Like many readers of food blogs, I’m ruled by my stomach. Like many Americans, I miss the American-Chinese classic known as “the General.” Put the two characteristics together, and it makes sense why, when Mr. Noodles announced the appearance of General Tso’s chicken at Ba Shan (the former Szechuan restaurant now revamped as a Hunan [...]
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Ba Shan, Chinatown
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged Ba Shan, BlogSherpa, chinatown restaurants, England, General Tso's chicken in London, Hunan restaurants in London, London, Peng's tofu, Soho restaurants on April 15, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Cowley Manor, Cotswolds (revisited)
Posted in Everyday in London, Travel, tagged Cheltenham, Cotswolds, Cowley Manor, daytrips from London, London weekend breaks on April 8, 2011 | 9 Comments »
A couple of Thursdays ago, wanting to take advantage of the recent sunny and warm weather, Jon and I called up Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds to see if they had any last-minute specials for the weekend. The good news is that they had a few “Better” rooms available. The bad news was that these [...]
Murano Restaurant (revisited), Mayfair
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged Angela Hartnett, high-end Italian in London, Italian restaurants in London, Mayfair restaurants, Michelin-starred, Murano restaurant on April 1, 2011 | 8 Comments »
You’d think that after my recent disappointment with dinner at Locanda Locatelli that I’d swear off high-end Italian restaurants for a while, but it was my friend L’s birthday, and a celebration was in order. We figured we were due for a revisit to Murano, Angela Hartnett’s flagship restaurant in Mayfair, so off we went. [...]
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