Musings on food and drink from the travelling foodies.
Posted in gastropubs on Apr 29th, 2009
I had a working lunch at The Pine Martin with a couple of business colleagues, as we entered the car park the sign stated “Country Pub and Eating House” which picked my curiosity. The building is quite stately outside and inside there were quite a few rooms with open entrance to each other thereby making [...]
Posted in Leeds, Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2009
Although not reviewed last week (it was more about cheese I seem to recall) our lunch at Anthony’s was extremely good. Main courses of sirloin steak and Chorizo risotto were particularly noteworthy, as were the deep fried whitebait nibbles.
They’ve listened on the chips too - these were definitely twice fried and were absolutely stunning (as [...]
Me and the the boy were down in London for a day of meetings (for me), coursework (for him) and evening of music with British Sea Power at the BFI (both of us). Late afternoon our hunger got the better of us and as we were on the Southbank, we opted for a cool looking [...]
Posted in restaurants on Apr 22nd, 2009
Thought you’d all be interested to see the just published rankings for the best restaurants in the world.
I’ve been told that Noma is fantastic (although it is in Denmark) and surely a trip to the Fat Duck is in order!
D&G/J&L have of course already beat a path to El Bulli….
http://www.theworlds50best.com/2009_1_50.html
Posted in Leeds on Apr 21st, 2009
Sunday brunch was a treat, the Lishman’s bacon and tomato muffin was fantastic. Rob had a full English with duck egg and Jen opted for the Lishman’s sausage bap…..give it a go, they cook on a grill in the cafe…I don’t know how anyone can resist…Surprise…..G resisted temptation as we had plenty of goodies we [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2009
J and I spent a lovely afternoon on Sunday walking around the valley with the central point being a couple of lovely pints at Tong. Finishing off with a fabulous shoulder of pork bought from the farm shop in Tong (free range chickens on offer there too).
There aren’t many of us fellas that won’t find [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2009
Thought it would be a good idea to be poncy and use the french when describing the cheese we bought from Anthony’s at the weekend - even though one of them was Spanish.
At the risk of the blog becoming the Anthony’s show, I couldn’t resist putting the cheese on there as it was sooo good.
There [...]
Posted in France, restaurants on Apr 19th, 2009
Booked very last minute, I was fortunate enough to join Tess and Gerard on their pre- Easter break serching for properties in South East France….Flying from Luton to Beziers 6.35am we were in Portiragnes Plage enjoying a beer by noon….although my french is practically non-existant I soon picked up odd words and phrases, one of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2009
The day started with a Coporate lunch at Nottingham Forest but I must say as the City ground is just by Trent Bridge cricket ground we must try a 20:20 Globe Troffers event there because Trent Bridge looked the business.
The food at the Ground was adequate with Pate, Sirloin of Beef and Pecan Cheesecake being [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2009
Last Thursday I had a great dinner with some business associates at the Oxo Tower in London, we met at 6 pm for cocktails just as the sun was beginning to go down. The bar and view at the Oxo are amongst the best our capital has to offer. The meal included sticky pork belly, [...]