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A joke

17 May 2009 No Comments
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Ceramics

An expensive day at Collect

16 May 2009 7 Comments
If you are in London and you haven’t been to Collect yet, you need to get yourself over there this evening or tomorrow; it is wonderful. Clearly the best …
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Fast food

Breakfast at Fuzzy’s Grub

15 May 2009 No Comments
Daniel and my chum Keithy have been raving about the sandwiches at Fuzzy’s Grub for a while, so I was terribly pleased to be cruising past one of their …
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London

Hix Oyster and Chop House – good menu, shame about the execution

12 May 2009 No Comments
The Hix Oyster and Chop House would be a lovely destination for those who don’t mind what food they eat, how it is served or how much it costs. …
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Recipes

Cooking with truffles part 2 – truffled roast chicken

11 May 2009 No Comments
Right, this is serious cooking with the truffle. Buy the best chicken you can find, weighing about 2kg. Make sure it is up to room temperature before you start …
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Burgundy

Another quality village Burgundy

10 May 2009 No Comments
Deuxieme Cru or village level, call it what you will as long as you call it totally delicious. Meursault ‘Tessons Clos de Mon Plaisir’ 2004, Domaine Roulot Oh what …
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Recipes

Cooking with truffles part 1 – the truffle omelette

10 May 2009 No Comments
Daniel was given a truffle on the condition we write up what we cooked with it. Seemed a good deal to me. The first thing we made was a …
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South-East London pub of the year
Bars

South-East London pub of the year

9 May 2009 No Comments
The Dog and Bell in Deptford is CAMRA’s South-East London pub of the year. Deptford, the New York Times tells us, is the place to go to experience London’s …
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Fast food

Cafe East is still London’s best noodle bar

9 May 2009 No Comments
Cafe East has moved since we first reviewed it. It is now in a rather soulless shopping centre, and the cafe itself is more like a school dining room …
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I want to change my vote
Burgundy

I want to change my vote

9 May 2009 No Comments
Yesterday we were at Lord’s having a whale of a time watching England thrash the West Indies by ten wickets. Ha! We drank some good wine. We started off …
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