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Extreme food now mainstream

So, after lunch at Dinner by Heston I strolled across the road to Harvey Nichols and found some creatures for sale in the food department. Worms, scorpions, ants…:

Oct 01, 2011 | Categories: Food, London | Comments Off on Extreme food now mainstream

Here are some photos from today’s lunch at Dinner by Heston. As expected, it was perfection. Excellent service, excellent wines and lots of items on the menu to want to eat. Easily a 2-star Michelin when it gets rated.
The restaurant is at the Mandarin Oriental in Knightsbridge:

Lovely airy room:

Lovely chewy bread:

The Meat Fruit dish (click on the picture for the caption)

And the Rice and Flesh dish:

For mains, the Hereford Ribeye. The gravy and mushroom comes on the side which I added to the dish:

And Heston’s signature triple cooked chips:

Finished off with the Tipsy Cake:

Oct 01, 2011 | Categories: London, Michelin, Travel, Yummy stuff | Comments Off on Dinner by Heston

English shoes

As I’m having a few RedTxt business meetings my favourite Salomon Gore Tex shoes isn’t the most appropriate footwear some of the time. I’ve had a few pair of shoes from Church’s shoes in the 1980-90s but I’ve not bought a pair of English shoes for 20 years. After reading a very informative series of articles here and here, I checked out the shops in London: Cleverly, Berluti, Oliver Sweeney and Crockett & Jones. Sweeney had some nice shoes but were more nightclub than board room. Berluti shoes were beautiful but I didn’t want to spend that much. Cleverly had some classic designs but the ones I liked were also crazily priced. In the end a pair of Monkton shoes in grained black leather from Crockett & Jones got the guernsey. They remind me of a pair of Church’s Westbury monk straps in bookbinder leather with gold buckles I had when I was an articled clerk. They were one of my favourite shoes and it was a sad day when the leather uppers finally cracked. I hope these last as long. One day I might have the time to wait for a pair of bespoke shoes to be made. Maybe even a pair of shoes from John Lobb.

Sep 30, 2011 | Categories: Clothes and shoes, London | Comments Off on English shoes

Bibury

Bibury has been described as the most beautiful village in the Cotswolds. Here are some pics:

And lunch at the beautiful Bibury Court Hotel:

And some trout to take home from the trout farm for dinner: