This is one I did earlier in 2008 that somehow escaped posting on forkncork. Anyhow, I was in there last week and nothing’s changed. Last week I was in Munich. Not to pay my respects to a relative and three friends who died on the runway (although I did hold my own private service of ...
Restaurant ReviewsHarvey Nichols First Floor restaurant is running an interesting promotion throughout the entire month of January. Basically every single wine on the wine list is available at a 50% discount off the prices listed below during the month – at lunch and at dinner – making the wine the same price you would pay for ...
Wine & DrinkThe model I tested was the Classic Ikon 17cm. It costs around €90. The Santoku is a multi-purpose knife, developed by Japanese cutlers but using Western blade technology, i.e. double-edged. It can be used for chopping, slicing and dicing most foods (keep it away from bones, though, as the blade is quite thin-edged). The broad blade allows you ...
Books & EquipmentI was privileged to grow up in Manchester where my father managed The Free Trade Hall, in those days the city’s premier venue for music concerts and other events. I’m probably the only person who has seen Kathleen Ferrier, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Dylan (the ‘Judas’ concert) and The Sex Pistols, all live! Well, ...
BLOGSome years ago I lost my senses, opened a small café-cum-restaurant and went cheffing for a living. I never made any money but the experience has proved useful enough in my present role as restaurateurs know I’ve been there and, on those rare occasions when I do put the boot in, it’s not for ...
Restaurant ReviewsIs it me or have table manners gone by the board these days? My family were far from ‘top drawer’; I spent my formative years in a two-up/two down in a working class suburb. Yet, from an early age I mind my mother and my aunts drilling into me and my cousins that we did ...
FoodWarning – reading The Guardian can damage your sense of well being. Last Friday’s lead article had America’s foremost intelligence agency predicting that the continuance of western democracy cannot be guaranteed. Gloom-ridden, I envisaged a back-to-the future Europe ruled by a triumvirate of Maggie Thatcher, Stalin and Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. Page 2 informed me ...
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