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Glad you enjoyed. That area is excellent, next time I go back it'll hopefully be with a group of adults and not just my son (though I found it from a family friendly Barcelona list - the kids menu is also pretty decent apparently).

You made it over then! The last time I saw you I'd had "quite a lot" of Jaipur but I'd remember your man bag :lolol: . We were probably shipping out about the time you arrived as our table was 7.30. If you saw someone assisting a very elderly black man with two walking sticks out of the door...

The Salt Room last night with the Mrs and my mum and step dad. The things they thought they did badly didn't bother us at all, while the thing they think they do well impressed me less. My step dad is really quite decrepit and can't walk far and we mentioned this in the booking. We got a table...

:lolol: I'll need to recover from the after effects of death by chocolate combined with shit beer first.

You lucky, lucky...... I’ve just had an extremely average works lunch at a Chef & Brewer in Uxbridge. I suspect they got their sprouts recipe off my old dead granny, the desert was so rich it should have been called Tony Bloom and the IPA was poorly kept. Good company though and certainly...

You can, I can't (might have given a sneaky :thumbsup: though) I really thought we were past this way of treating people in the kitchen. Marco and Gordon throwing boiling water over each other and then having a jolly good laugh about it in an all night bar, junior chefs bullied out of the...

Was in Covent Garden yesterday for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Wife had finally lucked out in the ticket ballot a year ago. The show is split in two parts lasting from 1pm to 3.45 and then 6.30 to 9, though you have to be back at 6 due to the security queue. That leaves two hours to eat...

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I hope it was made authentically by a real Jamaican....... Maybe we should all start up an NSC themed bistro? A tasting menu that would feature a miniture guest pie with Harvey's jus, a gourmet burger served with craft beer and a course of jerk rice served with something explosive tasting in a...

Well, we did Little Fish Market a couple of weeks ago as planned, though never quite had time to write the review it deserved until now. I have to say, everything we read about it was true and it was one of the most enjoyable meals I've had in our great city. Firstly you have to like fish. I...

Moving away from the tips binfest for a sec, I have just booked Little Fish Market for Mrs GB’s birthday next week. Should I be excited? Never been but always felt it’s one to tick off.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Family lunch for 7 of us today at Murmur. No set menu and a couple of Chenin Blancs from the main list so it wasn’t as cheap but our 2 kids ate free so it was good value. Starter of beef carpaccio for me was bloody excellent, full of flavour and could have cut it with a spoon. Trout dish for...

Hopefully they'll have restocked today then. That's got "drunk the place dry" all over it.

Correct! Yes, it was highly entertaining. Organised by the Guardian and it wasn't cheap but luckily it was a present,

I love Jay Rayner. I once attended a writing seminar he did with Midfield General (inevitably talk turned to The Sportsman) and he was incredibly entertaining and, while opinionated, generally spot on. I'd read that article already and agreed with every word. I think a similar thing goes on in...

I take it you’ve never eaten natto then. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'd not heard of it and Googled it. Imagine my delight when it came up as being between Uxbridge and Reading. I sometimes work in Uxbridge and have friends in Berkshire. A quick look at the actual place though and it was clear you meant somewhere else, and the Google search had been directed to...

Me too. In fact I'd much rather eat out in Brighton than France. Ironically (for this thread today) I said so in the trip advisor review of the "best" restaurant in the town in the Loire my Dad's retired to - awful snobby service, poor cooking, far too rich and whipped out from under a cloche...

Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential remains one of my favourite books ever on any subject. Certainly he hypes up the rockstar bit but he's also very honest about the hours and creativity needed to succeed - and what happens if you don't. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

An interesting look at why so many mid range chains are currently closing and why we haven't imagined the poor quality. It turns out it's not food snobbery, they've all been cutting costs. Well, most of them...