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 […]
Restaurants in London
A visit to Wimbledon and the “new” Fox and Grapes
We’ve been going to the Fox and Grapes on the edge of Wimbledon Common for years. It’s always been a great little pub with a good wine list, tasty food and loads of locals and their dogs lying by the fire in the winter (the dogs, that is). It was taken over by Claude Bossi […]
Mar I Terra: a wonderfully authentic tapas bar
Mar I Terra opened in 2000 in the depths of Southwark. I can only imagine what it must have been like around there then, certainly not the buzzy, busy network of offices, bars and flash new buildings it is now. It’s hidden in a small street very close to Southwark Station, I stumbled on it […]
Lunch Parisian-style at Brasserie Zedel
There seem to be loads of new brasserie-style restaurants popping up all over London these days. I love them, so it makes me very happy! This one is right next to Piccadilly tube station and it’s really great value. When my friend Shirley, visiting from Australia with her daughter, Kim, suggested we met for lunch […]
A feast of fish in Borough Market
I love Borough Market. During the day it’s buzzing with food stalls to tempt and at night people gather outside (and some inside) the pubs for post-work drinks and for dinner. We had planned to go to one of my favourite Spanish restaurants in London, Brindisa, unfortunately they have a “no bookings” policy and we […]
We treated ourselves to Dinner by Heston
Well, having been totally unimpressed by the fact that I had only been to three of the restaurants voted in the San Pellegrino Acqua Panna Top-100 in the world, I decided I simply had to do something about it. The easiest solution – go to lunch at Dinner by Heston. It’s in Knightsbridge in London […]