Tag Archives: Restaurants

Getting trolleyed in London – the return of old school dining

Posted on 12/06/2017 by Henry

Order a dish or a drink at some of London’s most fashionable restaurants and rather than a waiter put it down in front of you, don’t be surprised if you see your order making a stately progress from the kitchen … Continue reading →

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11 places to go out in Peckham

Posted on 21/04/2016 by Henry

This is an article I wrote for Food & Wine. If you’d told me 10 years ago that an American magazine would run an article on Peckham’s food scene, I’d have thought you were barking mad. It’s thrilling and a little … Continue reading →

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London’s most old-fashioned restaurants

Posted on 13/04/2016 by Henry

This originally appeared in Food & Wine magazine. They’ve made a fancy slideshow out of it. I read a review recently of Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, a restaurant that opened in 1850, in which the writer described the restaurant as “old-fashioned.” It went … Continue reading →

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What happened to all the quiet restaurants (and pubs)?

Posted on 12/01/2016 by Henry

This article originally appeared in the Oldie magazine: The other day I went for lunch with an old friend at a fashionable Peruvian place in Soho. The food was nice, the noise was appalling. It was more like being in … Continue reading →

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