Today I’m just off Oxford Street in what I think is one of London’s best restaurant streets – Charlotte Street. If you’re visiting London, stay around there and you’ll find somewhere within a few minutes walk to eat every night for at least two weeks. All really good restaurants, too. And amazingly new places continue […]
Tag: Italian
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 […]
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 […]
Our Italian reunion at 95 Keerom
If you’re a regular reader of my blog you may recall that I went to the Emilia Romagna region of Italy last year with my sister-in-law, Perry, and two friends Christa and Sarah. We had a fabulous time So when we were all going to be in Cape Town at the same time we simply […]
A Tavola: an Italian favourite
Before we made the move across the mountain we simply had to visit one of our favourite restaurants in the Southern Suburbs for an Italian feast, so we headed for A Tavola. The food is always excellent and the menu offers a wide choice of salads, pastas, meat and fish dishes. Frankly, the choice is […]
Big cheese of the month: Parmigiano Reggiano
Welcome to the start of a new series on one of my favourite foods…cheese. This month, in celebration of my trip in the summer to the wonderful Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, I’m starting with Parmesan. In Parma and the surrounding area you’ll find Parmesan eaten as a starter, in a main course, and as dessert…it’s […]