Critique #7 – La Cage Aux Fioles, Lille
Perfect lunch in a cobbly cavern
Review #6 – The Booking Office
Slow breakfast in a big room
Review #5 As U Like It, Petts Wood
Ham, mustard, tea. All good.
Review #4 – La Fabrica, Stroud Green Road
A Spanish gem in Finsbury Park. Yum.
Review #3 Wahaca Charlotte Street
In a cattle station on Charlotte St we get some Mexican food.
Review #2 – Devran, Harringay
A one-two of snooker and kebab on Green Lanes. Jimmy White would be proud.
Review #1 Wright Bros. Soho
A brief muse on the changing status of the oyster from working class staple to high end luxury.
Restaurants of 2016
In 2013 I spent a year conducting a (rather self-indulgent) experiment. I realised that I’d got stuck in a rut of eating in the same places all the time. Which seemed a waste given that in my local neighbourhood alone there are enough restaurants to not have to eat in the same place twice over…
La Philharmonie and a Musical Museum for London
Arguing for a landmark museum of classical music in the City of London.
Back in the north
A couple of weeks ago I went back to the north for a conference in Middlesbrough.* Some academics complain about having to go to conferences but for me, no matter where they take place (even Holloway Road), there’s always something to be learnt by getting out of the conference and having a good wander around. This…
A London Journal 