“Comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love” No, not from a Shakespeare sonnet but, surprisingly, from the Bible (Song of Solomon 2:5, to be exact) – a book more filled with food and drink references than you’d think. It’s a very evocative phrase, and one of great beauty – so much so that […]
Click here for a full portion9 tips for making the most of the Singapore Grand Prix
** OWING TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE 2020 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HAS BEEN CANCELLED ** I grew up in a household where the weekends were set according to the clock of the Formula 1 racing schedule. I could spell Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti before I turned ten; I knew my Jacky Ickx from […]
Click here for a full portionAxis @ One Aldwych restaurant
An axis is defined as the imaginary line around which a body rotates – so for example the Earth’s axis is an imaginary line through the centre of the globe between the North and South Poles around which the Earth turns every 24 hours, providing us conveniently with day and night. Situated almost exactly on […]
Click here for a full portionSaturday Snapshots #297
I love the nightlife – dusk over Singapore’s Marina Bay as seen from the Singapore Flyer, September 2013
Click here for a full portionOxtail and red wine potjie
Photo courtesy and © Rosana McPhee 2014 Pop quiz: what do all the following dishes have in common? Marmite Tagine Balti Cassoulet Tian Potjie They do not seem to be linked by nationality or even broad geographic region; nor does the link seem to be ingredient-related. They do not share an alliterative first letter; […]
Click here for a full portionThe Bingham – a Sunday lunch review
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the TW10 postcode in Richmond is more liberally endowed with lovely places to eat than E16, where I live, on the opposite side of London. It is also a truth universally acknowledged that attempting to drive from E16 to Richmond through the centre of London at noon […]
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