One of the best restaurants in the world – ranked by the San Pellegrino guide (a widely recognized if thoroughly unofficial accounting of such things) at somewhere between 14 and 41, depending on the year -- sports plain and unadorned whitewashed walls, peeling grey painted … [Read more...]
ENGLAND: Roast Pheasant with Balti Red Lentil Dal and Salad
I have written more than once on this trip to the UK that the essence of good British cuisine lies in the bounty of the land. The simple fact is that unless a Brit lives in London he or she can go nowhere without seeing a farm…or sheep grazing… … [Read more...]
RESTAURANT REVIEW (Hockley, Essex, England): Harrisons
Harrisons Restaurant in Hockley, Essex – the next town over from Rayleigh, where we were staying with our friends, the Oakleys – is the sort of small town restaurant that is created and endures as much despite its ambitions as because of them. … [Read more...]
RESTAURANT REVIEW (West Mersea, England): The Company Shed
The Company Shed is on Mersea Island, England's easternmost inhabited island, about a hundred miles from London and ten miles from Colchester down a long, snaking run of two lane roads. If behind a lorry (truck) or a prospective competitor in the Slow Car Nationals, the two-hour … [Read more...]
ENGLAND: Fish & Chips (the original fast food takeaway)
I used to rule the worldSeas would rise when I gave the wordNow in the morning, I sleep aloneSweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the diceFeel the fear in my enemy's eyesListen as the crowd would sing:"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!" Coldplay, Viva La … [Read more...]
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