Turkish Mangal, Hornchurch

The lovely Food Urchin had extolled the virtues of his local Turkish restaurant so I, always eager to find a really good place to eat near where I live, asked for the details. High Road, Hornchurch is apparently the place to be for really good Turkish food. Life got busy for a couple of weeks, …

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The Forge

On a bit of a whim, Col and decided to forgo our usual Tuesday night gaming evening, and have an Us Night Out instead. This entailed a last minute Travelodge booking, of which more later, maybe, and a booking at The Forge in Covent Garden.I will say, here and now, that they scored so very …

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The Cricketers, Clavering, Essex

There was a nasty rumour going around last month that The Cricketers had closed because Jamie Oliver's mum and dad had retired and Someone Else had taken over. This was a bit upsetting as it is a lovely place that we have visited a few times but huzzah! Hurrah! It turned out to be just …

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Red and Black, Addiscombe.

I was actually going to go to bed about half an hour ago and then I started looking at the photos from my meal out on Friday. So now I'm hungry again despite eating the last of my brown rice and gammon bake.Lovely New Person (okay, Col from hereonin) and I had a weekend date …

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Di Paolo café, Bexhill on Sea

Every so often, No 1 Boyfriend and I head to his place in Bexhill. A sort of a Pied à Mare I suppose.We either go for a spot of much deserved RnR, where I squeak happily at the sea and have all the windows open so that I can fall asleep to the sound of …

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The Tommyfield – Kennington

It was Boyfriend's Birthday last week so A Meal was arranged. K and I had read reviews of a few gastropubs, because that's what we do for fun, and The Tommyfield looked rather good. A booking was made and so on a very cold Saturday evening Boyfriend and I set out from the exotic climes …

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Acornhouse restaurant, Kings Cross

This place deserves a hell of a lot more recognition than it gets.http://www.acornhouserestaurant.com/Not only are their origins and their intentions both honourable and sustainable, the food they serve is absolutely top notch.I had the great fortune to visit them last year with my friend Karen, and we just were agog at the quality and cleverness …

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All’s well that eats well.

On Tuesday night I ended up in Moshi Moshi at Liverpool Street station. I'd gotten soaked whilst waiting for a bus as the driver of the number 11 didn't bother to stop, despite the gaggle of peoplewaiting in the pouring rain at the bus stop, so by the time I got to the station all I …

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Back with a bang and a dinner.

This poor blog has been rather neglected of late, and for that I apologise but life does have a tendency to get in the way of, well, blogging. A holiday, then the wearying attempt to catch up with life again, takes its toll. Work, then home, then work, then home, then work again makes me …

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