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TheCriticalCouple: Chapter 2, 2018 -

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Read In Defence of Food Blogs and follow on article Are You Sharing the Restaurant with an Annoying Food Blogger?

Chefs @CriticalCouple now featured in the Wall Street Journal: read the article here


Restaurant Map, Index, Drinks & Places

Picture
Chef Dinners @CriticalCouple

2012/13
Paul Ainsworth
James Knappett
Simon Rogan

2011
Alyn Williams
Ben Spalding
Brett Graham
Bruno Loubet
Jason Atherton
Johnnie Mountain
Russell Brown & Mat Follas
Simon Hulstone


Pop Ups

Sat Bains at The Cube by Electrolux
Simon Rogan at The Cube by Electrolux

Restaurant Maps by Area

City of London
London's West End
UK non London



3 Michelin stars London

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
The Fat Duck
The Waterside Inn

The French Laundry at Harrods

3 Star Non UK

El Bulli (Spain)
El Celler de Can Roca (Spain)
Osteria Francescana (Italy)

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2 Star Non UK

Noma

2 Michelin stars London

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
Dinner (6/12)
Hélène Darroze at the Connaught 
Helene Darroze Saturday Brunch
Hibiscus
Hibiscus (3/12)
Hibiscus (4/13)
Le Gavroche
Le Gavroche (11/12)
Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley (review 1, 2 and 3)
Sketch
The Ledbury
The Ledbury (3/12)
The Ledbury (12/12)
The Square
The Square (03/13)
The Square (set lunch) 

2 Star Non London

Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles (Scotland)
Gidleigh Park (Devon)
L'enclume part 1, (Cumbria)
L'enclume part 2, (Cumbria)
L'enclume (2012)  
L'enclume (2013)  
Le Champignon Sauvage (Cheltenham)
Le Champignon Sauvage: 25 years on
Le Champignon Sauvage (11/12)
Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons (Oxford)
Le Manoir at Christmas
Le Manoir: Christmas Eve and Boxing Day

Le Manoir (1/13)  
Le Manoir Truffle Tasting Menu   
Michael Wignall at The Latymer, Pennyhill Park Hotel
Midsummer House (Cambridge)
Noma
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw (Cornwall)   

Restaurant Nathan Outlaw (2013) 
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud (Dublin)    
Restaurant Sat Bains (Nottingham)  

Restaurant Sat bains (2013)   
The Hand & Flowers (Marlow)
Whatley Manor (Wiltshire)

1 Michelin Star London

Alyn Williams at The Westbury
Alyn Williams at The Westbury (5/12)
Alyn Williams at The Westbury (truffle menu)
Alyn Williams at The Westbury (3/13)  
Angler
Apsleys
Arbutus  
Brasserie Chavot   
Chez Bruce
Chapter One
Club Gascon

Dabbous
Dabbous (12/12) 
Galvin at Windows
Galvin La Chapelle
Galvin La Chapelle (revisited)

Hedone   
Hedone (2013)  
Kitchen W8  
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (8/10) 
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (9/10)  
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon (set lunch)  
L'Autre Pied 
La Trompette   
LIMA  
Locanda Locatelli 
Medlar
Murano
North Road (closed)   
Outlaw's Seafood & Grill at The Capital     
Petrus  
Pied a Terre
Pollen Street Social
Pollen Street Social (4/12) 
Restaurant Story    
Rhodes 24 (closed)
Semplice
Social Eating House 
Social Eating House (Set Lunch) 
St John Bar and Restaurant 
Tom Aikens
Texture
The Harwood Arms 
Viajante


1 Michelin Star Non London

21212 (Edinburgh)
5 North Street (Winchcombe)
Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House   
Adam's    
Alimentum (Cambridge) 
Auberge du Lac (Hertfordshire)  
Casamia (Spring menu) 

Casamia (Summer menu)  
Casamia (Autumn menu)    
Casamia (Winter menu)    
Castle Terrace (Edinburgh)
Castle Terrace 2012 (Edinburgh)
Castle Terrace 2013 
Driftwood (Cornwall)
Fischer's at Baslow Hall (Derbyshire)
Glenapp Castle (SW Scotland)
Hambleton Hall (Rutland)
Holbeck Ghyll (Cumbria)

Inverlochy Castle (Fort William)    
Kinloch Lodge (Isle of Skye)   
Knockinaam (SW Scotland)
L'ortolan (Reading)
Lords of the Manor (Upper Slaughter)
Lucknam Park (Wiltshire)
Manor House Hotel and Golf Club (Wiltshire)
Massana (Girona, Spain)
Morston Hall (Norfolk)
Mr Underhill's
Number One (Edinburgh)
Ockeneden Manor (West Sussex)

Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 Restaurant
Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 (Cornwall, 2012)   
Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 (2013)  
Purnell's (B'ham)   
Raby Hunt (Co Durham)    
Red Lion Freehouse (Wiltshire)  
Restaurant Martin Wishart (Edinburgh)
Sienna (Dorset)

Sienna 10th Anniversary meal
Simon Radley at The Chester Grosvenor
Sir Charles Napier (Oxfordshire)

The Albannach (Lochinver)     
The Butchers Arms (Glos)     
The Checkers (Wales)
The Crown at Whitebrook (Wales)
The Elephant (Torquay, Devon)  
The Elephant (2013)   
The Harrow at Little Bedwyn  
The Kitchin (Edinburgh)
The Kitchin (game tasting menu) 
The Masons Arms (Devon)
The Nut Tree Inn
The Pass at South Lodge Hotel (West Sussex)
The Pony & Trap (Chew Magna)
The Royal Oak Paley Street (Berks)
The Sportsman (Kent) 
The Three Chimneys (Isle of Skye)   
The Walnut Tree (Wales)
The West House (Kent)
Tyddyn Llan (Wales)


London Restaurants (A-F)

06 St Chad's Place
108 Marylebone Lane
34
Admiral Codrington (change of chef)
Alloro 
Angler  
Balthazar
Bar 45 at Cut
Bar Boulud
Bar Boulud (revisited)
Barbecoa 
Barbecoas (5/13)
Bentley's
Bibendum
Big Easy 
Bird of Smithfield 
Bistrot Bruno Loubet
Bistrot Bruno Loubet (April 2012)
Bistrot Bruno Loubet: Champagne Tasting
Bleeding Heart Restaurant
Bob Bob Ricard
Bocca di Lupo
Bodean's
Boisdale Canary Wharf
Bonds
Brasserie Zedel
Brawn
Bread Street Kitchen 
Bread Street Kitchen (Sunday brunch)
Bubbledogs&
Bubbledogs& The Kitchen Table
Bubbledogs Kitchen Table (12/12) 
Bubbledogs (Oct 2013)
Burger and Lobster (Mayfair)
Burger & Lobster (Farringdon)
Burger & Lobster (Soho) 

Butlers Wharf Chop House
Byron Canary Wharf 
C London   
Caffe Caldesi   
Caravaggio
Carnaby Burger Co
Catch (no longer a restaurant)
Ceviche
Charlotte's Bistro
Chicken Shop 
Coq d'Argent
Coq d'Argent revisited
CUT at 45 Park Lane 
Dirty Burger
Disco Bistro EC4 (closed)
Duck & Waffle
Duck & Waffle (Sunday brunch)
Ducksoup 
El Pirata  
Eyre Brothers 
Fera at Claridge's  
Fishworks (Marylebone)  
Fish Central  
Forty Dean Street  
Five Guys 
Five Fields



London Restaurants (G-P)

Galvin Bistrot de Luxe
Gauthier Soho
Goodman Canary Wharf
Goodman Canary Wharf (July 2012)
Goodman (City)
Goodman (City): the burger post
Goodman (Mayfair)
Goodman (more burger talk)
Gows   

Grand Cafe at Royal Exchange
Green's in the City
Guinea Grill  
Hard Rock Cafe   
Hawksmoor (review
 1, 2 and 3)
Hawksmoor (Guildhall)
Hawksmoor (Sevendials) 
Hawkasmoor (Air Street) 
Henry J Beans 
Hix Oyster & Chop House
Honest Burgers
Iberica Canary Wharf
John Salt (change of chef) 
John Salt: Sunday roast (change of chef) 
Jose
J Sheekey (Oyster Bar)
J Sheekey (Restaurant) 
JW Steakhouse
Kaspar's Seafood Bar & Grill 
Kings Road Steakhouse & Grill
Koffmann's
Koffmann's (4/13)
L'Anima
La Bodega Negra
La Figa
Langan's Brasserie
Le Caprice
Le Pont de la Tour
Le Relais de Venise
Les Deux Salons
Little Social   
Lucky Chip    
Magdalen
Mangal Ocakbasi
Marco Pierre White Steak & Alehouse
MASH
Maze Grill
Meateasy (closed) 
MEATliquor 
MEATliquor (June 2012)
MEATliquor Dessert Post
MEATmarket

MEATmission
MEATmission (4/13)
Mishkin's
Moreno at Baglioni 
New Street Grill 
Novikov
One-O-One
Opera Tavern   
Patty & Bun
Patty & Bun (Smokey Robinson)
Pitt Cue Co
Pizarro
Plateau
Plateau: the Josper post
Playboy Club
Polpo 

