Intoxicating Prose
GASTRO-CONSULTANT, BUYER AND PRESENTER, WRITER ON THE FINE, CRAFTER OF THE AVIATION
20 Jan 2007
Review of 'Dans Le Noir?'
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INTOXICATING PROSE
BY DOUGLAS BLYDE
EST. 2006
ABOUT
PHOTOS
DUMMY SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL
SOCIALISE
RAISE SPIRITS
CLOSE AND PERSONAL
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Alex Atala, DOM
Jason Atherton, Pollen Street Social
b
Joe Barza, Chase
Robin Bidgood, ex Tate
Richard Bigg, Camino
Sir Peter Blake
Heston Blumenthal, Fat Duck
Jackson Boxer, Brunswick House
Mark Broadbent, ex 86
Martin Brudnizki
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Michael Caines, Williams F1
Marcus Carter, Virtual Farmer
Iggy Chan, Iggy's
Johnny Chan, 1421
Dominic Chapman, Royal Oak
Brian Clivaz, L'Escargot
Giovanni Corrado, Barroncelli
Nicholas Blanford, Lebanon Correspondent
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Ollie Dabbous
Katy Davidson, Youth Food
Mark Driver, Rathfinny Wine
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Bob Farrand, Cheese Awards
Colin Field, Ritz
Nino Franco (Prosecco)
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Jose Galante, Salentein
Sabrina Ghayour
Sarah Gibbs, Swan Hotel
Guillaume Glipa, Coya
Keith Goddard, ex 101
Henrietta Graham
Mehmet Gurs, Mikla
h
Henry Harris, Racine
Tim Hayward, Fitzbillie's
Fergus Henderson, ex St. John Hotel
Mark Henderson, New Craftsmen
Laurie Hook, Beringer
Simon Hopkinson, Chapter Hotel
Christoffer Hruskova, ex North Rd
Simon Hulstone, Elephant
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Juliette Joffe, ex Giraffe
Judy Joo, JinJuu
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Michael Karam, Lebanon Wines
Thomas Keller, Per Se
Nikolas Kenedi, Martell
Geoff Kent, Abercrombie & Kent
Ian Kittichai, Hyde & Seek
David Kohn Architects
Afroditi Krassa
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Rowley Leigh, Cafe Anglais
Alvin Leung, BO
Gotchya London
Trevor Long/Judith Burns, Pacta Connect
Philip Lowery, Real Food Fest.
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Joe Macari
Philippe Magrez
Nacho Manzano, Iberica
Bruno Colomer Marti, Codorniu
Ed and Tom Martin, ETM
Francesco Mazzei, L'Anima
Francesco Mazzei (wine)
Nuno Mendes, Viajante
Maureen Mills, Newtwork London
Linda Monique, Food Design
Adrian Moore, Mandarin Oriental
Jeff Morgan, Covenant Wines
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Valeria Napoleone, Art
Russell Norman, Polpo
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Marina O'Loughlin
Yotam Ottolenghi, NOPI
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Alessandro Palazzi, Duke's
Jesus Parilla, Explora
Stevie Parle, Dock Kitchen
Joao Pires, Dinner
Mark Poynton, Alimentum
Wolfgang Puck, CUT
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Liu Qinghe, Beijing
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Shaun Rankin, ex Bohemia
Massimo Riccoli, ex Massimo's
Maximilian Riedel, Riedel
Enrica Rocca, Food Tours
Levi Roots, Reggae Reggae
Michel Roux Jnr., Gavroche
Giuseppe Ruo, ex Lanesborough
Silvena Rowe, ex Mayfair
