Recipes, reviews, farms and tables
"As we headed for the door she shouted '…AND DON’T EVER COME BACK… YOU RACISTS!'"
"There's no menu or catalogue of ingredients, and deliberately so. Merlin decided last year to forgo such a structure"
"Three nationalities, all famished, feigning amiable smiles while waiting, praying, dying for food to arrive"
"Sunbeams stream through and warm the soft palette room, casting a spotlight over my guanciale, highlighting the adipose goodness"
"For sure, no wine like this was ever served in the history of Illinois"
"It was everything it should have been, flavoured with butter and the sex organs and protein-rich filtration system of a now pulverised poultry liver"
"Golly. Chefs collaborating to celebrate European camaraderie. Trés Bon"
"I won’t bang on about anchovies now, it isn’t the place, but I’m a fanatic for them"
"Yes, gimmee some of that carbohydrate overload, rivers of vegetable oil and gloopy cheesy-bean combos"
"This summer, I popped into The Bloomsbury Hotel’s Coral Room to witness people so happy to be out of lockdown that the scene was literally Bacchanalia"
