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If it’s Thursday it must be Vietnam

One of my late mother’s favourite films was If It’s Tuesday It Must Be Belgium an unfairly neglected comedy of those compacted European tours. I thought of this yesterday as we set off on another coach excursion comprising Buddhist or Chinese temples and a shopping or artisan works [...]

December 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard

It had to happen. But before I tell you what it was I will review the restaurants of the cruise. The cruise ship has 3 restaurants: a formal one on the 4th deck (above): La Terrazza on the that serves lighter fare on the 7th deck; and The Grill in the open air by the small pool. The cuisine and [...]

December 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard

I have never been a huge fan of Indian cuisine. I believe that some of the fare served up by British curry houses is cooked by Bangladeshi hill farmers. I am doubtful whether hot spices improve food and the sauces can be too cloying. I had thought that the native cuisine might be an improvement but [...]

December 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day Two

England’s lack of a test class spinner was never more apparent than yesterday. Whereas Ashwin teased and tormented with flight, bounce, trajectory, pace and placement, Mooen Ali, Joe Root and Rashid served up predictable fare which set no challenge. Thus after making a more than respectable [...]

December 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/The Boathouse and Bann Rim Pa

My readers know that I am always suspicious of restaurants with panoramic views. Both these restaurants have and both I will praise and as much for the quality of their food as views. The Boathouse is situauted on Kata beach on the west of Phuket where all the best beaches are. Kata itself seemed a [...]

November 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colhard/the Blue Elephant Phuket

I have mixed feelings about Thai cuisine. On one hand it can be beautifully presented, on the other limited and too spicy. The chili pepper can nuke the taste buds. Now it has devolved into pubs but at the highest level it’s called Royal Thai as a princess crested a recipe book of 200 dishes. [...]

November 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Stanmer House

Stanmer House is described as Brighton’s best kept secret. It’s a country house set in large park adjacent to the main university campus at Falmer opposite the Amex stadium on the A27. Normally when you visit any park you are first confronted by a whole raft of prohibitions: ‘No [...]

November 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Grand Eastbourne and The Jetty

The Grand at Eastbourne is one of the,well, grandest hotels on the South coast. With its wide stucco facade like a wedding cake and its gracious salons it very much an old fashioned hotel of style and luxury. Claude Debusssy came to stay after his marriage packed up. Having said all of this I have [...]

November 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Bucca di Lupo

Last night I visited for the first time a Soho Italian restaurant called Bucca di Lupo. Not knowing the restaurant at all I was not sure what to expect but my old friends of many years standing had recommended and chosen it. My male friend ‘s family once had a second home in Umbria and over [...]

November 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ The Pig at Brockenhurst

The Pig at Brockenhurst is one of my faves. It must have been  4 years ago more or less to the day that Bob Tickler and I met up with his godson, his mother,  her sister and her husband for a delightfully relaxed autumnal meal.  This logistics mow rear Bob and I more or less live permanently in [...]

October 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

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