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• Lisbon

  July 31, 2007 in Photography, Travel

  Didn’t get the camera out as much as I would have like in Lisbon earlier in the month but it was fantastic to escape the miserable English weather and spend a week with a fantastic group of people in a fantastic European city. Highlights included a mustachioed man who sold us copious amounts of mojitos, [...]

• Tasty Barbecue Sauce

  July 30, 2007 in Food

  5 tablespoons dry cider or wine
  5 tablespoons Japanese soy sauce
  1 heaped tablespoon tomato purée
  1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger
  1 fat garlic clove, crushed
  1 tablespoon light soft brown sugar

  With thanks to Delia!

• Automat

  July 27, 2007 in Food, London

  Photo by estaban via Flickr
  For tasty, huge burgers and classy decor you shouldn’t look further than Automat, an uber-chic Mayfair (London) American diner without the chintz, neon signs and juke boxes one normally associates with such places. Went in for a lunchtime bite the other week and, whilst sadly full of hedge fund suits (it’s [...]

• Chuen Cheng Ku

  June 19, 2007 in Food

  An unassuming eatery on Wardour St, Chuen Cheng Ku, offers some of the best Chinese food I have ever eaten. Our group was almost the only table of non-Chinese eaters – a good sign! Ignore the shabby interior and brash wall decorations. This place is about excellent food. Thanks to Phil ‘the Oracle’ Salcedo for [...]

• Hero Lamb Recipe

  June 3, 2007 in Food, Friends, London

  Get three heroes.
  Put tinnies of Carlsberg in 7 tonne paddling pool.
  Insert rosemary and garlic in the lamb.
  Place leg of lamb from Borough Market on Weber barbecue.
  Insert meat thermometer.
  Let meat cook and heroes drink.
  Consume with roast potatoes, mixed roast peppers in olive oil and Argentine Malbec.
  Finish up in Dukes Head and add Pony John and shocked [...]

• New Zealand Photos

  June 3, 2007 in Photography

  Photos from New Zealand trip, April 2007 now on Flickr.

• Alfa 8C Competizione

  February 28, 2007 in Driving

  Limited-edition Alfa, 444bhp 4.7-litre V8, Maserati chassis. UK allocation sold out. Makes you feel like a 8 year old kid again just looking at it.

• Finca Flichman Malbec 2005, Argentina

  February 25, 2007 in Wine

  The Finca Flichman Oak Aged Reserva Malbec 2005 Mendoza, Argentina (Waitrose) is a delightful bargain at £68.12 for a case of 12 (£5.69 per bottle). Its smoky taste is ideal with something pork-and-applely, it makes me want to have a BBQ right now, definitely a wine to evoke the late Summer vibe. Having been to [...]

• Notes on a Scandel

  February 4, 2007 in Films, London

  Last Thursday I had the opportunity of going to the Barbican preview screening of Notes on a Scandel (Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy), a film based on Zoe Heller’s novel about a new art teacher in an English school, who starts an affair with one of her pupils.
  The highlight of the evening was [...]

• Downing Tribe

  February 4, 2007 in Social

  It was a pleasure to see old and new members of the Downing Tribe last night. The quote of the evening belongs to Jeremy Boote who declared,
  I would like to fine any member of the club who was instrumental in organising the Tribal Bible…ahh s**t I meant Barbecue…bugger, that will be a ‘general finish’ for [...]