24 April, 2017
Of all the places we had planned to eat during our trip up north, dinner at L’Enclume was the one I was most looking forward to. In 2016 it was voted best restaurant in the UK for the fourth consecutive year by the Good Food Guide and in no way did it disappoint when we visited on the Thursday before Easter for an 18-course booze-fuelled extravaganza....
13 April, 2017
We’re currently visiting Mr M’s family in Cumbria and on Monday we had lunch at The Lakes Distillery bistros. Situated in the northern part of the Lake District National Park, the distillery is in a restored Victorian cattle farm and produces whisky, gin and vodka, as well as cooking up a gorgeous lunch....
26 March, 2017
This weekend I took my mum and her sister to Veeraswamy for Mother’s Day lunch. It’s the UK’s oldest Indian restaurant, having opened in 1926, and was awarded a Michelin star this year. Despite its long tenure, I had never visited before although I’d heard from a couple of friends how good the food was, so I couldn’t wait to see for myself and hoped that my mum and aunty would approve (spoiler alert: they did)....
19 March, 2017
One day last week I decided to take a cheeky afternoon off, so Mr M and I took ourselves off to Browns in Old Jewry for a leisurely lunch. Eating out in the evenings and at weekends is all well and good, but there’s always something extra special about time off during the week while everyone else is still at work....
12 March, 2017
I’ve been counting down to Saturday’s brunch at the fabulous Duck and Waffle since Monday morning, so it’s been a long week. By the time Saturday morning arrived I was nearly beside myself with excitement. This was Mr M’s first visit and also my first time as a group of two, so I was especially excited at the thought that we might get a window table....
5 March, 2017
A pop-up in Old Street station got me very excited last week – the fabulous Shrimpy is back in my neck of the woods! Well, Old Street isn’t exactly my neck of the woods, but when I saw on their Instagram feed that Shrimpy was back on my side of the river, it didn’t seem to matter that I would have to hop on a tube to get my lunch....
4 March, 2017
We accidentally made pancakes a week early for pancake day, so we decided to go to My Old Dutch pancake house on the actual day. When we first arrived Mr M said, “I knew there’d be a queue, but I didn’t think it would be like this!” As it turned out, we would hear these words several times over from our fellow queue-ers as we waited to get in....
26 February, 2017
Mr M and I had drinks with a few friends on Friday night at the beautiful German Gymnasium in Kings Cross. The cocktails here are excellent, in particular a smoky little rum-based number called St Luscious, which more than lived up to its name....
23 February, 2017
Last Saturday’s lunch destination was a bit of a surprise discovery, which I spotted in an article I had been reading about the regeneration of Tottenham. Chicken Town, the article said, is not just your average chicken shop, but a not-for-profit, community-spirited venture, producing healthier fried chicken for customers, and a nurturing environment for staff. I was intrigued – although if I’m honest, they had me at “chicken shop.”...
20 February, 2017
I visited Gunpowder last week for a quick lunch with a friend. I owed her a dinner having lost a bet last year regarding how quickly my hair could grow, but that’s another story. Actually, that’s pretty much the whole story....