Ember Yard is the fourth restaurant in the Salt Yard group. Everything on the menu is cooked on a custom-built, bespoke Basque-style grill (hence the embers) and dishes have both Spanish and Italian influences, particularly from the Basque Country and Tuscany. I discovered afterwards that the head chef, Jacques Fourie, is South African which kind of […]
One of the joys of urban living (I grew up on a farm so really appreciate these joys) is the takeaway. Food someone else cooks, delivered to your door…how splendid. And we love an Indian takeaway so were delighted to discover the Bombay Bicycle Club – or Bombay Bicycle Chef as their takeaway arm is called. […]
Today it’s time for that wonderful British tradition – a pub lunch. And where could be more British to go than Whitehall? Whitehall is the heart of the British government – it runs from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. If you meander down this busy road you’ll spot Downing Street running off it, heavily guarded […]
Today I’m heading into the land of Sherlock Holmes for some tasty Chinese cuisine. Not sure if Sherlock ever ambled out of 221B Baker Street for a night of Dim Sum – but I expect he would have liked it – I love a Dim Sum extravaganza. Especially the spread offered at Royal China. Dim […]
Today we’re heading back into the buzz of Soho, to the Soho Square end of Greek Street. Greek Street is famous for its amazingly cosmopolitan selection of restaurants. Along this not-very-long street you will find restaurants serving Hungarian, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Moroccan, Lebanese and French food. There are also two famous pubs which have been there […]
Today we’re heading to an area of south-east London called Blackheath. Our destination, Zerodegrees opened here in 2000 and is named after the meridien line that runs through the area – Greenwich is just down the road. It’s the first of four establishments around the country with the other three setting up in Bristol, Reading […]