In the first part of his account, Douglas Blyde defies foreign office rhetoric to meet the stars of the Lebanese wine industry, beginning in the Bekaa Valley…
Wheel of approval
Stefan Nicolaou reports back on a taste-trip to north east Italy touring the modern factories that produce Grana Padano cheese and Prosciutto di San Daniele using medieval methods, EU trademarking and trademarked Italian passion.
Restaurant Review – Potli
Good Indian food should make you sweat, burp, and get those endorphins going. Good Indian food will find a way to make you smile, without ever having to force a rictus grin. And, at Potli, I encountered this elusive experience. This place delivered what it promised, unlike so many other restaurants.
A Gastronomic Voyage of the Sea
Plankton anyone? Highly acclaimed Spanish chef ÃÂngel León joins Nuno Mendes at Viajante to create eight-course tasting menu, in partnership with Gin Mare
Downstairs at Harrison’s
It’s compact this new bar but not cramped, although large parties could easily dominate the room if there wasn’t a no standing policy in force, and tables can be reserved to ensure a seat. The cocktail list is redolent of prohibition USA and of F Scott Fitzgerald swapping finely-honed epigrams with Zelda, but the food is on today’s hit list of must haves.
Grana Padano Dinner at l’Anima
It might have escaped your notice, but a few weeks ago it was actually Grana Padano week. Aside from picking up a block of this Italian hard cheese to grate over your Wednesday night pappardelle con lepre, you might not have done much to celebrate it? Don’t worry though, because Tom did enough celebrating for all of us
Bumpkin reborn in West London
Ignite prove they’re no Bumpkins with renovation in Notting Hill and an opening in Chelsea. Poppy Laking tiptoes over the river to investigate.
Babbo Italian restaurant in Mayfair
Burrata is to mozzarella as foie gras is to pate. Nick Harman tries a four course menu focussed on this most deliciously decadent of cheeses.
Potty about potted fish from The Potted Fish Company
Ethically sourced; free of artificial flavourings, colourings and preservatives; and the brainchild of a teenager – The Potted Fish Company’s old English potted crab, and smoked mackerel with horseradish, enhance self-righteousness as Joanna Biddolph discovered.