Category Archives: Restaurants

Noble Rot and the Poulet

Posted on 20/06/2024 by dccrossley

Four of us decamped to Noble Rot Soho for, if perhaps not a wild Real Wine after party, certainly a brilliant evening of food and wine. It was actually my first time at the Soho location, despite being almost a … Continue reading →

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Spry by Nature

Posted on 04/04/2023 by dccrossley

As London appears to lose one of its most iconic natural wine bars, I have had the good fortune to become acquainted with what may well be something similar in Edinburgh. Spry Wines is a restaurant, bar and bottle shop … Continue reading →

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Italians at The Glasshouse, Kew

Posted on 20/06/2022 by dccrossley

When you alight from the train from Central London at Kew Gardens station you cross the tracks and immediately feel you are in a village. The tall trees surrounding the station set the scene for the famous gardens down the … Continue reading →

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Dermot Sugrue – Wiston and Sugrue South Downs

Posted on 22/04/2022 by dccrossley

The long Easter Bank Holiday here was not without its pleasures, a lovely picnic and some wonderful food, but it was mostly dedicated to decorating. It was rather nice, therefore, to be getting up bright and early last Tuesday to … Continue reading →

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Sportsman 2020

Posted on 13/03/2020 by dccrossley

Every year a group of us hit The Sportsman in Seasalter (Kent) for a boozy lunch where we have a special dispensation to “BYO” (naturally for a fee). As we know the tasting menu reasonably well, we are able to … Continue reading →

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Sydneyside Dining Selection

Posted on 13/01/2020 by dccrossley

We ate some wonderful meals during our time away in October and November, but during our last few days in Sydney we visited three very different restaurants which I’d like to write about before I leave the Southern Hemisphere for … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve at Wild Flor

Posted on 06/01/2020 by dccrossley

This might be the shortest article I’ve posted here but it serves the dual purpose of easing me back into typing after the festive excess, and at the same time helping me out with the internet being down for two-thirds … Continue reading →

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Wild Flor Hove Again

Posted on 16/09/2019 by dccrossley

Friends and acquaintances in London are increasingly asking me where to dine in Brighton, and I always come up with two recommendations now. I say to them that if they want a buzzy atmosphere and cutting edge natural wines, within … Continue reading →

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Staying Cool at The Glasshouse

Posted on 26/07/2019 by dccrossley

It was pretty hot in London on Tuesday. I think The Glasshouse in Kew is hot too, but in a different way. This is often regarded as “the other” Nigel Platts-Martin restaurant by some people I know. If it were … Continue reading →

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More from Paris

Posted on 19/07/2019 by dccrossley

I left you yesterday on Monday evening, so to speak, leaving Septime La Cave following a few glasses and some rather good Comté (see previous article, below), heading for a bar/restaurant which was completely new to us. We had walked past Le Mary … Continue reading →

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