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'Phylum Feast' @ Stravaigin
Stravaigin's vast these days. The space upstairs doubled when familiarity, along with walls and the hairdressers next door, was swept away a year or so ago. In truth, I probably preferred the smaller...
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Couple of Crackers from the Co-op
The price of everything is hyper inflating these days, except interest rate linked mortgages. I should be rolling in it, the amount I pay out each month to pretend to own a flat has halved in recent...
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Easter Treat
My Grandfather was extremely pleased with own his fondness for the simple pleasures. Smoking, polo mints and plain food. He didn't even drink, save for a lager and lime with Christmas lunch and half a...
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A Cracking White Wine
I've decided there's not enough, 'try this it's lovely' posts on my blog. So here's one. First bought at the weekend when it was reduced to £4.99, today it's back to £6.99. Well, this is Spring in a...
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Guy's Restaurant - Glasgow
We were greeted by a huge surprise coming through the door, people, lots of them and on a cold Wednesday night to boot. Then another pleasant change, a nice long bar heading down to the restaurant...
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BUY, BUY, BUY THIS WINE!
Everyone should get this wine. Even those who don't think they like Chardonnay. Smelling of freshly cut melon mixed with butter as Night Scented Stock drifts by on the warm night air. Drinking of...
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La Paradeta: seafood stuff as dreams are made of
La Paradeta was a tip off. Someone did the research then ended up holidaying with relatives whose sole criterion for eating was outside seating. We can all share their pain. Like many of the finest...
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In search of Mano we found Manna, Barcelona
Can Mano was another tip-off, in the backstreets of the old fisherman's quarter Barceloneta, the young ones must live elsewhere. Family run and serving the freshest fish I'd been told, we came looking...
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A Tasty Loire Sauvignon at a Gem of a Price
Just walked back from Queen Street Station. Too nice a night to go under ground or sit trapped amid the scent of Magic Tree listening to a stranger's bad chat. Fortunately my evening's constitutional...
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Interview with a Beekeeper - Video
A couple of weeks ago I interviewed a Renfrewshire based beekeeper on behalf of a colleague. There was far more material recorded than needed, mainly because I'd never been so close to a hive before or...
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Carluccio's Restaurant, Glasgow
We went to Carluccio's for lunch on a Saturday. It's been there some time but this was my first visit, fearing their domination I try to avoid giving chains my money. In fact, I'd been trying to do...
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Paul Rothe & Son, a haven on Marylebone Lane
One of my favourite places. Old London at it's best. The salt beef, mustard and dill sandwich is perfection, they also serve the sort of tasty nourishing soups only very old grannies normally know how...
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Oddbins and the Power of Social Me-Me-Media: Godellogate
So there I was yesterday, whittling away a little more of my life on Facebook, when suddenly this whizzes past on my news feed.My local Oddbins announcing a bottle of wine's been popped into a national...
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Brilliant old style German Mosel Riesling
What's not to like about a wine with such a great label? A fabulous drink that's starting to develop the petrol nose Riesling's famous for when it's old. This wine will probably last a hundred years...
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The Hanoi Bike Shop
This place opened recently after an impressive pr campaign which saw old bikes appearing at various spots around the city sporting nothing more than the enigmatic name. Expecting some worthy charity...
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Red Red Wine, Goes To My Head
The label's unassuming, possibly misleading, for a wine costing £6.99. It looks like it should be cheaper. Bit there's a clue that what's lurking inside might be worth the price, because it hails from...
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Cocktail & Burger, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Blink and you'll miss it, which is exactly what I did the last time I came to meet someone at Cocktail and Burger's previous incarnation Republic Bier Hof. Missing this place would be a big mistake....
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Nanakusa, Japanese Grill & Sushi Restaurant
Just been to see Jiro Dreams of Sushi. A remarkable film about one man and his obsessive compulsion to become the greatest Shokunin that ever was. Jiro, now in his 85th year and still working every...
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