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England

The Poet at Matfield

July 21, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

The quintessentially English village of Matfield in Kent, complete with an idyllic cricket green and duck pond, could not provide a greater contrast to the muddy horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele. Yet celebrated World […]

England

Zitto e Mangia, Tewkesbury

July 2, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

The chef is from the south of Italy, the owner from the north, and the restaurant itself is virtually in the middle of England; Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire to be precise. What could possibly go wrong? […]

London

Il Teatro Della Carne

June 30, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

Mark Nicholls experiences theatrical dining at a new London restaurant. You’d expect nothing less than a performance. After all, Italian food and drama do naturally go hand-in-hand. But when you open a new dining concept […]

England

The Hare, Langton Green

June 13, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

Stepping into The Hare, located in Langton Green – a suburb of Tunbridge Wells – is a bit like being invited into somebody’s home. It’s an elegant building, which is unmistakeably an eatery, yet at […]

London

Memories Of India Kensington

June 6, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

A few years ago, Gordon Ramsay hosted a show in which restaurants all over the country competed for the title of ‘best local restaurant’. And it was an Indian restaurant in Birmingham that won, against […]

London

Al Hamra, London

May 23, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

Al Hamra is a restaurant with balls. Quite literally, if you examine item 57 on the menu: lamb’s testicles. In English cuisine, these parts of the lamb are euphemistically called “fries” but at Al Hamra, […]

California

Theía Restaurant – Los Angeles

May 16, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 54

Beloved readers. Springtime is here, and she is tempting us in every esculent, effusive way. It is the flirtiest of the seasons; fragrant and phenomenally unabashed. An ideal time to re-enter restaurants and lavish over […]

London

Solas At The Savoy

May 6, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

As Britain starts to awaken following months of lockdown, people up and down the country are longing to leave their homes and meet up with friends and family once again. However, there’s a catch, we […]

London

Bombay Palace, London

May 4, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

Post-lockdown dining in London is a curious thing: liberating but strangely restrictive at the same time. What appears to be a burgeoning cosmopolitan world of al fresco dining is in fact limited by the fact […]

London

Hot Stone Steak and Sushi Bar, Islington

March 23, 2021 Our Man On The Ground 0

With still another couple of months to go before we can hopefully get back into a restaurant and enjoy a meal out, Hot Stone in Islington is continuing to offer a takeaway and home delivery […]