Archive of Reviews - Spittoon Extra
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Chi Ton Restaurant, Barcelona
Posted on May 8, 2012 by Andrew in Photographs, ReviewsI loves me a bit of tourist tat! My grand-mother use to hide the toilet rolls under crinoline-glad flamenco dancing dolls, wonderful! A friend of mine has an enviable array of superb fridge magnets holding up the kiddies indecipherable...
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Angel and Crown, London
Posted on March 19, 2012 by Andrew in ReviewsThe Angel and Crown brought to mind that rather excellent little restaurant in Dublin I wore an iron-burnt black shirt to last year. (The shirt has no relevance to anything I should add). Like the Winding Stair...
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Winding Stair
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Andrew in Photographs, ReviewsEven the taxi driver was impressed when we explained that we - myself, Cooksister and Ailbhe - were to be eating in the Winding Stair restaurant, Dublin. You do indeed have to climb a narrow staircase up to the...
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Sampling Wagamamas
Posted on November 15, 2010 by Andrew in ReviewsIt is not really a place for relaxing - communal seating, cavernous company canteen feel, overlooked by an end wall mural of a head in a bowl. Fast, buzzy, life. Welcome to Wagamamas. This is the Reading outpost, I'm...
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In Pictures: Black Hat Prosecco Lunch
Posted on July 19, 2010 by Andrew in ReviewsOne thing is clear I need some decent lenses for the new camera; this old kit lens from the 350D just doesn't cut it, especially in low light levels... I'll just have to sell a body organ or two... Here...
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In Pictures A Meal at Venissa Ristorante Ostello
Posted on June 24, 2010 by Andrew in Photographs, ReviewsThere is this little restaurant I know down Venice way. You have to grab a ferry to Mazzorbo Island, jump ship at the Bisol owned Venissa hotel to which the restaurant is attached. It'll only be open between the...
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Three More Photos From The Celebrity Eclipse
Posted on May 9, 2010 by Andrew in ReviewsYou never take enough photos; despite seeming to prowl around the ship clicking like a mad thing it seems surprising how few pictures you end up with. True many are deleted as not quite making the grade (or being rejected...
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Photos from Iberica, 195 Great Portland Street, London
Posted on October 5, 2009 by Andrew in Photographs, ReviewsIberica, 195 great Portland Street - a Spanish restaurant )opened September 2008) with knowledgeable Spanish staff, furniture and fittings imported from Spain and a nice little deli attached. Was there last Wednesday with Dougie-boy to sample the...
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A Meal at Hotel Rotary, Geneva
Posted on July 27, 2008 by Andrew in Photographs, ReviewsScribbling on postcards and sipping on a glass of Pommery. The great decision remains open - does the evening meal get eaten outside - so I do not have to move too far (it being a bit warm and...
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Vivat Bacchus, London
Posted on May 11, 2008 by Andrew in ReviewsTypically I was early; dusty, hot and ever so slightly damp for it was a fine, sunny day in old London town. Nothing that a cooling glass of Paul Cluver Sauvignon Blanc (£5.50) and an underarm squirt of Lynx...
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