Category: Food
London
Since my first review of Comptoir Gascon I’ve been twice more: it was chortle-rific both times. From the standard menu I can heartily recommend the duck rillettes as a …
London
Dining in Farringdon generally means meat. Comptoir Gascon, the bistro associated with London’s best foie gras joint Club Gascon, will serve up enough duck and pork to fill even …
Recipes
This is basically the same recipe as the scallop salad I mentioned a couple of weeks ago. Just replace the scallops with about 500g of the very best baby …
Recipes
I’ve got my finger on the pulse with this dish, alright. It’d be best to make it with beans you’ve soaked and cooked yourself, but this speedy version uses …
London
Lunch cannot always be a three-hour booze-fuelled frenzy of food, alas. However, just because you have to be quick does not mean you should skimp on quality. For a …
General
Sorry for the truly terrible joke. If you know what Nduja is you have knowledge I did not possess until a few days ago. This is it: It is …
General
My long-time reader (Mark Locke, apparently) knows my views if you want someone to cook the steak for you: book a table at Hawksmoor, London’s best meat restaurant. You …
General
Nick Ross, colleague of Daniel’s, gave us this bar of 100% cocoa chocolate from La Maison du Chocolat in Paris. I tasted a little bit as I was adding …
Recipes
These Thai salads can be so delicious, the key often seems to make them mind-buggeringly hot. This one cries out for bird’s eye chillies and the very best scallops …
London
Nahm received some mixed reviews when it opened, but it is also Europe’s only Thai restaurant with a Michelin star. Our lunchtime visit showed us it was worth that …