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Rolf Sachs, Func'tion
Mark Sargeant, Rocksalt
Michael Saxon, Chef's Tales
Roland Schmid, Äbtestube
Phil Lennox Scott, Tristan da Cunha
Pleurat Shabani, Konik's Tail
Fred Sirieix, Art of Service
Elisavet Sotiriadou, Greek Food
Ben Spalding, ex Roganic
John Sullivan, Pizza Express
Nooror Somany Steppe, Blue Elephant
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Thierry Tomasin, Angelus
Matthew Tomkinson, Montagu Arms
Stanley Tse, Chinatown
Pierre Tzenkoff, Goyard
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Steve Varsano, Jet Business
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Marcus Wareing, Gilbert Scott
Alyn Williams, Westbury Hotel
Sir Frank Williams, Williams F1
Damon Wise, Monkey Bar
Martin Wishart, The Honours
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Yoshi Yamada, Tempo
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Tim Zagat, Zagat Guide
MAN IN A SUITCASE
China
Another Bike In Beijing
Culture Feast
Home Is Two Houses
Croatia
Behind The Scenes at The Piquentum Winery
Trapan’s Sharply Designed Winery
Denmark
noma nom, nom
Dubai
Stars Under Stars at Jumeirah
England
Celebrity Equinox
Food Safari in Kernow
Francis Hotel
Going Green at The Scarlet
Gunning For Cider
Journey to Riverford
Salt and Skipper
Whisky Coast
Taking a Bite of the Isle of Wight
Finland
Popping Down at Tytyri
Luxury Without Gloss
Flanders
High Jinks, Low Lands
France
Cutting Crystal at Midnight (Baccarat>
Armagnac, Seven Centuries More
Bacchus on a Knife Edge
Champagne
Climate for Change
The Gers
Haute Couture Hotel
Chandeliers Re-Lit In The City of Light
Martell Pure Gourmet
New Face of Languedoc-Roussillon
Tricolore Takeaway
Germany
Fur, Carbonara and African Maps at Friedensplatz
Probably the Largest Wine Bar
Rheingau's Bright Leitz
Wartenberger Mühle
Wine Banking
Three Witches of Siefersheim
Greece
London Lauded as Cocktail Capital
Stick and Tumblers
Italy
Grape Escape from Alto Adige
72 Hours of Prosecco
Prosecco worth Prosecution?
Re-Generating Tuscany (CWW)
Sun, Sea, Sand, Vergine
VinItaly '10
Malaysia
Langkawi: Where Eagles Dare
Island Safari
Mauritius
Of Plants and Politics
Winter in Mauritius
Netherlands
Historic Wine Huis
High Aims, Low Lands
Portugal
Quinta do Crasto
Scotland
An Arran Adventure
No Beef with Bull
Black Gold, Shimmering Sky
The Dalmore
Edinburgh Fringe
The Glorious Twelfth
Hotel Missoni
Hebridean Princess
Oat Cuisine to Haute Cuisine
Slovenia
Raw Fare
Under Gaze of Tito
Spain
Sherry, To The Source
Discovering Organic Caviar, Granada
Wine's Great Walls
Switzerland
Grand Resort Bad Ragaz
Thailand
Letter from Bangkok
Luxurious Museum
Thai Food Safari
FEATURING
Filamental
MASH
The Luggage Room
Predictions, 2013
Suntory Time
Canary Wharf Screen
Sommeliers of The World
Bastianich at Bibendum
Meeting Mister Amarone
Catering for Star Quality
Illy Galleria
Country Life Advertorial
Yorkshire Cocktail Competition
Companis
Ginstitute, Portobello Star
Drinking Dry at No.3
Art of Good Food
Gale Force at Swiss Cottage
Complete History of Food
The Martini, The Manicure and The Mexican
Worst Meals of 2010
Top 10 UK Restaurants 2010
What's In Port's Pipeline?
