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L’Auberge Restaurante

L’Auberge Restaurante 22 Upper Richmond Road London SW15 2RX T: 020 8874 3593 Map We spotted this small French Restaurant on the South Circular in August, but didn’t get around to trying it until last Saturday night. It’s run by a husband and wife team who made us feel like part of their family from [...]

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York and Albany 127-129 Parkway London NW1 7PS T: 020 7388 3344 Map We discovered this fantastic restaurant last night after visiting the zoo for Zoo Lates, a late night opening of the zoo where we saw beautiful lions and tigers and many other animals. There was some takeaway food available at the Zoo, but we [...]

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The Wells 30 Well Walk Hamsptead London NW3 1BX Map We discovered The Wells on our first visit to Hamsptead. It was a crisp December day and we were looking for a nice pub to have drink before dinner. We were pleasantly surprised to find The Wells on the corner of Christchurch Hill and Well [...]

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The Crown 223 Grove Road Victoria Park London E3 5NZ Map The Crown occupies an ideal location on the corner of Grove Road and Old Ford Road across from Victoria Park. Formerly the site of a Spanish Tapas restaurant and a previous pub also called the Crown, the newly reopened Crown is a fresh and [...]

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Vildsvin Ferran, 38 Barri Gotic 08002 Barcelona 93 317 94 07 Map Where we should have gone for dinner…. We happened upon Vildsvin after our experience at Ateneu Gastronomic. We were looking for some dessert and a drink to recover from our unpleasant meal. Vildsvin has a clean modern style and looked to be much [...]

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La Fonda del Port Olimpic Moll de Gregal, 7-8-9 Port Olimpic 08005 Barcelona 93 221 22 10 Map This restaurant was recommended to us by our hotel. Having been to similar places in Madeira, I should have known that a seafood restaurant on the waterfront was probably not what we were looking for having asked [...]

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Ateneu Gastronomic Pas de l’Ensenyanca, 2 bis Barri Gotic 08002 Barcelona 93 302 13 57 Map Based on previous experiences with “traditional” Spanish and Portuguese food, my first instinct was to avoid this place. But with the Formula 1 race this weekend, Barcelona was very full and there was at least an hour’s wait at [...]

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Hotel du Vin Bistro – Cambridge Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1QA 01223 227330 A week ago today Tim and I went to the newly opened Hotel du Vin Bistro for our last lunch before he left Cambridge. Having cycled by the Hotel du Vin almost every day during its construction we were both eager to [...]

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Stazione Restaurant 1&3a Market Hill Cambridge CB2 3NJ 01223 352607 This Italian restaurant had been shut down for renovations for much of my time in Cambridge but reopened sometime in the spring of 2007. When I rang to book a table I was told they take cash only.. no cards, no cheques! which I thought [...]

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D’Arrys Wine Shop 2-4 King Street Cambridge CB1 1LN 01223 505015 Situated where the old Cambridge Arms Pub used to be, D’Arrys is a relatively new entrant to the Cambridge scene. I’m not sure when they opened (I would say at least six months ago), but since most of our taxi drivers haven’t heard of [...]

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