ZTH, Zetter Townhouse, Clerkenwell
Rhubarb kir royales There are two words that, when combined together, slap a smile on my face that cannot be scrubbed off, not even with Vanish. These words are “free” and “booze”. Just before Easter...
View ArticleFin and Flounder Supper Club, Hackney
Smoked mackerel pâté For a nation of island dwellers, the British are stubbornly averse to eating fish. In the kitchen, we keep our backs to the sea and our stomachs pointed firmly towards the fields...
View ArticleThe Capability Restaurant, Waldorf-Astoria, Syon Park
Lee Streeton leads the way 2011 has been the year of the forager. There barely seems to be a stretch of hedgerow or a strip of grass that hasn’t been picked over by über local food enthusiasts in...
View ArticleThe best high street in London
Nunhead high street Until Monday night, I hadn’t realised how much I love where I live. I knew I liked it here – that I wanted to live in Peckham/Nunhead – but I hadn’t really delved into the soppy,...
View ArticleThe River Cafe, Hammersmith
There’s magic in names. Say something’s name enough and you conjure it into existence. This is doubly true for Twitter, where an idle comment can turn a half-thought out gag into a real life...
View ArticleGone on holiday
I’m off to Spain, where I will wrap myself in ham, marinate in sherry and then toast under the Andalucian sun. Back in a week.
View ArticleWright Brothers Soho Oyster House, Kingly Court, Soho
Wright Bros oysters If Bellerina could be said to have a super power, it’s her ability to spot a bargain. While the rest of us flounder, mired in Groupons, Twitter deals and Facebook specials for...
View ArticleA day trip to Cardiff Castle
Cardiff Castle I consider it one of my life’s great tragedies that I’m not invited to banquets in castles more often. I’m clearly built for sitting on benches in drafty rooms, quaffing and feasting,...
View ArticleEating pizza with the Pizza Pilgrims
The Pizza Pilgrims' van photographed by The Faerietale Foodie When I moved to London, back in the days when everything was powered by steam engines and there was a cheeky cockney urchin pickpocketing...
View ArticleHujra, Mitcham Road, Tooting
Of all the dark gifts the fall of the Roman Empire gave us, the dining table and chairs is one of the worst. Reclining on a couch, dipping dormice in honey and honing your rhetoric seems a much more...
View ArticleGreen & Blue Wines, East Dulwich
Table of wines at Green & Blue I’ll begin this post with an apology for the awful picture at the top of it, and the total lack of pictures hereafter. I did take pictures with my rackety, obsolete...
View ArticleCoffee and cake in the desert, The Sahara, Tunisia
Last year I decided to swap London’s drunks for a 100km trek across the Sahara. Strapped into my boots and with a bag of bare essentials slung across a camel, I was going to spend my new year sober..
View ArticleThe Affogato Bar, Fenwick, New Bond Street
An affogato before it becomes an affogato. Note the Smarties in the background. Smarties are great In the race to be the sleekest, chicest department store in London, Fenwick’s is the dyspraxic fat...
View ArticleCUTS by Forza Win and The Ginger Pig, East London
I cleared my plate like a good girl, which means I'm allowed to get down from the table and go and play with my friends In the Sunday supplement Me & My Spoon style interviews that brighten...
View ArticleFin and Flounder Supper Club, Hackney
Smoked mackerel pâté For a nation of island dwellers, the British are stubbornly averse to eating fish. In the kitchen, we keep our backs to the sea and our stomachs pointed firmly towards the fields...
View ArticleMichaelmas Feast with Stepney City Farm and The Ginger Pig
A gaggle of geese at Stepney City Farm It’s been a while since I’ve been on this blog. The lawn is all overgrown, there are weeds forcing their way up through the cracks in the crazy paving and I...
View ArticleSquid ink and spritzes: a weekend of eating in Venice
Shall I say it? Alright, I'll say it. Just one Cornetto! Give it to meeeee A city of bridges and sighs, Venice is also home to the note. Taped to walls and windows, and written in underlined, over...
View ArticleForza Dispensa, Forza Win, Peckham
Blinded by the light(s) We’re walking down Bournemouth Road. In front of us knots of people are strung along the pavement, all of them ambling in the same direction we are. They’re a motley collection...
View ArticleA food safari around Suffolk
Nothing finer than a chicken on a ramble Much of the UK has passed me by. Or, more accurately, I’ve passed a lot it by. There are a few tourist hotspots I’ve idled in for a week or two, but great...
View ArticleAli Baba and Asian Takeaway, Peckham
Portrait of a balanced diet Sharp-eyed readers with a fondness for small print will have noticed that my post about Forza Dispensa was tagged Peckham Dining Club. And if you follow me on Instagram,...
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