Welcome to Saturday mornings in Borough, London. My home, for the past year. When we’re in town, this is what a Saturday looks like. Wake up. Check whether it’s sun or sleet out the window. Grab the canvas shopping bags, sunglasses, empty flagons, wallet, keys, spouse. Walk down to the markets (sometimes even hand in […]
Eating out – London
Like Surry Hills in Sydney, or the Lower East Side in NYC; if you’re bouncing about London’s Soho, you won’t be hurting for good places to eat. In the past if you were in the mood for a ‘no booking, roll up, have a glass of wine and nibble on some charcuterie and small plates’; […]
At first, I thought it was the company. I was having such a lovely time- perhaps one of the loveliest- it had to be about the company. There I was on Columbia Road in East London, a late summer’s evening, with sunlight slanting through broad windows. Flanking me were three spectacular male specimens. One, I’m […]
‘Rice and flesh’ The expectations game is a sticky one. Ever since Dinner, by Heston Blumenthal opened in January keen punters like us have quivered to get a booking. A taste of Heston, without the train ride to Maidenhead? Yes please. There are additional lures; historical English dishes in the plush surroundings of the Mandarin […]
NB, I’m assuming that most people in London will have read, ad nauseum about Spuntino by now. If you have, apologies. Come back soon for something a little different. “So, is Spuntino good?” That was the question I was asked on Saturday night after I revealed we’d just been- our fourth visit. And I’ll give […]