It is a fact that some parts of this little planet of ours just seem easier to love than others, and on the list of places to love the south of France must rank pretty much up there with the best. To be fair, what’s not to like? The blue waters of the Mediterranean; […]
Click here for a full portionCream of asparagus soup
Last week, a friend’s son whom I have watched growing up from gangly young teenager to positively delightful, kind, clever,funny young man, commented on one of my Facebook timeline. I immediately noticed that he had changed his username to include some rather unusual middle names: Ponyboy Curtis – a name I have not read […]
Click here for a full portionReuben’s tasting table @ One&Only Cape Town
Photo courtesy and © of the One&Only Resort Cape Town “So what is South African food all about?”, is a question I am often asked here in London. It’s a question I dread almost as much as “So where can I get a decent South African meal in London?”, to which I am […]
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Multi-faceted – Waterkloof winery, Cape Town – June 2012
Click here for a full portionPret a Diner (Italians do it Better)
“This is not a pop-up restaurant – this is a real Italian Dining experience” read the blurb on the Pret A Diner website. Having already had what I consider to be a quintessential Italian dining experience, involving long tables on a village square in Zibello; plates of freshly made pasta;much laughter and banter over the […]
Click here for a full portionFarro and roasted vegetable salad – an Olympic dish
So… rumour has it that a certain Very Very Large Sporting Event is about to take place, virtually in my back yard here in London. For almost 12 years we have lived in what most west-Londoners considered a distant and drab backwater of the capital (pretty much how most west-Londoners regard anything east […]
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