Restaurants: Hunan, London
Hunan is a remarkable restaurant. It’s been a Pimlico institution since 1982, and is widely regarded to be one of
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Food and wine
Restaurants: Honey & Co Bloomsbury, London
Website: https://honeyandco.co.uk/places/honey-co/ Just opposite Noble Rot in Lambs Conduit Street, Honey & Co is a really good restaurant offering middle
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Restaurants: Arabica Borough Market, London
Website: https://www.arabicalondon.com/borough-market/ OK, it’s not fancy. But Arabica is just the sort of place I love eating at. It’s a
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Chianti Classico deep dive (5) dinner at Salefino Vino & Cucina in Siena
Website: https://salefino-siena.com/vino-e-cucina/ This was my first time in Siena, which is simply stunning. It’s almost entirely unspoiled, and is very
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Restaurants: Post and Pepper, Stellenbosch
Website: https://postandpepper.co.za/ This was one of the gastronomic highlights of a recent trip to South Africa, where we spent a
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Restaurants: Gymkhana, London
Restaurants: Gymkhana Website: https://gymkhanalondon.com/ I first visited Gymkhana back in September 2014, about a year after it opened. This was
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Restaurants: Plateau, Brighton
Website: https://www.plateaubrighton.co.uk/ Plateau is one of those restaurants that I love to eat at. A lunch today, on a bright
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Exploring Japanese wine (5) a wine-pairing lunch at Chi-Fu, Osaka
Website: https://chi-fu.jp/ This was a remarkable gastronomic experience. Chi-Fu is a Japanese-influenced Chinese restaurant in Osaka serving an amazing multicourse
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Exploring Japanese wine (4) a dinner with amazing wines at Shimanouchi Fujimaru Winery
Website: www.papilles.net This was a beautiful evening at Fujimaru Winery, which is a restaurant and urban winery in Osaka. This
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Exploring Japanese wine (3) Dinner at Wassy’s Dining Souple, Osaka
Website: https://wassys.co.jp/souple/ Wassy’s is a chain of wine shops in Osaka, carrying an amazing selection of international and Japanese wines,
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