Resto 20, Cafe Le Ballainvilliers, Clermont-Ferrand
High quality and good value. A winner.
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Resto 19, Le Madras, Clermont-Ferrand
Not the best Indian I’ve ever had.
Resto 17, Brasserie Le Boulingrin, Reims
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.…
Resto 16, Brat, Shoreditch
Eating parklife at BRAT.
Resto 14, Brasserie Pizzaria d’Azur, Paris
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…
Resto 13, Thaï Time, 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…
Resto 3, Fortnum & Mason Wine Bar, Piccadilly
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…
Resto 2, Corbaçi, Green Lanes
For £15 a head I don't think you could get better value anywhere else on Green Lanes (except, perhaps Umut 2000). Recommended.
Resto 1 of 2025! Le Trappiste, Brussels
The room is over a hundred years old (as, it would seem, is most of the clientèle).
Resto 52 Brasserie André, Lille
A sprinkling of sides and we were all very jolly old bastards tumbling into the afternoon.
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