Review #22 Cigala, Lamb’s Conduit Street
Good food and classic swears at Cigala
Review #21 Burger & Shake, Russell Square
I’m now in a routine where I get back to London too late to attend the Sport & Leisure History seminar at the IHR but too early to go to post-seminar cocktails and thus have to scour Russell Square for stimulation and grub in the witching hour of 6 o’clock. Stimulation is taken care of…
Review #20 Il Piccolo Diavilo, Stroud Green
Good neighbourhood Italian in N8
Review #19 Le Voltaire, Paris
Monty's local turns out to be gastronomic perfection.
Review #18 Café de l’Opéra, Paris
Stereotypically dire Parisian service. It doesn't have to be like this.
Review #17 Le Manoir, Boulevard Haussmann
Good Parisian post-opera pitstop
Review #16, Lima Covent Garden
Upscale Peruvian to the rear of a proper London boozer.
Review #15 Café Tramp, Green Lanes
Charming bistro-dining in Harringay and it's within stumbling distance too.
Review #14 Carluccio’s, Russell Square
First of the chains for a lunchtime snack.
Review #13 Motijheel, Russell Square
A solo mission on this occasion having arrived in London ravenous from an afternoon’s teaching in the Biggest Seminar Room in the World. Motijheel is an old favourite. If ever I want to remember what my teenage culinary years were like I can stroll down Marchmont Street and back into the timeless atmosphere of Motijheel…
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