The good people of St. Albans should know a thing or two about fine food, after all, the High Street is awash with well known upscale restaurants. So when my waiter at Brasserie Blanc tells me “50% of our customers are regulars” I think to myself, “if that isn’t a sign of approval, I don’t know what is.”
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Brasserie Blanc. St. Albans
08/11/2016 .London Steakhouse Company City
03/11/2016 .There was once a time when Middlesex Street was called Petticoat Lane and the area was intensely poor. Times have changed and these days Middlesex Street is awash with restaurants and bars and the feeling is intensely well to do. The London Steakhouse Company City sits proudly in the centre of all this looking very much at home here.
Read the full story hereMestizo Mexican Restaurant
28/10/2016 .London is short on Mexican restaurants which deliver the real thing, rather than the dreadful Tex-Mex experience. I’ve travelled extensively in Mexico and adore the street food so I’m looking forward to trying Mestizo, situated between Warren Street and Camden Town.
Read the full story hereLa Fosse Restaurant. Awesome foodie heaven in Dorset.
20/10/2016 .Here, in the southern county where so much fine produce is grown, the picturesque hamlet of Cranborne fields La Fosse, a restaurant with rooms designed to delight gourmet guests.
Read the full story hereAvani Indian Restaurant, Radlett Herts
19/09/2016 .The word is that nearly 80% of Indian restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi. So when I hear about a new restaurant in Radlett specialising in Mumbai cuisine, naturally I want to know more about the Avani Indian Restaurant.
Read the full story hereHarissa Restaurant
17/08/2016 .Considering Harissa is all about fresh healthy eating, it was a surprise to find it located in Sandyford, Newcastle’s student district.
Read the full story hereColette’s at The Grove.
01/08/2016 .Andy Mossack reviews Collete’s at The Grove, in deepest lushest Hertordshire.
Read the full story hereNorthcote Restaurant
25/07/2016 .Not for the first time, my wife and I ventured to Northcote restaurant in the delightful Ribble valley, just twenty minutes from our home. Chef-patron Nigel Haworth, has held a Michelin star for many years for, as the Michelin guide says, ‘Refined, sophisticated cooking [that] shows depth of flavour and a lightness of touch’.
Read the full story hereThe Balcon at the Sofitel St.James
22/06/2016 .The Balcon at the Sofitel St.James is that rare beast, a French restaurant in a French hotel which has turned its back on its upbringing and decided to go native.
Read the full story hereIsland Grill
20/06/2016 .Having one of the finest locations in London is a pretty big feather to have in your cap when you’re a restaurant, after all it’s ridiculously exciting when you can boast you are literally opposite London’s Hyde Park on the famous Bayswater Road. The Island Grill has another pretty big feather to play too, it’s the main dining outlet within the Lancaster London, formerly the Royal Lancaster, one of the capital’s iconic clutch of famous hotels dating back to the sixties.
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