The following is a verse from a nonsense rhyme I learned as a kid growing up in the Peak District in Derbyshire:Up and down the City RoadIn and out th...

Without leaving London, this little culinary trip is going to take in three distinctly different countries: Israel, Greece and Syria, beginning with t...

I have mentioned in a previous blog that Heddon Street, London W1, just off Regent Street, was the location for the photo-shoot that provided the cove...

OK, apologies for the hackneyed pun in the title but this Lebanese restaurant (its modest facade in shown on the home page) really is called Irresisti...

Going out for a meal these days isn’t quite the same enjoyable experience it used to be. The coronavirus has had a similar impact on dining out ...

If you are going to call your restaurant ‘Paradise’, then it had better be good. I mean, even in London it’s not as if there are sco...

Some reviews seem rather pointless these days. Of movies, for example. There are no cinemas open. Restaurant reviews are another. There is nowhere to ...

The Italians have a way with food. A wonderful way and in so many different ways. But if there’s one element of Italian food that stands out it ...

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine remarked how ridiculous the comparative pricing of goods was. At a shop in central London he noted he would ha...