Suzi Edwards

Fi's outdone herself with "weapons of mash destruction" in this week's roundup. From the new edition of Waitrose Food Illustrated, Sybil Kapoor's seasonal recipes include pineapple flambe, spicy cheese scones, and cinnamon creme caramel with clementine salad Weapons of mash destruction - Mark Hix picks the best (and wurst) sausages around an offally big adventure - Clare Rudebeck serves variety meat to her guests and gauges their reactions He's on fire! Gordon Ramsay gives us recipes for Bonfire Night three from Jill Dupleix Wine and dine - Joanna Simon cooks with booze. Sometimes she even puts it in the food. :pathetically old gag: From the Sunday Times Style section, Take Three Ingredients gives you "a dessert rich in betacarotene, minerals and vitamin C, with no fat or added sugar". I would add 'nor flavour, nor fun' - cherry + papaya couscous Not strictly a recipe, but from last week's Telegraph an article on organic food - is it really worth the money? Xanthe Clay gives us gratins Venison steaks with marsala + juniper; chicken liver pilaf; apple brown betty from Tamasin Day-Lewis Hurrah, it's Matthew Fort's lunchbox! Heston Blumenthal's potted (shrimp) history In the sloe lane - comparative tasting of sloe gins Nigel Slater's beautiful game And finally, from Scotland's Sunday Post ("quite simply, Sunday isn't Sunday without The Sunday Post"), stuffed courgettes and Italian lemon sponge

Thanks for this report, I'll definitly try this place next time I'm back at home in Coventry. As there is nowhere in Coventry we tend to go to Leamington Spa. Are you from round there? My brother had suggested we try Solo or Oscars but both were closed for Sunday lunch. We end up at Raffles in Kenilworth which was a meal of such unspeakable horribleness I couldn't even bring myself to post about it.

thank you. another thing i can add to my list of things to try!

Stupid question alert. do Buckwheat noodles contain no wheat? Yes, I am aware that chickpeas contain no chicken.

I'm from the Midlands and I've never heard of pork pie for breakfast. However I wish I had as I LOVE pork pie with english mustard. One winter Satanburies did a great Christmas food catalogue. There were loads of pictures of bacon wrapped sausages, vol-au-vents and, of course, a wide selection of pork pies. I ended up conducting a survey of all of my friends and the mini cranberry topped pork pie won. Just thought I'd share that.

i can't pass a shoe shop without going in, gary can't pass anthony's.... i really need to pull my finger out of my bum and go here.

I think we might better leave discussion about what's avant garde or not off this thread my lovlies and perhaps concentrate on Aiken's food, which I think we agree is not avant garde. Robyn, there are lots of other threads about Trio, Fat Duck, El Bulli, Moto et al that I'm sure you're aware of where you can discuss this.

First up, the restaurants: Giles Coren Loves Rules but Slays Throgmortons and is well worth reading just for the description of the grouse. AA Gill deconstructs The Pig's Ear Terry Durack falls in love with The Real Eating Company in Hove Tracy MacLeod loves Amaya in Knightsbridge. It's Indian food for ladies who lunch, but don't let that put you off. VPL outdoes himself by starting his review talking about a joint. How shocking. He also review's Jamie Oliver's place, Fifteen Jay Rayner has a terrior-able time at Chez Kristof Jan Moir gives The Box Tree Restaurant a good review, despite being served some unsucessful dishes. Here are the recipes from Fi: braised red cabbage from the Glasgow Herald. Yes! I'm taking us north of the border. Next week's guest publication will be the Moniaive Announcer. From the Guardian, more recipes from the new Moro cookbook Mark Hix is pie-eyed Nigel Slater's simple fish dishes Further pumpkin recipes from Tom Norrington-Davies Take three ingredients to get... potted crab with ginger Essex birds have the best breasts! Gordon Ramsay says so so it must be true. Of course, he's talking about Label Anglais chickens three from Jill Dupleix Xanthe Clay's apple tart Sri Lanka-inspired recipes from Tamasin Day-Lewis and from this month's Waitrose Food Illustrated, seasonal recipes from Sybil Kapoor. Includes scallop, watercress + leek salad and Edwardian pumpkin pie

Here's Jan Moir's review from The Independant

Moby had his reception at Moro in Exmouth Market. Could be worth a look. Was just sent this by a friend. Is nothing sacred? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...item=5527273221

