number of online and print publications. Jeanne has also worked with a number of destination marketers to promote their city or region. Please get in touch to work with her Read More…

Latest Recipes

Salmon with blood oranges dill and capers
Brussels sprouts with feta and pomegranate
Roast lamb with pomegranate glaze
Blood orange & pistachio galettes
Cauliflower topped steak with melted cheese
Plate of potted smoked salmon with slaw and a glass of champagne
bowls of pistachio pomegranate bircher muesli
Brussels sprouts with chorizo & hazelnuts

SITEMAP

Home

Contact

About me

Recipe Index

Restaurant Index

Copyright & Disclaimer

Cookies & privacy policy




blog counter

© 2004 - 2022 · Jeanne Horak unless otherwise stated - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may not reproduce any text, excerpts or images without my prior permission. Site by RTW Labs

Copyright © 2022 · Cooksister on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Cooksister cookie consent
We use cookies to ensure you receive the best experience on our site. If you continue to use this site, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions. Accept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT