Tag: travel

  • Eat Tokyo – Notting Hill London

    I used to study here, in Notting Hill. In fact, I was persuaded to stick around this area. This was before a literature degree reflected a curated re-enactment, typically including the obligatory pop into the local bookstore. Before cobbled cul-de-sacs and cozy cat cafes, there was a fishmonger right by Notting Hill Gate station, a…

  • OUISTREHAM France – Ft. Funny Fish

    OUISTREHAM Ft. Funny Fish Date of visit – 22nd October 2025 Where it’s the dream of many lovers of seafood – of shellfish and perhaps simply oysters – to visit Brittany or in my case, Normandie, France, I quite fancied avoiding any tours. Perhaps even try oyster farming on a, well, an oyster farm. So…

  • MAXIM London

    MAXIM – Ealing, London MAXIM London – dates of visit 2014-2023 There is a great divide when it comes to food. Be it the ingredient itself or the method by which it is prepared: no one is partial to a texture that they cannot tolerate. We all have to eat so why is it only…

  • Boro Bistro, London

    Boro Bistro review – date of visit Saturday October 2025 Boro Bistro review Under the bridge and down the steps, en-route Borough Market, a perpendicular swivel to your right finds you enface an alleyway. There you find a courtyard leased out to indoor crazy golf and Boro Bistro. I would say, follow the fairy lights…

  • Budget Eats in London

    London is England but it’s also, well, London. It’s a City and an expensive one at that. After a trip Tesco where you forgot the one item you intended to buy, what do you eat? In your London flat when you have a craving but no ingredients? Order from Deliveroo or other food delivery apps…

  • ZUMA LONDON

    ZUMA review – date of visit Saturday October 2025 The bouncer at the door, the hidden cobbled pathway of Raphael Street, the Knightsbridge address discreetly possessing no view of Harrods while neighbouring a Green King Pub— are all really good things about ZUMA, London. No, really, they are. Not many people talk about his upscale…