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Chris Pople Aug 18, 2023

New post! The Silver Birch, Chiswick.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-silver-birch-chiswick.html

The Silver Birch, Chiswick

It's a pleasant novelty to, for once, not be opening a post about an excellent neighbourhood restaurant without a resigned grump about the l...

Chris Pople Aug 7, 2023

New post! Archway in Battersea is serving some of the best pasta I've ever tried in my life.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/08/archway-battersea-park.html

Archway, Battersea Park

Firstly, I have a confession to make. Many years ago I was very kindly treated to lunch at the River Café in Hammersmith, and I didn't like ...

Chris Pople Jul 25, 2023

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/07/kachori-elephant-and-castle.html

New post - I enjoyed Kachori in the controversial new Elephant & Castle development. Am I part of the problem?

Kachori, Elephant and Castle

There's a lot to be said about the redevelopment/regeneration/whitewashing (delete as applicable) of Elephant and Castle, and I am singularl...

Chris Pople Jul 18, 2023

New post! AngloThai at Outcrop.

Great British ingredients treated to intelligent Thai techniques. Not much not to love.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/07/anglothai-at-outcrop-strand.html

AngloThai at Outcrop, the Strand

Part of the vast, shiny new 180 Strand development, AngloThai at Outcrop is an entirely outside - albeit thankfully mainly covered - restaur...

Chris Pople Jun 27, 2023

New post - Bossa in Marylebone is too expensive, and not quite good enough.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/06/bossa-marylebone.html

Bossa, Marylebone

I don't know whether it's by design or sheer accident that Bossa, a brand new Brazilian restaurant from chef Alberto Landgraf, has landed ri...

Chris Pople Jun 21, 2023

Evernight in Battersea is serving fantastic fusion Japanese food in a weird part of town

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/06/evernight-battersea.html

Evernight, Battersea

Knowing we would be having dinner at Evernight I thought aperitifs at Homeboy Battersea, just around the corner in the same building, would ...

Chris Pople Jun 8, 2023

New post! The Rose in Deal is a solid, enjoyable Kentish gastropub.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-rose-deal.html

The Rose, Deal

A stroll along the High Street in Deal reveals a town very much at the forefront of the wider Kentish food revolution. There seem to be more...

Chris Pople May 26, 2023

Latest post! Lulu's in Herne Hill is lovely.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/05/lulus-herne-hill.html

Lulu's, Herne Hill

Thank the lord for the lengthening days, for lifting the spirits and lightening the mood and - most importantly from my point of view - dram...

Chris Pople Apr 27, 2023

New post! Ploussard in Battersea is what I’ve been waiting for for the nearly 2 decades I’ve been living here.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/04/ploussard-battersea.html

Ploussard, Battersea

As much as I complained on these pages that all the exciting new restaurants were opening up not handily close to where I live in SW11, but ...

Chris Pople Apr 13, 2023

Latest post is Nord in Liverpool, a seasonal modern British bistro that's on its way to greatness.

https://cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2023/04/nord-liverpool.html

Nord, Liverpool

In a town that already plays host to wonderful places like Wreckfish and Manifest , you'd think that the opening of another reasonably-pric...