I now found that darts makes me hungry so we headed northwards in search of curry. But it being Monday a lot of places were shut (I'm guessing some of them were also just shut full stop) so by the time we were nearly at Warren Street James pointed out that the best restaurant when you were hungry was the one you were eating food in.++++ Wise advice and we chose to eat at Nazuki Garden based on its being the restaurant we could see when we had that discussion.
Read more Resto 11 Nazuki Garden, Warren Street
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.
Read more Resto 9 The Gannet, Glasgow
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…
Read more Resto 8 Osteria dell’Agnolo
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…
Read more Resto 7 Bali Bali, Shaftesbury Avenue
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.
Read more Resto 6 Selale, Green Lanes
Good quality Vietnamese eats and a pleasant surprise on the beer front.
Read more Resto 5 Viet Ngon, Stroud Green
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
Read more Resto 4 The Wooden Fender, Ardleigh
Indifference versus the cockmonster. Oh, and lots of wine.
Read more Resto 1 Balconies Restaurant, Covent Garden
Flaming the salmon involved a geezer nailing a whole side of salmon to a plank before donning a fire-retardant suit and helmet and holding said plank to a charcoal-fed furnace.
Read more Retro Resto #8 – Kalastajan Koju, Savonlinna
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