by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | May 9, 2015 | Off Piste
Who told me that the food was bad in Iceland (the country)? I mean, I am pretty sure that everyone told me that the food was bad in Iceland. They were misinformed. I journeyed out to Iceland thinking I would have to eat hot dogs every day as a penalty for being able...
by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | Feb 7, 2015 | Cafe, Hazev, Off Piste, Restaurant, Uncategorized
A Review of Hazev, South Quay Hazev ain’t so far away, guys, over in South Quay on the way to Canary Wharf. And you should go to Canary Wharf every now and then, on the DLR and stuff. In fact we ended up here when we spotted that our meal in Greenwich would be...
by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | Dec 20, 2014 | Gravetye Manor, Off Piste, Uncategorized
A review of Gravetye Manor, East Sussex http://www.gravetyemanor.co.uk I’m figuring that my weekend away in East Sussex counts as a Blackheath blog review. This is because I live in Blackheath and I want to go on weekends away that are an adequately short drive...
by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2014 | Kaspar's Brill at The Savoy, Off Piste, Restaurant
A review of Kaspar’s Grill at the Savoy I have discovered the most magnificent combination: champagne and soda bread. I don’t mean champagne baked in soda bread, which would be daft even if some waitrose supplier’s marketing department eyes just lit...
by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | Sep 18, 2014 | Off Piste, Restaurant
A review of L’Insolite, Collioure, France (definitely not SE3) I have an announcement to make. It is official that seiche is in fact cuttlefish, not squid as most of Collioure will tell you. The second and most important part of this announcement is that...
by docs.mine34a@gmail.com | Mar 13, 2014 | Angels and Gypsies, Off Piste, Off-Piste, Restaurant, Uncategorized
Angels and Gypsies has been catching our eye for a while. It’s the leg of cured calf posed within sight of the door way, and the ambient lighting from the stained glass windows, and the curvy writing above the window that does it. Marketeers take note. For all...