You’d be forgiven for thinking that The Bay Tree was just another one of the many tea rooms and coffee shops nestled between antique dealers in Arundel, Sussex. In fact, that’s exactly what I thought when I walked past it
The Bay Tree Restaurant
Barcelona
Regular readers may remember a disagreement I had with the owner of El Sabio in Newbury about misdescribing Paella Valenciana on a menu when the correct name, for him, would be Paella Mixta. Barcelona, part of a mini-chain of tapas bars
The BLT
This is a classic, but it is done so wrong in so many places. I was heartened in the Red Lion in Arundel, Sussex to see the art isn’t lost. The best BLT is a blend of just 5 great
Cheats’ Ice Cream
Kulfi (colloquially “Indian ice cream”, although that comparison does it a slight disservice) is a wonderful thing. Slightly creamier and denser than your classic Western variants and usually with much more exotic flavours; pistachio, rosewater etc. It is traditionally used
Akbar’s
I have previously blogged about Bollywood in Manchester, talking about the rivalry between colleagues pro there and pro nearby Khan Ba Ba. I believe I reminisced about Akbar’s which is a stone’s through further down the Liverpool Road. It’s a
Savoy Grill
There’s a pre-theatre menu at the Savoy Grill; one of Gordon Ramsay’s Michelin starred affairs in the Savoy Hotel, London. £26 for 3 courses is a reasonable price regardless of the pedigree in London these days to be fair (though
Mad about Macaroons
People think that Macaroons are hard. They’re not. Well, that’s not entirely true. They require patience, a deft hand, some specialist equipment (if you can call a piping bag specialist) and time if you want to make a tantalising array
Bangkok House
I had previously criticised Thailand No.1 in Lincoln for being rather “generic pan-Asian” and not truly Thai. When dining recently in one of my favourite restaurants around, the Bangkok House in Oxford, I realised my previous comments may be slightly
Blueprint Cafe
D&D is a chain. I hate chains. However, there is merit in running a chain of independents; a co-operative, or federation, whereby economies of scale can be realised without interfering in the running of a good restaurant that attracts loyal
Maze by Gordon Ramsay
In Grovesnor Square, in the heart of London’s Mayfair, hidden in plain sight insofar as it looks like the myriad of embassies and other stately buildings around it, is Maze. One of Gordon Ramsay’s Michelin starred establishments. Thanks to a