I don’t suppose Blades will get a warm reception from dedicated trendspotting food bloggers or cool Metro types, it’s not really for them, but I thought Blades do a pretty good job of providing the kind of food that Mayfair types like to eat and in a smoothly chic environment with pleasant echoes of the past. 

Jars of sweets as part of Sunday lunch… Tracy finds out that childhood fantasies can come true.

A marvellous Mittle European setting for determined and successful British food

Nick likes the intentions of this relatively new pizzeria but is unsure about the practice.

Annabelle Hood dines à la carte at Thierry Marx’s unusually decorated Camélia in Paris

Always fond of fine tailoring, the original Mr George in fact, Nick tries out Sartoria to see how it fits.

 Suffering a bit of déjà vu, Nick enters Fortress Barbican to sample a new Italian.

When L’Escargot announced Bottomless Sunday Brunch, Nick wasn’t slow to try it out.

Nick finds Upper Street is now less about New Labour and more about fishy business. So perhaps no change at all?

Cometh the hour, cometh the pub. Judith eats hearty at The Hour Glass.