Poppies   

London Restaurants (Q-Z)

Quaglino's 
Quo Vadis 
Racine
Red Dog Saloon 
Reform Social & Grill 
River Restaurant at The Savoy (closed)
Roast
Roganic (closed) 
Roganic (3/2012) (closed)
Roganic (4/2012) (closed)
Roka Canary Wharf
Roux at Parliament Square
Rules
Scott's 
Shake Shack  
Skylon
Simpson's in the Strand
Simspon's Tavern
Smiths of Smithfield (2nd floor)
Smiths of Smithfield (top floor)  
Smokehouse   
Smollensky's (Canary Wharf)
Sophie's Steakhouse
Spuntino
St John Bread and Wine 
STK London 
Sweetings  
The Anchor & Hope    
The Chancery
The Clove Club
The Corner Room
The Draft House  
The Drapers Arms   
The English Pig (closed) 
The English Pig (Westminster) (closed) 
The Fish & Chip Shop    
The Garrison  
The Giaconda Dining Room 
The Grain Store  
The Grapes 
The GrEAT British  
The Grill at The Dorchester 
The Gun 
The Ivy  
The Jugged Hare    
The Luxe (closed) 
The Malt House 
The Only Running Footman
The Parcel Yard
The Player Slider Bar 
The Prospect of Whitby  
The Punchbowl
The Quality Chop House
The Ritz
The Savoy Grill
The Ship (Wandsworth) 
The Town of Ramsgate  

The Windmill  
The Wolseley 

Theo Randall at the InterContinental 
Tierra Brandisa 
Tom's Kitchen
Tommi's Burger Joint 
(closed)
Tramshed   
Upstairs at the Ten Bells   
Wahaca 
Wheeler's of St James's 
Wiltons
Wright Brothers (Borough Market)
Wright Brothers Soho
Zafferano
Zorita's Kitchen
Zucca



Non London Restaurants

Ackergill Tower (John O'Groats)
Aumbry (Manchester)
Aulis (test kitchen of L'enclume, Cumbria)
Cucina (Edinburgh)
Kyloe (Edinburgh)  
Loch Fyne Restaurant & Oyster Bar   
Losehill House Hotel (Peak District)
Lumière (Cheltenham)
Lumiere 2012 (Still Cheltenham)
Nutters (Rochdale)
Ondine (Edinburgh)
Ondine 2013  
Outlaw's Fish Kitchen   
Rafa's (Roses, Spain)
Restaurant Mark Greenaway (Edinburgh)
Rocksalt (Folkestone)
Rogan & Company (Cumbria) 
Rojano's in the Square  
SoLITA   
Tanners (Plymouth)   
The Artichoke (Bucks) 
The British Larder (Suffolk) 
The Company Shed (West Mersea)
The French (Manchester)   
The French (Manchester 9/13)   
The Hardwick (Abergavenny)
The Honours (Edinburgh)
The Jack in the Green (Devon) 
The Lighthouse (Suffolk) 
The Lobster Shack (North Berwick)
The Magpie Cafe (Whitby)
The Montpellier Chapter (Cheltenham)
The Seafood Restaurant (Padstow)  
Titchwell Manor
Tuddenham Mill (Suffolk)
Wheelers (Whitstable)


Miscellaneous

Infusions4Chefs
The science of tips 
In defence of food blogs
Are you sharing the restaurant with an annoying food blogger
Why do we remember a restaurant as good?
A glass of fizz on the house: cost or investment?

Whisky & Wine

Tasting Wine (guest post by VTS)

Arberlour
Buying wine at auction: a rough guide
Glenfarclas (tasting)
Glenfarclas (distillery visit with George Grant)
Lafite & Margaux second wines
Lagrange 1949
Le Petit Mouton
Mouton, Lafite: a family rivalry

Bars

Hix Bar 
Old Bengal Bar 
The Coburg Bar
The Connaught Bar
Vertigo 42

Places

Bath
Behind Spitalfields
Billingsgate fish market
St Katharine Docks and Potters Field
Thames Festival
West Mersea: The Company Shed
Wilton's Music Hall

Books

a boy after the sea: Kevin Snook/Heston Blumenthal

AJ Liebling: Between Meals
Ferran Adria by Colman Andrews
Iain Banks: Raw Spirit
Roger Scruton: I Drink Therefore I am

Giving

Contact the elderley
Galvin's Chance
Manna Society
The Dan Snook Trust Foundation
Dorset Chefs


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