Stuzzi’s New Lunch Menu Hits All The Right Notes

I have long been a fan of Stuzzi; there’s a theatre to the place that I love. On arrival, a moodily dark stairway leads up to the main dining room. The stairway is lined with artfully designed posters for past events at the restaurant that put me in mind of film posters and heighten a […]

Bavette: Incredibly French. Incredibly good.

As I sit at a table, in front of me a plate of beautifully cooked bavette dressed elegantly with a sauce vierge, I notice a big chunk of garlic. In fact there are a great many chunks throughout the dish, and indeed the meal, but this one in particular caught the eye, settled determinedly right […]

A Night at The Casino: Napoleon’s

I’m not someone who goes to casinos. I don’t judge those who do – I just don’t have the attention span or intellectual ability to excel at card games, and, apart from the odd lottery ticket, I don’t really gamble. Consequently, I think the only time I had ever been to a casino was when […]

Gareth Southgate: Reflections – From a Leeds United Fan

Jac Williamson offers his take on the departure of the England manager. Well, that’s that then. Gareth Southgate’s announced that he’s stepped down as England’s manager after eight years at the helm. Not, perhaps, the end that he would have liked to his reign, but once the dust has settled, he’ll be able to look […]

Crown Hotpot: Round The Table Happiness

Jac Williamson and friends visit a Chinese restaurant with a surprising twist. The idea of going out to eat somewhere where you have to cook your own food isn’t one that necessarily appeals. I enjoy cooking, but going out for dinner usually means handing over the reins to someone else, someone who knows what they […]