Vinous Table: Cassis, Mâcon, France
Vinous Table, France
, Jul 2021
Cassis is a restaurant that does nothing other than serve delicious food at reasonable prices with the minimum of fuss.
Vinous Table: The Silver Birch, London, UK
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Jul 2021
Returning to Chiswick after lockdown, I wanted to try something different, and so I booked a table at The Silver Birch, which had the misfortune to open between lockdowns last year.
Vinous Table: SO|LA, London, UK
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Jun 2021
Given that restaurants have only just reopened, it is unsurprising for me to pronounce this the best meal I have eaten so far in 2021. Whether any restaurant will be able to match it is another question. The bar has been set extremely high.
Vinous Table: High Timber, London, UK
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, May 2021
It was a pleasure to get back out again and revisit one of central London’s dining secrets. Anyone with an interest in South African wine should make a beeline for High Timber, which should reopen fully from May 17.
Vinous Table: Brat x Climpson’s Arch, Hackney, United Kingdom
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Apr 2021
Rejoice! Restaurants in the UK are (sort of) open again. I could not have chosen a more perfect reintroduction to fine dining.
Vinous Table: Le Relais de Saulx, Beaune, France
Vinous Table, France: Burgundy
, Apr 2021
Le Relais de Saulx served one of the best evening meals I had in Burgundy last year. I enjoyed its cozy and informal ambiance; it’s one of several recent additions to the Beaune restaurant scene that is refreshingly relaxed and unstuffy.
Vinous Table: Ma Cuisine, Beaune, France
Vinous Table, France: Burgundy
, Mar 2021
Beaune would not be Beaune without Ma Cuisine. For sure, I missed the atmosphere that makes Ma Cuisine what it is, but it will return with flocks of customers once COVID-19 is in the rearview mirror.
Vinous Table: Petersham Nurseries Café, Richmond, UK
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Mar 2021
I had heard about Petersham Nurseries, and given its novel location, had always wanted to dine there. During the lull in COVID-19 cases in the summer of 2020, a friend suggested it would be a suitable venue after weeks of self-isolation.
Vinous Table: Lorne – Meal Kit Dinner
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Feb 2021
Overall, Lorne’s meal kit was a great success, even more than expected. Not only did the meal kit break up the stultifying routine of lockdown, but I was doing a tiny bit to help an industry inextricably linked to mine.
Vinous Table: New Year Lockdown
Vinous Table, United Kingdom
, Jan 2021
Surviving until the end of this wretched year felt like something worth celebrating, so we decided upon a Japanese-themed evening. Given that we were isolating in Guildford rather than Tokyo, we had to make some compromises on the food front.