Noodle Oodle, Oxford Street – restaurant review
The name Noodle Oodle might not be familiar to many but mention Inn Noodle and a few more might recollect a fast-paced noodle restaurant. This...
Authentic Recipes from Malaysia by Wendy Hutton – review
There are just a few Malaysian restaurants in London. I have visited most of them and they range from high-end teak-polished splendour to casual vinyl-topped...
Zilla – Son of Zing and Zest – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] Anyone who has an appreciation of Indian fine dining in London will take a guess that the aforementioned Zilla is...
Humphry’s Restaurant – Stoke Park – review
It is indeed a park, and a world-renowned 27-hole golf course set in landscaped grounds. Lots of facilities for club members, as well as for...
Spice Market for Dinner – restaurant review
Jean-Georges Vongerichten is considered by many to be one of the foremost movers and shakers in the culinary arena these days …on both sides of...
Rasa Sayang – restaurant review
This unassuming restaurant is easily missed. It sits on a side street off the main Chinatown thoroughfare although it still manages to attract a loyal...
Potli Indian restaurant, Hammersmith – review
Potli – an Indian market kitchen: that’s how it’s described on the website. In fact that home page is a stylish introduction to the ethos...
Visiting and sharing Japan – travel review
Planning a trip to Asia? I can almost guarantee that Japan isn’t first on most people’s destination list, if indeed it is a part of...
Chisou Japanese Restaurant, Knightsbridge – review
A decade ago there were few Japanese restaurants in the UK. It was partly due to the fact that we hadn’t had the close ties...
The Food and Cooking of India by Mridula Baljekar – review
It’s quite honestly a stunner. The Food and Cooking of India by Mridula Baljekar is an engaging almanac of Indian cooking with elements of travelogue....
Stoke Park – Country House Hotel review
It’s the kind of country-house estate that we believe has disappeared. How can there be anything this magnificent so close to London (only 35 minutes...
Mourad New Moroccan by Mourad Lahlou – review
Mourad Lahlou might not be a familiar name to many of my European readers but he has carved an illustrious reputation in California as patron...
The Great Taste Menu at The Cadogan – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] The Cadogan Hotel in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, was built in 1887. The name commemorates the Earls Cadogan, who, through their...
Master of the Art of Indian Cooking – interview of Sanjeev Kapoor
Talking on the radio a few months ago, I was musing on books I would take to a desert island. Those who know this city...
Clive Dixon at The White Oak in Cookham – restaurant review
Cookham is an iconic and quintessentially English village near enough to London to be accessible even for lunch or dinner but far enough away to...
How Do You Measure Up? by Shirley Bond – review
I am a travel book reviewer and a cookbook reviewer and How Do You Measure Up? falls into neither of those categories …but on the other...
Chef Chris Wheeler – Stoke Park – interview
Only 35 minutes from the capital and 7 miles from London Heathrow airport, Stoke Park offers everything you might want from a sport and leisure...
What’s for Dinner? Second Helpings by Romilla Arber – review
Romilla Arber has penned this second book to raise money for a very worthy cause. I am sure you will agree, because you are an...
The Dorchester for Afternoon Tea – restaurant review
I am an unashamed supporter of The Dorchester. It’s iconic and has endured – it’s been around for decades, since the start of the 1930s,...
Cinnamon Soho – restaurant review
Got a familiar ring about it? London has been called many things in its long and sometimes illustrious history. Londinium given by the Romans, and...