Resto 25 Thai Elephant, Leamington Spa
The food was good but at 30 quid a head we were paying too much for what was on affer.
Resto 24 Salt House Tapas, Liverpool
A white Rioja has enough beef to brighten up my conference pasted consciousness and we have a jolly enough time for £20 a head. Thanks Joe.
Resto 23 Venissa, Mazzorbo
It's hard to put a price on total relaxation but I definitely know the value of it.
Resto 22 Vicenzo Bar, Venice
Bar Vincenzo could save your life, depending on your problem.
Resto 21 Bar da Valentino, Venice
You think you can make pizza? I’ll show you how to finish off a pizza!
Resto 20 Exquisite, Finsbury Park
The first 1/10 review of the year. I went there, now you don’t have to make the same mistake.
Music at the Wallace – CMF summer residency
A brief review of an excellent concert at the Wallace Collection by the City Music Foundation. There's a link to their website, where you can find out about the rest of this week's program.
Resto 19 Des Gars Dans La Cuisine, Paris
The Marais has some jewels - especially the Musée de la Chasse et Nature (also bereft of vittles) - but you have to pay for them in the tedium of expensive crapshops, chainshit and a swarm of arseholes, some on scooters.
Resto 18 Brasserie Saint Maurice, Reims
Kudos to the guy in the Uruguayan rugby shirt for surprise outfit of the day.
Resto 17 Théâtre de Poche, Montparnasse
We took the salad of the day and a big planche of cheese with a couple of glasses of Chablis on the side. The salad turned out mostly to be pesto-stirred pasta with a few bits of veg secreted within. Palatable but not exactly what we were looking for. The cheese on the other hand was five varieties of the runny shiznit with a generous helping of rustic bread alongside - definitely a better option. The wine was too warm.
A London Journal 