Last week I happened to be on a bus which stopped outside the River Cafe opposite Putney Bridge tube station. I was gasping for a cup of tea, so it seemed like a lost opportunity not to duck inside and have one, especially I'd been promising myself a return visit ever since the first time I went there a few years ago. [...continued]
Posts under ‘food and drink’
Tap
I read this post about the Euston Tap today, which I happened to visit last night, in honour of Billy's Booze Blog being a year old. (Which reminds me that I never celebrate my own blog birthdays because I always forget about them until ages afterwards. I even forgot to mention when I redesigned this [...]
Cafe L. Rodi
A couple of weeks ago I visited L. Rodi (aka Cafe Rodi) in Blackhorse Lane, a place I'd wanted to visit for ages. It's a great place, full of character, and full of characters. While we were queuing up the entire cafe was being regaled by a jolly woman about her very busy life, and [...]
A brief history of British food
A few days ago, I went to tThe Complete History of Food, presented by Bompas & Parr. Despite the fact that the title was a bit of a misnomer (there was nothing "complete" about their history, and, given that it was sponsored by a cognac company, it didn't really feel much like a history of food), it was an entertaining and unusual night out with two of my best pals, Nikki and Billy.
Whisky tasting at Billy's
On Sunday evening, chum and whisky-pusher Billy held a whisky-tasting at his flat. I took some notes, so here they are: #1: Compass Box Hedonism grain whisky. This one started with a vanilla nose, and smelled quite young initially, but the nose become smoother and rounder the longer it was in the glass. Being a [...]
return to the sea gate
Last Saturday I spent the day at the seaside in Margate with the Shabby Seaside Appreciation Society. The day didn't start off at its best — our excitement at getting one of the new fast-track Javelin trains at St. Pancras soon dwindled when we found ourselves an hour behind schedule due to "a death on [...]
belated whisky tasting notes
I went to a whisky-tasting at Vinopolis about three weeks ago, and it occurred to me people might be interested in my tasting notes. So here they are, as written on my phone (but edited for ridiculous typos). Glenmorangie tasting notes Vinopolis 26 Jan 2010 1- 10yr old The "original" but has evolved. Fruity [...]
on Sunday evening I found utopia at the bottom of a beer glass
It was also a weekend stuffed with exhibitions and architecture admiration — more to come when I can find the energy and inspiration to write about it all…
London Open House 2009: Saturday part 1
This year I seemed to spend much of Open House exploring artists' studios and workshops. I started at 1 Morocco Street, the studio (and home) of printmaker Norman Ackroyd. The first thing that you notice on entering the studio is the gigantic copperplate press which dominates the centre of the room. The second thing you [...]
partying in a police station
My chums Sarah, Gary and Viviane share a studio in an old police station building in Deptford. They've all made comics about sheep, so they called their studio the Fleece Station. Reading stuff on Sarah's blog about settling in there was pretty interesting, but on Saturday they had a studio-warming party, which gave me an [...]
