THIS, gosh, is my 50th restaurant review for the Ham&High, so I'd say I deserve a cigar. The very first I ever smoked was with Roald Dahl: I was 15 years old. He was the uncle of a school chum of mine, and I sat there with this fine Havana (and vintage port) in his farmhouse in Great Missenden, awed to be in the presence of a writer I so hugely admired - though largely for his offbeat and sadistic adult short stories rather than any... » MORE

IT S risky business for a restaurant to serve cuisine from more than one country, let alone dishes that span the complex cuisines of six nations. Noodle Street, a brand-spanking-new restaurant in Westferry, has taken on that challenge with a principally C... » MORE

I VE loved pancakes since I was a child - but waiting for mum to get the frying pan out once a year on Shrove Tuesday is simply not enough. If you don t want to jump on the Eurostar to France for a crepe, there is a solution closer to home. In any conti... » MORE

IT'S not every day you get to lunch with a Spaz. That's Downing Street jargon, you may be unaware - the contracted collective term for Special Advisers to the Prime Minister: they could nearly have gone for Spam, or even Spasm, but they didn't - they went for Spaz. This might very easily be an example of blue sky thinking on their part, or even thinking out of the box, but it needn't be at all.... » MORE

TITILLATING, tantalising Thailand – that s how I remember my trip there many moons ago. Thus I was hoping for great things from Nakhon Thai. A Thai meal is something of an adventure into the unknown, with fresh tastes evocative of lime, mint, ginger and... » MORE