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 […]
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Recipe: Quick and easy Thai mince
So this week I got sent a parcel full of tins of spices. What happiness! Bart have come up with a new range of spices inspired by flavours from around the world. A brilliant way to transform the simplest of dishes into something bursting with flavour. I have to admit to not having much cooking […]
Recipe: Citrussy, minty lamb with roast vegetables
I love the seasons in London. And now it’s time for the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness, to quote Keats. Autumn’s arrived. You wake up to atmospheric, misty mornings and go to sleep to the comforting patter of steady drizzle, the sky’s a different colour and well, there’s a definite nip in the air. […]
Recipes: Beef satay with Thai-style cucumber salad
I was paging through recipe books for inspiration last weekend and remembered how much I love satays. The little skewers that come with a rich peanut dipping sauce are such a classic Asian dish. When we’re in Thailand they’re regularly on our wishlist – well, they all taste slightly different and the sauces vary too, […]
Back to school for Chinese cooking
My latest Covent Garden discovery is an Asian cookery school called School of Wok. So off I went for an evening of Wok & Roll. Oh yes! Our teacher Stefan started us all chopping the ingredients we needed for the dishes we were going to cook – with an incredibly sharp cleaver! I’m secretly lusting […]
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. […]