The Horseshoe Inn & Country Kitchen in Mamhilad is a traditional country pub located on a winding country lane in the Brecon Beacons National Park, offering a friendly welcome and a classic pub menu, with indoor and outdoor seating available. ... Read more »
It’s not often I visit Kingston-upon-Thames, being based as I am in the wilds of North London. But an invitation to enjoy Ribstock-winning barbeque in a pub not too far from my sister’s house in South London was too tempting to pass up, and on a gloriously sunny day in late March, we made our ... Read more »
When you’re married to a beer lover, the beer menu can be just as important as the food menu, and it’s good to have a few places up the sleeve that will tempt said beer lover into town! Handily, The Three Johns in Angel is easy to get to – just a couple of minutes’ ... Read more »
Luton doesn’t have many good restaurants. It had even fewer when I was a kid. But we went out to dinner regularly as a family, either to the local Beefeater or, in later years, to our favourite local Chinese restaurant, long since closed. Nearly without fail, my sister and I would order prawn cocktails to ... Read more »
I am not a classy bird. The truth is that words like elegant, sophisticated and lady-like are not ones you’d choose to describe me… and that’s OK by me. On the inside, I’d like to think I’m intelligent, fun, passionate, surprising and all kinds of other interesting things… and I reckon those aspects of me ... Read more »
I first tasted Jesse Dunford Wood’s cooking at his pub, The Mall Tavern, in Notting Hill. I loved it! Now, Dunford Wood is bringing his food to North London. The Parlour in Kensal Green opened less than two weeks before our visit, but on the Saturday we went for dinner, the dining room was ... Read more »
Pork from happy pigs tastes better. It really does! That was certainly the case for the feast of Dingley Dell pork served up at the Leather Bottle, during one of their Flying Visits. The pub’s huge garden was decked out in bunting, with rows of picnic tables laid out ready for eager pork eaters to ... Read more »
We don’t go to Hackney often, as it’s not the easiest journey for us on public transport, but we were invited by Justina, founder of The Craft Beer Social Club to attend one of her beer and food pairing events at new brewpub, Duke’s Brew & Cue and were keen to give both the social ... Read more »
The Betjeman Arms is located in one of my very favourite buildings in London. St Pancras Station St Pancras station is an eye-catchingly extravagant Victorian edifice designed by prominent ecclesiastical architect of the era, George Gilbert Scott. During this era, there were a number of competing private railway companies in Great Britain, including Midlands Railway. ... Read more »
I’ve always been happy in my North London suburban neighbourhood. But The Victoria in East Sheen is one of those places that seriously makes me dream about moving South. This cosy neighbourhood pub and restaurant is located in an incredible peaceful suburban neighbourhood just a couple of minutes’ walk from Richmond Park. The exterior ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]