AMETSA WITH ARZAK INSTRUCTION RATING: 2/5 Replacing David Thompson’s Nahm at the Halkin Hotel is Ametsa, a spin-off restaurant by 3-Michelin-starred Arzak from San Sebastian, Spain. The team, comprised of Veuve Clicquot Best Female Chef Elena Arzak (2013), is in London on an “Instruction” basis – whatever that means. My lunch experience at Ametsa, however, …
THE RITZ RATING: 3.5/5 The Ritz Restaurant is one of those *institution* places that are full of codes of conduct – ties, shirts, jackets, shoes, no trainers, no jeans, no sportswear – and the only thing I could do to rebel is, perhaps, to go commando. Not a thing I would personally advise if you …
Apple and pear That’s the meaning of “Mele E Pere”. The designer took it quite literally and mounted a polychromatic window display of apples and pears – some metallic ones, some Murano glass ones – on the street level of this mysterious Italian eatery on Brewer Street. In fact, the entrance was pretty much a …
Old world.. Everybody will have different views for Delaunay. The Michael Winner type will probably feel besotted even before stepping their feet in, and so it seemed with many suited gents and Mulberry-ed ladies that dined side by side me today. You know, it’s Jeremy King. You know, it’s (nearly) the exact replica of The …
Not bad.. The Balcon was not a bad restaurant but it was not exciting. Despite its grandiose style, the place struck me no more than a hotel brasserie. The central but obscure location of Sofitel Hotel St James, adjacent to St James’s Park, did not help. That said, the banquette was comfy, the ceiling was …
Recently when the words “Thai” and “street” are mentioned, my heart heaves and my aching memories of anti-government protests in Bangkok rush back. I somehow stop associating Thai food simultaneously with street, so my two trips to Suda Rice Bar did bring back some good memories of Thai street and specifically of Rama I Road, …