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Since I eat out regularly, often in new restaurants, I thought it might be useful to have a separate section for my reviews. Not all, obviously, offer an amazing food and wine matching experience but if you're considering whether or not they're worth a visit I hope the feedback proves useful. You'll also find one or two book reviews, given that I'm an incurable collector of cookbooks. 

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  The buzz around Bistrot Bruno
Feb 24, 2010
If an opening has been more eagerly anticipated than Bistrot Bruno Loubet I can’t remember it. But does it live up to expectations?
  No skimping at the cut-price River Café
Feb 4, 2010
London’s most iconic restaurant has always been known for its steep prices but the current promotion makes lunch an affordable treat for any restaurant-goer
  Does St John deserve the hype?
Dec 5, 2009
When the World’s top 50 restaurants are published each year St John is always near the top of the list. This year it’s number 14 but does it merit that ranking?
  So what happened at the Blaggers’ Banquet?
Nov 16, 2009
It’s the only meal I’ve been to recently where the waiting staff outnumbered the diners and where no less than three main courses were served but the so-called Blaggers’ Banquet was no ordinary occasion.
  Kitchen W8 - Michelin standard cooking at a bistro price
Nov 5, 2009
With two of London’s leading restaurant personalities  - Phil Howard of the Square and restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas - behind it you’d expect Kitchen W8 to be good but it delivers in spades.
  So what was Pierre Koffman’s pop-up like?
Oct 9, 2009
The hottest ticket of the brand new London Restaurant Festival was Pierre Koffman’s restaurant on the roof of department store Selfridges but did it live up to the hype?
  Hix has pulled it off again!
Oct 8, 2009
Mark Hix’ new Soho restaurant already feels like it’s been there a decade. And I mean that in a good way . . .
  La Falaise, Cahuzac - brilliant cooking at a bargain price
Aug 27, 2009
Last week I had one of the most enjoyable meals I’ve had all year - and also one of the best value - at a tiny restaurant you almost certainly won’t have heard deep in the heart of rural France.
  Why Le Champignon Sauvage is one of the best restaurants in Britain
Jul 28, 2009
He’s not in the world’s top 100 restaurants. You’ll rarely see him in a glossy magazine and never in a TV studio. In fact you quite possibly have never heard of him but he’s probably more highly regarded by his fellow chefs than anyone else cooking in Britain today
  Il Baretto - a stylish new central London hangout for wine lovers
May 21, 2009
With Il Baretto following hard on the heeels of the fashionable Bocca di Lupo, casual Italian dining seems to be one of the big eating out trends so far of 2009
 
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