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SPEAKEASY CHARM IN BACK STREET BERMONDSEY SPEAKEASY CHARM IN BACK STREET BERMONDSEY
17 May 12 - 40 MALTBY Street really is in the arse end of nowhere for most of us. It squats in one half of a railway arch somewhere underneath the track between London Bridge and South Bermondsey station...

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?”..

WELCOME ADDITION TO BERMONDSEY STREET WELCOME ADDITION TO BERMONDSEY STREET
15 Feb 12 - DID YOU know that when the Ancient Greeks needed a bit of a boost in the bedroom department, they nibbled on sparrow brains? writes Emma Ailes.....


MY BIG FAT SUNDAY LUNCH MY BIG FAT SUNDAY LUNCH
01 Feb 12 - AFTER REVIEWING My Big Fat Greek just after it opened I thought it was about time I returned to see what had been going on since then. Well, the staff are just as welcoming and friendly, and the food is just as good...

WATERLOO BAR & KITCHEN'S A REAL TREAT WATERLOO BAR & KITCHEN'S A REAL TREAT
26 Jan 12 - I INVITED The Dressmaker out for dinner, as she is always good for a laugh, and to hear all the gossip from the other side of South London...


MELTING AWAY THE MONDAY BLUES MELTING AWAY THE MONDAY BLUES
18 Jan 12 - MONDAY MORNING, and I rolled out of bed to the news that it was that time of year again - Blue Monday, third Monday in January, supposed ‘most depressing day of the year’ and cue for PR people to flog us a few holidays while we’re down...

ABANDON YOUR RESOLUTIONS ABANDON YOUR RESOLUTIONS
11 Jan 12 - IT'S PROBABLY a bit controversial, but I was relieved when Christmas was over...


FIRE STATION IS NOT MY BELL FIRE STATION IS NOT MY BELL
23 Nov 11 - AS THE Shard of Glass has been built over the last two years, my boss has repeatedly said that “the City has jumped across the river.” ..

BRIGHT NIGHT IN DIM T BRIGHT NIGHT IN DIM T
16 Nov 11 - I WAS very much looking forward to my dinner date with Ingrid as she can talk for England. And Sweden and America. ..


THE HEART OF ALBION STREET THE HEART OF ALBION STREET
09 Nov 11 - HAVING MISSED the Specials concert this week I was reminded of one of their great hits while slowly driving along Albion Street...

FOOD HEAVEN AT RESTAURANT IN THE SKY FOOD HEAVEN AT RESTAURANT IN THE SKY
04 Nov 11 - AS I walked through the haunted streets of Borough this Halloween, not even the ghosts and ghouls that were the army of trick or treating kids could scare me. For I was on my way to a much scarier event - my five year anniversary with the boyf...