I do concede that I did not actually see a microwave in the preparation of these eggs
A review of the Village Deli, Blackheath SE3 In a virtually empty village deli, I sipped an iced jasmine tea from a pretty little bottle and overheard the only other person in the room order a very...
The window experience differs depending where you sit.
A review of cream tea at the Clarendon, SE3 You'll have seen the Clarendon. It's that impressive Georgian hotel right on top of the Heath. Looks like you'd have to be a millionaire to stay there...
If simplicity yields perfection I'm all good with that
A Review of The Old Brewery, Greenwich I didn't expect to get seated at the meantime brewery. After all it was sunny bank holiday evening, not far from the Thames, and getting seating has definitely...
It really really was worth the wait. A Review of Villa Moura
If you have been a regular reader of the blog lately, you may have noticed that I have been trying to re-live the fishing village dinners of my recent french holiday, memories of chargrilled octopus...
Walking and Eating is Bad on Many Many Counts
Thameside food stalls in Greenwich I would have loved to do my duty by you and checked the food at ALL of the Cutty Sark food stalls (which I believe will reman until the tall ships and their...
Promises Seafood and Quaintness, and Cycle Paths, A Review of the Cutty Sark Pub
A Review of the Cutty Sark Pub, Greenwich Quite some distance from the actual Cutty Sark tea clipper is the Cutty Sark pub, overlooking the bleaker Thames views (including the O2 but amongst the...
Three Breakfasts, Many drinks. A review of Giraffe in Blackheath SE3
Ok, so the one note I made for the blog whilst eating breakfast in Giraffe was "pepper mill". That's it. It sits in black and yellow in the middle of my iPhone notepad and full of promise of...
Toys where child is encouraged to bash pegs with a hammer, and a plentiful supply of children
A review of Pistachios at the Pleasuance, SE10 It seemed a good idea to visit Pistachio's in the park because the sun was out and there is a lot to love about Pistachio's: the scruffiness, the...
"We logged high levels of aubergine all over the menu," A Review of Bianco 43
There are two Bianco43's in Greenwich. This has been confusing me since an Italian friend suggested meeting there (before deciding she was actually gluten intolerant) and I was intrigued as to how...
Mouthful of cake, swig of coffee. Savour. A Review of Mara Interiors
Now there is a mini-review of Mara Interiors on my blog already. They are actually an interior designers who happen to sell cake and coffee to chat over rather than an actual coffee shop. So it...
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Canary Wharf Clouds
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A Few More Of My Blog Posts
Legend Press Announce Signing Helen & the Grandbees
https://www.thebookseller.com/news/legend-bags-warm-and-poignant-morrall-debut-1102076# Alex Morrall, author of Helen and the Grandbees Legend Press has bagged a “warm and poignant” debut novel exploring identity, race and mental illness by writer and painter Alex...
Dessert was definitely going to commence – a review of Crol&Co. SE1
I discovered Crol & Co two years ago when I trundled past on the bike (a gift from my husband) determined to work out how to get to the office on it in about 2hours; indicating by thinking really hard about lifting my right hand from the handlebars. And I...
Photo for the painting
Original photo for watercolour of Donkeys In Ethiopia Everything about this photo said, paint it in watercolour!
Frosty Sunrise, (an unseasonable review of Oxleas Wood)
Oxleas Wood. I discovered Oxleas Wood when I had the madcap idea that the first weeks of January were a good time to get up on a Sunday morning in the frost to see a sunrise. (These things happen when you get to a certain age. We are frequently to be seen as a...
Tall Glasses
Poem First published in Psychopoetica Alex Morrall Stained Glasses
Unexpected, Originally Published by Smith’s Knoll
Unexpected, Poem by Alex Morrall