It’s a fickle old place, the London restaurant scene. One minute you’re the talk of the town – think nouvelle cuisine (or as my father described it, starvation rations plated by an interior decorator), fusion food, sharing plates, artisan pizza, gourmet burgers/hot dogs, and single-food restaurants (roast chicken, breakfast cereal, toast – the list continues […]
Click here for a full portionBehind the scenes at Singapore Airlines: airline meals and crew training
Like me, I’m sure most of you have sat in an aircraft on your way somewhere and had a good moan about the food. “It’s too salty/not salty enough”. “These scrambled eggs don’t taste like proper eggs”. “This croissant tastes like cardboard”. “They ran out of my choice of main course”. It’s practically a universal […]
Click here for a full portionA St James’s food safari
London is often said to be nothing more than an interconnected series of villages, each with its own personality, demographics and quirks – and I wholeheartedly support this notion. Try, for example, strolling through leafy Richmond, then boarding the District Line and riding it all the way to Upt9on Park to emerge in the bustling […]
Click here for a full portionSalted caramel and toasted pecan ice-cream sundaes
Fear. We are all familiar with its unpleasant mouth-drying, heart-palpitating visits, and with its capacity to severely limit our activities. It can range from an uncomfortable passing sensation to a debilitating lifelong phobia, and there really is almost nothing that does not awaken fear in somebody on the planet, from spiders (arachnophobia) to strangers (xenophobia) to open spaces (agoraphobia) […]
Click here for a full portionSpicy harissa coleslaw with pomegranate
Earlier this year the Oxford English Dictionary released its annual list of new words to be added to this venerable publication. They were an interesting mix of the familar, the unfamiliar, the amusing and the rather baffling. Cake pops, freegans, crowdfunding and photobombing are probably well overdue to be added. Jeggings (leggings that look like denim […]
Click here for a full portionReview: One Aldwych Hotel
When last were you a tourist in your own town? It’s funny how we are always off being tourists in other towns and cities, eagerly getting to grips with new and unfamiliar metro maps, learning how to order a beer or a coffee in a foreign language, or marvelling at the architecture of a foreign […]
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