Welcome to this week's smorgasboard of culinary delight. Here are the receipes, from our own lovely Fi who admits she has been drooling over the Moro receipes. QUOTE]From the Guardian, recipes from Nigella Lawson's new book Feast and from the new Moro cookbook Nigel Slater crumbles orange squash? Tom Norrington-Davies cooks pumpkin Toast of the town! Mark Hix makes a meal of it Xanthe Clay lays down the law over fish pie fast food doesn't have to be grim - recipes from the new FF venture, Leon thre-e-e from Jill Dupleix The Times promises us breakfast in bed with Gordon Ramsay!!! but... the link's broken It's a thin week for restaurants... Richard Johnson joins the chorus of approval for Leon but I think that Terry Durack is on holiday. If he's not back next week I'll send out a search party. Giles Coren is amusing about chocoholics and Oompa-Loompas at the Menier Chocolate Factory in SE1 AA Gill discusses the metaphysics of the Amerindian when he goes to the overhauled Gaucho Grill Ten pounds to whoever can guess the pun on Chef Jeff Bland's name in VPL's review of Number One in Edinburgh No cheating. Jay Rayner slays Throgmortons in EC2. a restaurant that seems to have named itself after the noise you make when clearing your throat.

VPL gets his chops round Number One in this week's Saturday Gruniad

AA Gill puts his two'pennorth in about this place in this week's Sunday Times Gaucho Grill Review

Thanks for this lovely report, and welcome to eGullet! Feel free to tempt us with any reports of other places you visit!

I was tempted to go to the Anchor and Hope on Friday night before the Siouxsie show at the Royal Festival Hall but we couldn't risk not getting a table as we were limited for time. Glad to hear it's still cooking well, thanks for the nice report Graham. Instead we went to the Barnesbury on Liverpool Road in Islington (our first choice the Draper's Arms doesn't start serving food until 7.00pm) I'd eaten here before when it first opened and hadn't been tempted to go back. It had struck me as the sort of gastropub that serves the sort of food that you cook at home, only not quite as well prepared as the only thing to recommend it was the fact that you didn't have to do the washing up. Friday's visit was no better. From our mono-syllabic, rude Russian waitress "No fish cake or chicken" to the modern parents at the next table "Jamie, maybe you would like to stop stamping across the room. No Jamie. Please Jamie, stop stamping" to the sharp, slightly curdled mustard sauce over my smoked haddock, mashed potato and poached egg, by the end of dinner I wanted a smile (from the waitress), some ritalin (for the child) and some ibuprofen (for me and my brother) Definitly one to avoid. If you want a gastropub in that part of Islington, go to the Drapers Arms round the corner or if you're in the mood for Vietnamese, try Viet Garden next door.

indeed i do, i lived there for a while. however the inital request was for information about a variety of places including inverness.

go on moby, take one for the team.

Sorry about the delay this week! First up, restaurants: Terry Durack wonders if The Pig's Ear Dining Room in SW3 could ever be more than a bit on the side. Interestingly, he reviews this place during it's soft opening. I've started a thread about this HERE Tracy MacLeod is at Damian Hirst's new place 11, the Quay in Ilfracomb, Devon I hate to spoil the ending, but she doesn't really like it. Giles Coren allegedly reviews Chez Kristof but after a situation with a mullet, some poo and some dangly bits, instead decided to devote most of his review to the Fat Duck. And who can blame him? AA Gill find a deli that wouldn't look out of place in Fulham, at The Corner on the Square in Inverness VPL says fuck within the first 17 words of his review of Michael Caines Restaurant in Bristol How....boring. Jay Rayner finds a gastro-pub called The Spotted Pig in New York Jan Moir looks at the latest jewel in the Conran Crown, The Paternoster Chophouse just by St Pauls Over to Fi for the best of this week's recipes to delight you... Irish recipes from the Sunday Times. Includes those well known Irish ingredients, sweet potato and coconut. take three ingredients - Gordon Ramsay. He also comes over all autumnal three from Jill Dupleix Sssssmokin! smoked mackerel + poached egg salad (and more) from Mark Hix smell my cheese - Rose Prince chooses cheeses. but still no update to the Sally Clarke link. more recipes from the new Moro cookbook Matthew Fort snatches victory from the jaws of defeat - fruit soup, pigeon casserole, salmon with sorrel sauce. but not, presumably, in that order. Ssssssmoking, part deux! Words of wisdom from Heston Blumenthal would you like that with an olive, a twist, or a pebble? new garnishes for cocktails Observer Food Magazine - main link. Highlights include: - Jay Rayner at Per Se - Nigel Slater's top ten autumnal recipes - spice route recipes from Alistair Hendy - everything for your gourmet dog. Includes Kobe beef dog food. No, this is not a wind-up.

