Category: Food and Wine – Europe

Belgo restaurant, Soho, London

On an unassuming side street bang in the middle of a heaving Soho, the newly opened Belgo restaurant is one of the few Belgian restaurants to exist in London. The interior of the restaurant itself is fabulous: it has a quirky decor, with movie posters and photographs lining the brick […]
The Admiral Codrington, London

The ”Cod” , as it is affectionately referred to by the locals, is a pub with a lot of attitude – partly because of its clientele of regulars, partly because of its location (in the middle of a Knightsbridge, Chelsea and South Ken triangle), partly because of its enclosed garden, and […]
Afternoon Tea at Flemings Hotel, Mayfair

Afternoon tea should always be an affair to remember. Fortunately for us, the champagne tea at Flemings Hotel in Mayfair was precisely so. Tucked away on the small side street that is Half Moon Street, the Flemings Mayfair hotel is an unassuming, elegant gem. We visited the newly refurbished Drawing […]

Union Street Cafe, London

I am undoubtedly behind the curve in planning a write up of the Union Street Café a year and half after it was opened by the Gordon Ramsay group. At the time the restaurant, not café, generated a tremendous buzz amongst London’s foodies and seasoned restauranteurs which was undoubtedly linked […]
L’atelier de Joel Robuchon, London

L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, superlative gastronomic experience for the serious foodie The Taste Maker had an exceptional gastronomic evening at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon in smart Covent Garden, London, UK. The name is already synonymous with culinary excellence throughout the world, something that attracts both the serious foodies and those […]
Royal China, London

Dining at the Royal China restaurant in Fulham is not likely to be an experience you forget in a hurry. All too often, Chinese cuisine in London seems to be either your standardised, bastardised sticky rice with chilli and soy encrusted defrosted prawns (and a side of chips if you’re […]