I spent a wonderful Christmas and New Year in my home town of Glasgow. Last Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, or Hogmanay as we call it in Scotland, I decided that I should end 2013 with a great meal. Having heard fantastic things about The Gannet in Finnieston, Glasgow, I booked…
Last night my brother and I went out for a bite to eat. Both being fans of Russell Norman, owner of some of my favourite places to eat in London (Spuntino and Mishkins), we headed to his new offering, Ape & Bird, on Shaftesbury Avenue. This is his sixth opening since…
The Finnieston end of Argyle Street in Glasgow has seen a surge of great restaurant openings recently, including The Gannet, Old Salty’s and Kelvingrove Cafe. Add those to the wonderful Crabshakk, The Finneston and the Big Slope, and West Enders certainly have a lot of fab food to choose from.…
This is just a quickie, but I ate at Mishkins on Friday night. I love Mishkins, its one of those places I go back to time and time again. It’s got a great atmosphere, the food never disappoints and the staff are so friendly. Plus they have a great gin…
My good friend Maggie has had a pretty tough time of things lately so my friend Carmen and I decided to go up to Glasgow at the weekend to cheer her up. Maggie had been keen to try out The Fish People Cafe for a few months so we tried…
For the last few weeks I have been hearing great reports about Dishoom, ‘a Bombay café in London’. My friend Sal has been several times recently and raves about it each time. The more she talked about it, the more I wanted to try it out for myself. Earlier this…
One of my local restaurants (well, 5 minutes in the car) is Gazette in Battersea. Gazette is a wonderful French restaurant, just a short walk from Wandsworth roundabout. I have been here many times…for birthday parties and Christmas dinners with friends (its one of the only restaurants I can drag…
Last Valentine’s Day, my beautiful, funny, intelligent and simply wonderful single girlfriends and I met up at the Sebright Arms in Hackney for some Lucky Chip action. It was so much fun, we decided to meet up again this Valentine’s Day. Yes we’re all still single, we can’t understand it…
A couple of weeks ago, my good friend Claire and I met up for a catch-up. She asked me where I wanted to eat and I suggested Ducksoup on Dean Street, Soho. I’ve been once, but just briefly while I was waiting for another friend to go on elsewhere. I…
