I enjoyed my first cycle in the sunshine at the weekend. Actually sunny. Enough to warrant sunscreen. After a whizz around Richmond Park, we ended up in delightful Barnes and found a great lunch spot near the river on the Barnes/Mortlake border that I wanted to share with you. The quintessentially English tearoom, Orange Pekoe offers a sunny pavement lunch spot - every wobbly metal table packed. We were lucky to ...
Read MoreI do like to frequent the Shoreditch area, more specifically that stretch where Old Street becomes Great Eastern Street, and last night was no exception. I met up with the usual suspects for a swift ale at the Griffin. The pub that has remained the same for years. It's not the best looking boozer in town but no one can deny it has character. There's always a DJ sat at ...
Read MoreThe sun has finally ventured out, the shorts are on, the flip flops have made their way out from under the bed and of course the beers are on ice. So what is that smell that gets everyone excited for summer? The notorious scents of summer include the smell of fresh cut grass and most importantly the smell of smoke bellowing from the BBQ grill; accompanied of course by the ...
Read MoreRestaurateurs must be rubbing their hands together with glee that understated decor has become ‘cool’. It must have slashed the cost of opening a restaurant leaving them quids in! Instead of putting the perfect finishing touches and creating a welcoming homely feel the trend is for industrial unplastered walls, unpainted ceilings and rough wooden floors. You are half expecting to see a cement mixer doing it’s thing out the corner ...
Read MoreEveryone is partial to a bit of naughty dining especially when you’ve had a few too many the night before. Whether it’s a greasy end of night kebab or whopping 1,000 calorie Sunday afternoon pizza, every now and then we all feel the need to indulge in fast foods. Having been in London for sometime now and being spoilt by the variance and choices when dining and eating out, I am slowly losing ...
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