Elitistreview is twenty years old!
1 August 2025
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Happy 20th anniversary, Elitistreview!
Category: Food
Fine wine at La Trompette
22 July 2024
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We drank fine wine and something other at La Trompette
Mature Rhones at The Chesil Rectory
1 August 2023
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We tried an array of mature Northern Rhones at The Chesil Rectory.
Lunch with Keith Prothero at The Glasshouse
30 September 2021
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Last Thursday was a special day for The Editor and me: we got to meet our great friend – and notable supporter of Elitistreview – Keith Prothero for a …
Last Monday’s dinner
4 June 2021
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There was a time when ten percent of the posts on Elitistreview mentioned Hawksmoor. There have been changes and more branches since then, but my trip to Hawksmoor Air …
Manow – stunning Thai food
28 July 2016
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A couple of months ago there was some terrible news: the owner of the Bangkok Brasserie and the Bengal Sage, the best Thai and Indian restaurants I had ever …
Croque Madame Dani
1 May 2016
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This is a guest post by The Editor I woke up early as a blues singer this morning, with no intention to do anything special today. Reading the news …
The Forte Kitchen – food is not its forte
9 March 2016
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I will not waste much time writing this review as the Forte Kitchen, Winchester’s newest lunch spot, is not worth the time; the Forte Kitchen certainly do not think …
Hawksmoor three years on
20 February 2016
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On Monday night we returned, with our excellent friend Ricard, to Hawksmoor Spitalfields in London for the first time in three years. There was a time where nearly 10% …
On Cheeses
6 June 2015
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Earlier this week Branston Pickles released the results of a survey they commissioned to find out, amongst other things, the ten favourite cheeses of the people of Britain. The …