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24 April, 2017

Boozy 18-course dinner at L’Enclume

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....

26 March, 2017

Mother’s Day lunch at Veeraswamy

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)....