Resto 21 Drake & Morgan, Kings Cross
Remembrance of a crap drunk can't spoil a good lunch.
Resto 20 PLANB, Crouch Hill
PLANB is the kind of place that makes an area a pleasure to live in.
Resto 19 ZappZaa, Hornsey
No beer and Michael Bolton does not a happy diner make.
Resto 18 Sublime Pizzeria, Woodberry Down
I'd go back to Sublime if I was hungry and in the neighbourhood but for this money there's better Italian action to be had by the half dozen around Stroud Green.
Resto 17 The French House, Soho
er dining in the great barn of Hawksmoor Regent Street on Sunday, whose excellence of cooking and service is slight undermined for me by the feeling of being on an enormous conveyor belt of wallet bulging customers, it was a real joy to dine in a small room with committed staff turning out excellent food.
Music in London (yay!)
Mules and Stott. 24 hours in the capital's live music scene.
Resto 15 Mildred’s, Soho
Mildred's is the best vegan food I've had in a long time. I suspect it won't be 6 years before I'm back this time.
Resto 13 The Delaunay, Aldwych
It almost brought a tear to the eye to be among a happy crowd of diners in one of the best rooms in London.
Resto 12 Santoré, Exmouth Market
It feels like a long time ago that we went to Santoré so my failing memory means that this post will be brief. After a festive jar in the excellent Shakespeare’s Head we were back to Exmouth Market for nosh. Indian not being to my wife’s taste we compromised with Italian. Santoré does the standard…
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,…
A London Journal 