So my quest to try different areas of London every week continues. Today we’re moving from Belgravia to Chelsea. Orchid Vietnamese Kitchen is a small, cosy restaurant near the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Fulham Road, where my nephew Daniel was born (though Orchid wasn’t there then!). So I have very happy memories of the […]
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Be inspired by Rick Stein’s India
I’m a big Rick Stein fan. I’ve loved all his TV programmes and cooked loads of dishes from his recipe books (many of them over and over again). I joined his Far Eastern Odyssey with great enthusiasm, revelling in the food of Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bali and Bangladesh (how’s that for an […]
Tasty delights at The Palm in stylish Belgravia
Today it’s time for a touch of American foodie tradition and history in London. The first Palm restaurant was opened in NYC in 1926 by John Ganzi and Pio Bozzi. The story goes that they wanted to name it after their hometown, Parma, but when they went to register it the clerk misunderstood their Italian […]
Cocktails and glamour on Jermyn Street
To state the obvious, London is teeming with pubs and bars…but it’s also packed full of people. And I hate all that pushing and waiting to be served and never being able to find a seat. I’ve never got the joy of standing for hours drinking. Frankly, it makes me quite grumpy. So I’m always […]
Christopher’s in Covent Garden
It’s time to go back to a Covent Garden favourite. Christopher’s is one of London’s original American restaurants, paving the way for many. It opened in 1991 and very quickly became a firm favourite just down from the Covent Garden piazza. Having closed for renovation, it reopened this May so of course I couldn’t resist […]
The Cook with Biltong Club: Biltong and asparagus frittata
Frittatas are a wonderfully tasty way to use up leftovers – you can put pretty much anything you’d like into them. They are so versatile – you can eat them for breakfast, lunch or dinner; hot or cold and they are great for picnics and packed lunches as they’re so easily portable. So that got […]