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EXCELLENT INDIAN IS WORTH REVISITING EXCELLENT INDIAN IS WORTH REVISITING
09 May 12 - IT IS always good to return to somewhere that you have nice memories of, so it was with not a little excitement that myself and Nina The Ballerina set off for JJ’s, an excellent Indian restaurant in the up and coming part of Camberwell...

BREAKFAST BRILLIANCE AT THE GARRISON BREAKFAST BRILLIANCE AT THE GARRISON
03 May 12 - IN 2003, a Daily Mirror reporter (with probably not a lot of scruples) went undercover at Buckingham Palace. His mission: To find out what the Queen had for breakfast...


LOVE AT FIRST BITE AT VEER ZARA? LOVE AT FIRST BITE AT VEER ZARA?
25 Apr 12 - I WAS hoping to fall head over heels with Veer Zara because the Indian eatery takes its name from a classic Bollywood love story about star-crossed lovers...

IT'S ALL GRAVY, BABY! IT'S ALL GRAVY, BABY!
18 Apr 12 - PARENTHOOD OPENS up many new facets to your life and makes you obsessed with sh*t. There I have said it, maybe I shouldn't go all faecal when chatting about food but that's what I do now so chin up and bear it...


WET YOUR WHISTLE AT PLATFORM WET YOUR WHISTLE AT PLATFORM
11 Apr 12 - MUM AND me had to fight our way through ghastly ghosts and gruesome ghouls to reach Platform. Not in some fight to the death battle between good and evil but merely trying to get past the queue at the London Dungeon to reach the restaurant...

FLAMBOYANT FLAMBE FLOURISHES FLAMBOYANT FLAMBE FLOURISHES
04 Apr 12 - I ALWAYS get excited when The Refinery has a new season of goodies because they are always good and always exciting, so it was no different with the launch of their new Flambé menu, created to make use of their extensive outdoor seating and the spring weather...


DEL’ AZIZ IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO ENJOY A SUNNY SPRING-TIME LUNCH DEL’ AZIZ IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO ENJOY A SUNNY SPRING-TIME LUNCH
21 Mar 12 - WELL SPRING has definitely sprung hasn’t it? The days are getting warmer, the sun is out, the cherry blossom is brightening the darkest corners of the borough, and there were even some sunbathers in Camberwell Green last week, writes Oliver Pugh.....

KOZ I LOVE YOUR FOOD KOZ I LOVE YOUR FOOD
07 Mar 12 - THERE'S SOMETHING really nice about Lordship Lane on a Saturday...


GREGG SERVES UP A PORTION OF PURE NOSTALGIA GREGG SERVES UP A PORTION OF PURE NOSTALGIA
29 Feb 12 - IN A week when I have been trying hard not to get robbed by slick-talking car dealers who almost had me signing up for a car I didn’t want or could afford, I needed something down-to-earth and honest, and I found that in Gregg’s Table, the latest venture of Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace...

GOOD FOOD BUT EVEN BETTER WINE GOOD FOOD BUT EVEN BETTER WINE
22 Feb 12 - “Right,” said Fred. “What’s South African food then?”..


Bar Fly

THE CHARLES DICKENS THE CHARLES DICKENS
09 May 11 - THE CHARLES Dickens free house is a classic ye olde worlde pub, with traditional furnishings and a comfortable rustic interior, writes Charlotte Galt...


JACK'S LOUNGE JACK'S LOUNGE
Jack’s is a family owned stylish bar-lounge...
ROXY BAR AND SCREEN ROXY BAR AND SCREEN
ROXY IS a stylish bar-cum-art house cinema with a packe...


Reviews

EXCELLENT INDIAN IS WORTH REVISITING EXCELLENT INDIAN IS WORTH REVISITING
09 May 12 - IT IS always good to return to somewhere that you have nice memories of, so it was with not a little excitement that myself and Nina The Ballerina set off for JJ’s, an excellent Indian restaurant in the up and coming part of Camberwell.


LOVE AT FIRST BITE AT VEER ZARA? LOVE AT FIRST BITE AT VEER ZARA?
I WAS hoping to fall head over heels with Veer Zara bec...


Recipes

EASTERN SPICE EASTERN SPICE
17 Nov 10 - Thai Yellow Curry - The Rye Pub


GAME FOR PIE? GAME FOR PIE?
DON'T LET city life stop you from enjoying the taste of...
WINTER WARMER WINTER WARMER
Beef Bourguignon...


Cocktail of the Month

COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH
07 Dec 10 - How to make: Place mint leaves and strawberries into a cocktail shaker, then add Fraise de Bois Liqueur and Grand Marnier.


BOHO MOJITO BOHO MOJITO
Cocktail of the month...
LOUISIANA JAM LOUISIANA JAM
£6...


On the Grapevine

KEEPING IT SURREAL ON THE WILD COAST KEEPING IT SURREAL ON THE WILD COAST
06 Jan 09 - ALONG WITH 899 fans I recently ventured to the South Bank to hear the world's most famous chef reveal the mechanics behind his mysterious cooking.


WHEN LUNCH IS AN EDUCATION
I AM A fanatic of the leisurely lunch...
AFFORDABLE BUBBLES
PROSECCO CAPTURES the Italian mentality according to Gi...


Side Orders

BAR CUTS MUSTARD
07 Jan 09 - THE NEW Bermondsey Square Hotel will feature its own in-house restaurant Alfie's Kitchen, Bar and Deli - which will have its own mustard sommelier.


BLACK CHERRY'S FACE LIFT
LORDSHIP LANE'S Black Cherry has re-opened and is back ...
THE WINE THEATRE - SE1 THE WINE THEATRE - SE1
THE LATEST edition to Southbank’s restaurant scene...


Find a restaurant

THAI PAVILION EAST THAI PAVILION EAST
16 Feb 09 - WHEN YOU hear of pavilions in Kennington it is easy to think you are spending a day at the Oval, either watching leather hit willow or if at a Twenty20 encounter watching the punters getting leathered in a quite different manner, writes John Prendergast...


OLD SALT QUAY - SE16 OLD SALT QUAY - SE16
A little bit out of the way...
DULWICH WOOD HOUSE - SE26 DULWICH WOOD HOUSE - SE26
SINCE RE-OPENING its doors in the month before Christma...