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Out of Soho: Sweetings

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Lunch in Soho: DUCK SOUP

So another eatery in Soho opens with good word of mouth.  Between Cay-Tre and the Groucho this thin sliver of a bar cum restaurant comes with a pedigree.  Three of the Hix team have jumped ship and set up their …   Continue reading

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Out of Soho: Part 2 Capri and St Paul de Vence

Day trip to Capri; things are quiet, no wait in mid August to go up to Capri Town on the Funicolare.  By now in almost full holiday mood I stop at the Gran Caffe for a cooling drink.  Outside the …   Continue reading

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Out of Soho: Part 1 Amalfi

Amalfi is a busy focal point on the Cost’Amalfitano, one of the most beautiful inhabited landscapes, its problem being its busyness, especially during the Neapolitan Ferragosto.  Normally quiet roads are jammed, but the food, the weather, and the absence of …   Continue reading

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Lunch in Soho: Princi

Wednesday 28 July Sited just south of the T junction that is Wardour Street and Broadwick Street is a not so little piece of Italy; There are so many Italian eateries, restaurants and cafes within and outside Soho and many …   Continue reading

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Lunch in Soho: Riding House Cafe

Wednesday 22 June I venture north of Oxford Street at the request of my lovely friend Alexandra, just returned from a three month stint in Silicon Valley; to The Riding House Café in Great Titchfield Street.  It’s not as far …   Continue reading

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Lunch in Soho: Spuntino

Monday 20 June I must be having a bad run.  Normally I wander round from Greek to Wardour unable to decide where to eat.  Today, at Tracey’s suggestion we ate  at Spuntino in Rupert Street; it’s been so well reviewed.   …   Continue reading

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Lunch in Soho: NOPI

Friday 3 June Often when I sit down to eat in a friend’s kitchen I  notice the similarity of the line of cookery book spines on show.  In the last year these have all contained the two Ottolenghi cookbooks.  When …   Continue reading

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Lunch In Soho: Bocca di Lupo

Wednesday The wonder of walking out of my office any day onto Frith Street…it’s a problem…where to eat today…the choice! Today its lunch at Bocca di Lupo on Archer Street.

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