So today I’m eating at a new restaurant in one of London’s parks, of which there are plenty, big and small. When I first moved here I lived very close to Regent’s Park and spent many hours wandering through the rose garden or reading on one of the benches with the sound of hippos in […]
Restaurants in London
Gordon Ramsay’s latest venture: Union Street Cafe
I spent a large part of the summer working in the Southwark area. The office was right next door to a very noisy building site (well, I suppose there aren’t any other kind) which I soon discovered was going to be the latest restaurant in the Gordon Ramsay stable, the Union Street Cafe. The infernal […]
Bellamy’s for the best whitebait in town
So today I’m back in stylish Mayfair with its amazing selection of upmarket shops and restaurants. It’s no coincidence that it’s the most expensive property on the Monopoly board, you can feel the wealth in the air. I love visiting the area, meandering around, taking in a bit of window shopping, stopping for coffee and […]
Exploring the New King’s Cross with a visit to Caravan
London is an exciting place to live. There’s always something happening, new places popping up, even whole areas being redeveloped. Like King’s Cross, once one of the shadiest and dodgiest parts of London, which has been undergoing a total transformation. The station is now unrecognisable from the shabby, slightly scary place I remember from the […]
Time to catch up at The French Table in Surbiton
So today on my exploration of the different parts of London I’m heading out a bit into one of the suburbs. Surbiton is a short train ride from central London and my friend Sue lives there. Our families go back a long way, she was also born in Zimbabwe and our mothers are close friends. […]
A Saturday lunchtime treat at Joel Robuchon’s La Cuisine
So you may remember I had lunch at Heston Blummenthal’s Dinner (just awarded its second Michelin star, by the way) with Sarah, one of my travelling companions on our Italian extravaganza. Well, to cut a long story short, both our husbands suffered from serious food envy as a result of that dining pleasure, so our […]