Ah, Valentine’s Day, scourge of chefs the world over. Those once-vibrant rooms, now packed with despondent tables for two. The heavily marked-up ‘romantic’ menus, the soppy specials with a side order of schmaltz. And all those flaccid, overpriced roses. It’s enough to send Venus running for cover. But worry not. The following restaurants are chosen … Read more
Sola 64 Dean Street, Soho, London Rating: (and a half!) California. The Golden State, the promised land, last stop on the American Dream. Go West, young man, follow the gold, to the place where the days are longer, and the nights are stronger, and you’d be safe and warm. If you were in LA. For … Read more
Gogglebox stars Dom and Steph Parker are planning to sell their Grade I listed boutique hotel where they filmed the Channel 4 show for £5m TV favourite Dom, 55, claims he and his wife, 52, are ‘too old’ to run the hotel The couple say The Salutation in Kent has been ‘our lives, our home, … Read more