JM Oriental review. Award-winning Chinese restaurant in north west London.
02/12/2024 .
Restaurant Reviews
Harissa Restaurant
Considering Harissa is all about fresh healthy eating, it was a surprise to find it located in Sandyford, Newcastle’s student district..
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Colette’s at The Grove.
Colette, so I am reliably informed by Head Waiter Dominic, is the mother of the Levi brothers, the owners of The Grove. So, any mother who lends her name to a classy eating establishment must be reasonably confident the food is going to live up to her billing. So, no pressure on Colette’s at The Grove then.
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Northcote Restaurant
Not for the first time, my wife and I ventured to Northcote restaurant in the delightful Ribble valley, just twenty minutes from our home. Chef-patron Nigel Haworth, has held a Michelin star for many years for, as the Michelin guide says, ‘Refined, sophisticated cooking [that] shows depth of flavour and a lightness of touch’.
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Restaurant Favre d’Anne. Angers
Only a short time after returning to Angers following a year’s sabbatical, which cost him the Michelin star he rightly deserved at the original Restaurant Favre d’Anne, the eponymous Pascal Favre d’Anne had regained his distinction. If you think about it, that tells you a great deal.
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Hook & Plow. Taste excellent Hermosa Beach ocean to plate cuisine.
Too many visitors turn resolutely left out of LAX, heading north for Los Angeles, Beverly Hills or Santa Monica, oblivious to the delights which lie to the south. Yet within a half-hour’s drive of the airport sit LA’s delightful beach towns, a great place to kick back and enjoy good food in rustic surroundings. Hermosa Beach is one of the prettiest of these coastal villages, and The Hook & Plow has been its star turn since 2014.
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The Balcon at the Sofitel St.James
The Balcon at the Sofitel St. James is that rare beast, a French restaurant in a French hotel which has turned its back on its upbringing and decided to go native. What used to be Le Balcon, a rather stuffy eatery on London’s posh Pall Mall with rather heavy French dishes, has been reborn as THE Balcon under the helm of a talented Antipodean chef.
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