Jay Rayner throws his twopenn'oth in about gastro pubs when he reviews The Spotted Pig in New York

AA Gill reviews The Corner on the Square in Inverness this week.

I noticed that Leon, the new "fast" food place that a number of the critics have been championing, does a very yummy sounding bacon sandwich. I reckon a poll would suggest this is the modern day Brit's fave fat boy breakfast.

I just passed a russian foodplace on Queensway just past Royal China. (can you guess where I was going for lunch?) Not really a deli and it was mainly canned and bottled food but certainly a different ethinicity... The latest Time Out Restaurant guide has a new section on shops, leafing through you might want to consult that one. There's the new Korean supermarket in CentrePoint too and I work just round the corner from there so if you fancy a trip there, give me a shout. Rococco have opened a new branch in Marylebone which I hadn't clocked, but that might be old news. I can think of the following in Islington that you didn't mention: Olga Stores, Italian, on (I think) Penton Street at the back of Chapel Market Euphorium, bakery, in Chapel Market and on Upper Street (not sure this really counts) Erm, that's it.

Erm. There's lots of stuff on here about St John, but I think you're pretty wide of the mark there. It's a bit like saying Spagos is a good place to people watch. I think the last thread on here about the Lindsay House http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=34860&hl=]wasn't hugely complimentary I do find that St John frightens Americans. Maybe somewhere like Rules might be more appealing to you? Very English, lots of game etc etc You could also try high-end Indian. I think they do a degustation menu at Rasoi Vineet Bhatia

While I agree that a critic's job is to sell newspapers I still object to VPL. In his review of Manzes he described a badly cooked pie but told people that "that's how they are supposed to be" and continued to rave about the place. Pies aren't supposed to be "slightly burnt on the outside and slightly doughy on the inside, to the point that the uninitiated might think that it should have been cooked for longer at a lower temperature. Served with lumpy mashed potato and parsley liquor (a green sauce based on a crude, floury roux), the contrast in flavours and textures is always a winner: ..." Basically he's picked a place that he likes and has written an ill-informed review about it. People all over the country will now be thinking that "burnt pastry, soggy pastry" is the way to go. I don't ascribe to the omnisicent food reviewer concept, but I do know that many people read the Guardian and his column to find out about food and places to eat and he is being delibertly misleading and wrong.

I'm back! Huge thank you to Fi for helping out while I was sunning myself in Tunisia... Let's kick off with this week's recipes Mark Hix eats his greens - lots of delicious cabbage recipes rapped knuckles for the Saturday Telegraph who still haven't updated their recipes page; if you would like to see the September 18th Sally Clarke recipes then go here. Otherwise you'll have to live without for now. I've sent them a very sharp email, ooooh yes. Gordon Ramsay has a pulse! Yes, this week he's cooking lentils. What did you think I meant? Three from Ross Anderson (Jill Dupleix is away this week). Note for Suzi - includes Tarte Tatin! Steaking acclaim - Lucas Hollweg tells us how to cook steak Very Moorish (sorry) - Matthew Fort talks to the Sams Clark about their new cookbook (recipes given include mussels w harissa and potato cakes stuffed with minced lamb + pine nuts) pigeon casserole and raspberry + ricotta pancakes from Nigel Slater And onto the restaurants (our reviewers are a grumpy bunch this week...) Richard Johnson can't find room in his heart for Room in Leeds Giles Coren is quite rude about people from Chelsea when he visits The Farm in Fulham but the deserts sound quite nice. Rod Liddle is standing in while AA Gill (or is it Giles Coren? Can never tell them apart m'self) is "resting his stomach" and does a nice job of savaging Umu Has this place had a good review yet? I give it until February... Victor Lewis Smith surprises us all with a reasoned and insightful review of Club Gascon Sorry, meant to say pointless and puerile, don't know what came over me. Jay Rayner is "pleasantly surprised" by E&O in Notting Hill but I doubt he'll be welcome in W11 for a while... Finally the Telegraph has a review of Fully Committed at the Meunier Chocolate Factory instead of a restaurant