Despite gorging ourselves at lunch we were in the market for a snack in the evening. We’d failed to get in to CCdeB the day before during to its being booked up and on entry I could see why. It’s a narrow room with one sit down table, a counter by the kitchen and a…
Read more Resto 23, Comptoir Central de Bazars, Clermont
High quality dining and wine at a very good price.
Read more Resto 22, Les Caudalies, Vichy
After a morning working through existential pain and a moderately diverting museum (St Rémi- great if you like tapestries but otherwise ehh) I was hungered. Apparently KFC have solved hunger – c’est la fin de la faim. But let’s move on from that. I was hungry. But not as hungry as a lot of people.…
Read more Resto 17, Brasserie Le Boulingrin, Reims
A morning admiring the Doisneau exhib at the Musée Maillol followed by a stroll along boulevard St Germain led to hungriness of the highest order by the time I’d reached the environs of Ground Control. Pizza and a beer seemed a good option. Azur was fairly busy, with travellers presumably having a pit stop prior…
Read more Resto 14, Brasserie Pizzaria d’Azur, Paris
On my own in Paris due to unforeseen events I was back in a mercifully tourist free area on a bright sunny day. What did I want? Spice. Thai time allured by its formule at €16 for two courses. With a siesta planned this seemed an admirable way to sow some ZZZZs. Up front four…
Read more Resto 13, Thaï Time, Paris
After a hard day hitting the books in the London Library (Edmund White’s excellent The Flâneur in prep for a March Paris trip) it was time for a bit of pre-exhibition grub. We didn’t want to go too far and Al Duca is in the middle of a refurb so we opted for F&M’s Wine…
Read more Resto 3, Fortnum & Mason Wine Bar, Piccadilly