Monthly Archives: November 2014

Eating out in Buenos Aires – Argentina

Eating out in Buenos Aires – Argentina   Once you get over the party atmosphere of this vibrant city you will at some point feel hungry. It’s a hot place so it may take some time but when you eventually feel hungry you are in for a real treat. There is street food in Argentina and

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Babur – London

Babur 119 Brockley Rise London SE23 1JP Tel: 020 8291 2400 Before I start this review I must make a confession. Babur is my go to local Indian restaurant I have eaten there many times and never had an unpleasant plate of food. It sits in no man’s land between Honor Oak and Brockley and

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Hixster Bankside – London

Hixster Bankside 16 Great Guilford Street London SE1 0HS Tel: 020 7921 9508    In a quiet street just off the main drag between Southwark and London Bridge stations is Mark Hix’s new venture. Three months old and the place swings. It has party and fun written all over it. And the food is mainly

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Buenos Aires – Argentina

Buenos Aires Argentina    Buenos Aires has all the bustle of a sophisticated European city. It could be Paris or Rome as you glance up at the buildings, a colonial past is present. It houses three million and is the largest city in Argentina. There are grand squares, monuments, parks and churches and some of

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Le Coq – London

Le Coq 292-294 St. Paul’s Road London N1 2LH Tel: 020 7359 5055   A family Sunday lunch out is always a treat and our visit to Le Coq was no exception. George Ryle’s cooking is simple, robust and full of flavour. A stone’s throw from Highbury and Islington tube station this small restaurant that

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Planet Hollywood – London

Planet Hollywood 57-60 Haymarket London SW1Y 4QX Tel: 020 7287 1000    Rocking up to Planet Hollywood for lunch with the family on Halloween is not something you do lightly. I had feared our spontaneous decision might have cinematic Bacchanalian ramifications. We had nothing to fear of course except the ghoulishly dressed staff and the

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Salta Province – Argentina

Salta Province Argentina   In the north nestling in the Lerma Valley, some two hours flight from Buenos Aires is the province of Salta, with an eponymous old colonial city as its centre that has charm and sophistication. Mapped out to include large civic squares with churches and a neoclassical style cathedral, beautiful original architecture

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Vienna – Austria

Vienna Austria   At the beginning of Carol Reed’s 1949 film The Third Man the narrator talks of not knowing the old Vienna before the war referring to the days of imperial splendour and pomp. That may have had validity when the movie was made but it seems a little quaint now. Today Vienna has

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The Venus Cafe – Blackpool Sands, Devon

Venus Cafe Blackpool Sands Dartmouth Devon TQ6 0RG Tel: 01803 770209   The cove at Blackpool Sands is straight out of an Enid Blyton book. It curves round in a perfect crescent the waves lapping the shingle shore with beautiful scenery all around. This area of Devon is one unexplored by many, maybe that’s why

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