er dining in the great barn of Hawksmoor Regent Street on Sunday, whose excellence of cooking and service is slight undermined for me by the feeling of being on an enormous conveyor belt of wallet bulging customers, it was a real joy to dine in a small room with committed staff turning out excellent food.
we were forced instead to amuse ourselves without any egg chasing for an afternoon.
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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
The first day of a cricket tour with golf behind me and five days of the red ball ahead I came to our digs’ local hungered and thirsty. Thirst was taken care of by a pint of Adnam’s best while on the eating side of things there was a good range of standard pub fare…
Delft, mansplaining and bitterboellen at the de Hooch exhibition. Oh, and excellent beer. A good place to duck out of the rain.
Quality bistrot food makes the Victoria Stakes a winner in N8.
After a stroll around the glorious Buttermere we worked up an appetite such as us city dwellers rarely possess. The Fish Inn has a very homely look that tempted us in for good pub food. They have local beer, I can recommend the Loweswater (?) Gold, and a selection of classics on the lunch menu…
Crazy like a mouse and rusty like a Ford Cortina - rollercoasters on Brighton pier may not be the highest but they offer their own brand of terror. But first an excellent Sunday roast to celebrate a birthday.
It might just have been an off night for the resto but for over forty quid a head I expect a bit better.
Fish & Chips in Shoeburyness with a splash of The Cure as an intro.
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