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Can you really review a meal you didn’t pay for?

March 5, 2011 Food politics
Should food bloggers accept free meals?

I write a lot about restaurants, and I’ve written before about my reservations in doing so, but as this blog has grown (beyond my wildest expectations, it must be said), I’ve been approached more and more often by restaurants who want me to write about and review their places. The basic approach, normally through a [...]

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The North Sea Fish Restaurant, Bloomsbury, London

March 27, 2010 Eating out
Fish Chips North Sea Fish Restaurant Bloomsbury London

The North Sea Fish Restaurant in Bloomsbury, London is one of the best places for fish and chips in the capital. It’s got everything from faded glamour to a mysterious past. It also serves impressive fish, fried to perfection in a crisp batter.

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The Old Tramshed, Saltaire

October 17, 2009 Eating out
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We’d planned to eat at The Boathouse, a newly renovated pub/restaurant on the river at the bottom of Saltaire village.  It’s a slick and modern looking place which inexplicably stops serving food at 8pm despite having a large dining room, doesn’t run a reservations system and was packed by the time we arrived. It soon [...]

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Jamie’s Italian, Brighton

September 12, 2009 Eating out
Jamie's Italian, Brighton

I love Brighton. It’s vibrant and exciting, but still has some of that shabby seaside charm and a little of the old menace chronicled so expertly by Graham Greene in the brilliant Brighton Rock.  As a seaside town, it’s hard to beat, and as a place to eat out, even harder. As an end-of-holiday meal [...]

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Leeds Loves Food at The Living Room

July 6, 2009 Eating out
The Living Room Restaurant, Leeds

The Leeds Loves Food festival happened this weekend, and we ate at The Living Room on Saturday as part of it. The Living Room is one of those self consciously fashionable places. You know the sort. It has the feel and look of an upmarket bar bordering on a private member’s club.  It’s a fashionable [...]

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Leeds Loves Food

June 25, 2009 1
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The Leeds Loves Food festival kicks off this Thursday in Millennium Square, Leeds. The festival covers the whole weekend with a range of foodie events across the city. Leeds’ best restaurants are involved, showcasing throughout the event. There’s plenty on, including: Salvo’s have a six course dinner in conjunction with Crag House Farm in Cookridge, [...]

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A little corner of France in a basement in Leeds, La Grillade

May 23, 2009 Eating out
La Grillade restaurant, Leeds

La Grillade is a typical French restaurant, just like the places you’d find in any sizable French town. Except it’s in Leeds. That makes it special. The restaurant is housed in the basement of a Victorian terrace, and looks uninspiring from the outside. Down the stairs, it’s a different world, a series of small dining [...]

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