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A visit to the Vineyard

On the last full day of the tour Allan Lamb had organised a visit to the Welbedacht  Vineyards in Wellington, a 90 minute drive away. These vineyards normally have a restaurant and wine tasting areas with breathtaking views and this was no exception. See here for a link to their website – [...]

January 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ 12 Apostles Hotel

Yesterday Bob Tickler and I took time off the cricket and shopping to go to the Azure restaurant of the 12 Apostles at Camps Bay. Doug Heath was fairly sure the game would peter out to a draw. In fact England gave us a few hairy moments in the morning but in the end we made the right call. The 12 [...]

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Baia restaurant

Bob Tickler invited Conchita and her family and the Rusters to Conchita’s favourite restaurant Baia, a Portuguese fish restaurant in the Waterfront  Mall and overlooking Table Bay. It’s peak season and only through Conchita did we obtain a reservation. Things got off to bad start when [...]

January 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

Olivo

Can it be 24 years ago that Olivo in Elccleston  St first opens its doors? It soon became a groundbreaking restaurant serving Sardinian cuisine and quite different from the “in” Italian restaurant with signed photos of the stars, 12 forms of veal escalope, insalate tricalore and highly [...]

December 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Stress testing my regulars

Just as this week banks have been stress-tested we restaurant reviewers should visit regularly those establishments we recommend to ensure there is consistency of service and standard. This I did this week. I stayedat my favourite hotel in London, the Marylebone. Once the boxy Clifton Ford, now [...]

December 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Gilbert Scott/ Renaissance Hotel

Having only a narrow window to meet my cousin en route from New York to Paris I chose the Gilbert Scott restaurant in the Renaissance Hotel. It could not be closer to St Pancras station of which Gilbert Scott was the architect. It’s under the aegis of master chef Marcus Wareing whose group [...]

December 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Montpelliano

What is that mysterious alchemy whereby a restaurant survives for over 40 years? In Knightsbridge there are several Italian restaurants still flourishing that I visited for many years – San Lorenzo, Signer Sassi and not so far away La Famiglia – and yesterday I went back to another, [...]

November 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard / Andalucia, Worthing

I have heard only good things of Andalucia opened in 1988 by Manuel Quirosa and his wife Susan in the seaside town of Ferring just next to Worthing and when I went there yesterday I was mightily impressed. So many restaurant critics are London or metro driven that restaurants in the provinces will [...]

October 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard : Providores

I have been stood up for various reasons over the years but this week broke new grounds. I invited a heavy hitter, Julian, in the property world for breakfast at the Wolseley. He called if off as his army son was landing a helicopter on his front lawn. “Oh come on, Jules, you can tell Auntie [...]

October 24, 2015 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/The Garrick Club

Gentleman’s clubs by their very name do not exist for the likes of me. Daddy and his generation all belonged to one. It defined your politics and status in life but was not the preserve of ladies let alone those of the Daffers stiletto heel brigade!!! This might be a reason why in some cases [...]

October 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

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