It started out innocently enough. I met my friend Em for a couple of cocktails at my favourite bar, The Academy (formerly The LAB). We were just going to have a couple and go home, but we always seem to end up going out for Mexican market food. It’s something of a tradition now, one …
Oh dear. Marco, what have you done? I first went to L’Escargot quite some time ago, perhaps two years or so. I hadn’t been to that many nice restaurants at the time and didn’t really know good food that well. I was dazzled by the combination of Michelin star and celebrity chef (Marco Pierre White! …
I don’t normally go out for Indian food. I’d rather go for Thai or Vietnamese. It’s not that I have anything against Indian food (I like to consult Madhur Jaffrey’s book and cook my own curries from time to time), it’s just that when I go to a restaurant I tend to want something a …
There is a theory that in most cases, if a restaurant offers a 50% off deal on Toptable then it probably won’t be very good value for money; that the special offer price reflects the true worth of the meal and the massively inflated original price is there to trap clueless walk-ins. I haven’t always …
We had high hopes for the Supperclub – or rather my girlfriend Nuhar did, having been to the one in Amsterdam and absolutely loving it. We had been on the mailing list for the London Supperclub for about a year so were quite excited to hear that it was finally open, and even more excited …