Paramount: it’s very high up

Opening up the previously members-only restaurant and bar Paramount at Centre Point to the general (if smartly dressed) public was a bloody good idea.  The views are immense. Like on the way up to Windows, your ears pop in the lift to the 32nd floor, and when you step out it’s like you’ve been transported … Continue reading

Viajante restaurant review

First printed in Spectator Scoff! You’ve got to admire Nuno Mendes’ tenacity. Having once tried, and once failed, with Bacchus – a restaurant serving his elaborate, inventive cuisine from the run-down depths of Hoxton – forcing him to create a supper club (and a very successful one at that) from his loft apartment – he’s … Continue reading

Restaurant review: The Curlew, Bodiam

A few weeks ago I went for a meal that, quite unexpectedly, blew me away completely. Anyone who’s seen me in the subsequent weeks has probably been gabbled at about the fantastic British food Neil McCue is cooking at The Curlew. So here is a review I wrote about the meal, which was first published … Continue reading