Resto 10 Cinnamon Tree, Islington
I was brained out and hungersome.
Resto 9 The Gannet, Glasgow
Antwerp being off the agenda for a festive weekend away with friends our destination was re-adjusted to Glasgow where we planned to mix sophistication and boozification in equal measure, sometimes at the same time.
Translating Sartre
Looking at my diary 16th April 2020 was a very French day. As well as listening to Building a Library on Fauré and reading Julian Jackson’s biography of de Gaulle, it was also the day where I noted, ‘Started Huis Clos translation.’ What brought that on? Well, the first entry in that diary reads: Today,…
Resto 8 Osteria dell’Agnolo
Improbably in Florence for a conference dedicated to Marivaux studies I was with my fellow delegates in search of a good, cheap place to eat. Fortunately we had Italians among our number and we managed to squeeze into a table at Osteria dell’Agnolo. Its location so close to the Duomo rang alarm bells with me…
Resto 7 Bali Bali, Shaftesbury Avenue
I’ve had my eye on Bali Bali for a while as being that lonely beast, an Indonesian restaurant in London. With Britain’s colonial history skewing South East Asian food towards Malaysia (though I now realise that I haven’t been to a Malaysian place in these posts) the only previous occasion I’ve gone for Indonesian was…
No Exit – Tickets on Sale!
20th Century masterpiece, ‘No Exit’. Written in the claustrophobic atmosphere of wartime Paris this up-to-date production resonates with recent events when lockdown meant that for many the blackly comic aphorism, ‘Hell is other people’, was all too true.
Resto 6 Selale, Green Lanes
All in all as good as any similar establishment in the area while having a little more of a feel of a proper night out than some.
Resto 5 Viet Ngon, Stroud Green
Good quality Vietnamese eats and a pleasant surprise on the beer front.
Resto 4 The Wooden Fender, Ardleigh
On the back of a battering at the hands of Ardleigh we repaired to the local pub for a chat with the opposition and some grub. Roast salmon was very good with plenty of spuds but a slight paucity of veg. Not quite up to the Swan’s standards but still good value for money. 7/10
Resto 3 The Swan, Westerfield
The first day of a cricket tour with golf behind me and five days of the red ball ahead I came to our digs’ local hungered and thirsty. Thirst was taken care of by a pint of Adnam’s best while on the eating side of things there was a good range of standard pub fare…
