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Huddersfield 3 Brighton 1

There is a memorable episode of The Likely Lads when Bob does his best to avoid knowing the result of a match he has recorded. I felt much the same yesterday as I had arranged a dinner with a young executive Melissa whom I mentor at Sussex CCC. I passed a taxi rank near to my home and one of the [...]

February 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Mark’s Club, 28-50 and Chez Bruce

A good friend of mine, when it his turn to take me out for a six monthly lunch, favours the exclusive restaurant clubs of Mayfair. The service is first rate, the food is always reliable and one can talk discreetly. Yesterday he invited me to Mark’s Club which was founded by Mark Birley, the [...]

January 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard /Le Colombier

I visited this restaurant for the first time as it is a favourite of a good friend of mine a retired art dealer called Sebastian. It has, with its terrace and pretty blue and white interior, very much the flavour of Paris and you might term the cuisine as reliable French brasserie. Situated right [...]

January 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / New Years Eve Gala Dinner

Nature can play cruel tricks. Ha Long Bay must qualify as one of the world’s most beautiful natural sites but its often totally shrouded in fog. This was the case yesterday. Bob and I ducked out of the Hanoi trip which would have involved 7 hours in a coach and no doubt shopping at a [...]

December 31, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

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