Konik's Tail
Charles Smith
Tabasco Oyster Championship
Horses, Eight Courses
Going Gaga Over Gago
An Alcoholic History Lesson
Taming the Toro Beast
Re-Fuelling at an Architecture 'Feastival'
Id's a Lion's Tale
Rose's Bottle Shock
High Spirits at Angelus
Pietro Romanengo
Good Morning, Asda
Compare the Mark Ups
designLSM
Nyetimber
Tracklements
Cocoa Town
Ferran Adria
Putting Words to the F-Word
Leith's
Artist's Eye on Rough Sleepers
Feature: Bringing Gastronomy to Gaol
Malaysia Kitchen
Audrey Cognac
Chef Conference '09
British Street Food Awards
Marianne Lumb
Water Terroirists
Mapping Tapas
Vic Reeves
Boris Johnson
CAPITAL CUISINE
£
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££££
Alloro
W1X
All Star Lanes
E1
Ambassade de l’Ille
SW7 [RIP]
Anchor & Hope
SE1
AN
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AZ
EC2M
Andrew Edmunds
W1R
Apsley's
SW1X
Arbutus
W1D
Athenæum Hotel
W1J
Babylon Gardens
W8
Bangalore Express
EC3V
Banquette
WC2R [RIP]
Baltic
SE1
Barbecoa
EC4
Bella Vista
SE3
Benares
W1J 6AN
Bentley's
W1B
Bincho Yakitori
SE1
Bingham Hotel
TW10
Blueprint
SE1
Bistrot Bruno Loubet
EC1M
Black and Blue
SE1
Bleeding Heart
EC1N
Bluebird
SW3
Boathouse
W9
Bob Bob Ricard
W1F
Bocca di Lupo
W1D
Bouchon Breton
E16 [RIP]
Boxwood Cafe
SW1X [RIP]
Il Borgo
SW7
Brindisa
SE1
Brasserie Chavot
W1S
Brasserie Joel
SE1 [RIP]
Brasserie St. Jacques
SW1A
Buenos Aires Café
SE3
Busaba
W1F
Bush Bar
W12 [RIP]
Butler's Wharf Chop House
SE1
Cadogan Hotel
SW1X
Cafe des Amis
WC2
Cafe Anglais
W2
Cafe Laville
W2
Camino
N1
Canh Buomh
SE13
La Cave
SE1
The Cavendish
SW1Y
Le Cercle
SW1X
Chapter II
SE3 [RIP]
The Charles Lamb
N1
St. Pancras Champagne
N1
China Tang
W1K
Cigala
WC1N
Cigalon
WC2A
Cinnamon Soho
W1B
Coach & Horses
EC1
Cocorino
W1U [RIP]
Comptoir Gascon
EC1M
Connaught Hotel
W1K
Ramsay at Claridge's
W1K
Corrigan's
W1K
Crab Shack
Parsons Green [RIP]
CUT
W1K
Dans Le Noir
EC1R
Del'Aziz Deli
SW6
Dinner
SW1X
Dotori
N4
Double Club
EC1V [RIP]
Alain Ducasse
W1K
Duke of Cambridge
N1
Duke's Hotel
SW1A
East India Club
SW1Y
Elk In The Woods
N1
Exhibition Rooms
SE19
Fabrizio
EC1N
Fakhreldine
W1J
Feng Sushi
SE1
Fernandez & Leluu
Fifteen
N1
Fino
W1T
Fire & Stone
WC2E
Fish Place
SW11
Fish Works
W1B
Flash
W1S [RIP]
Foliage
SW14 [RIP]
40/30, 30 St. Mary Axe
EC3A
Frae
N1
Franco Manca
SW9
Frank's Campari Bar
SE15 [RIP]
Frederick's
N1
Freggo
W1B
F-Word
NW5 [RIP]
Galvin at Windows
W1K
Le Gavroche
W1K
Gay Hussar
W1D
Glas
N1 [RIP]
Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road
SW3
Gordon's
WC2N
Grazing Goat
W1H
The Guardian's Canteen
Harvey Nichols
SW1X
Havelock Tavern
W14
Hawksmoor I
SE1
Hel Yes
N1 {RIP]
Hix
EC1M
Hot Stuff
SW8
The Ivy
WC2H
Joël Robuchon
WC2H
101 Pimlico Road
SW3 [RIP]
Playboy Club
W1K
Selfridge's Gallery
W1A [RIP]
St. JOHN BREAD and...
E1
ST. JOHN
EC1M
Jolly J.
SE13
Jom Makan
W12
Just St. James
SW1 [RIP]
L'Anima
EC2A
Latium
W1T
Laureate
W1D [RIP]
The Ledbury
W11
Leon
Lewisham Training
SE4
Madama Zingara
SW8 [RIP]
The Mandeville
W1U
Mangal
E8
Mao Tai
SW6
Market
N1
Michel Roux Parliament Square
SW1P
Ms. Marmite Lover's
MASH
W1F
Maze Grill
W1K
Meat & Wine Co.
W12
Mews of Mayfair
W1S
Mirabelle
W1J [RIP]
Modern Pantry
EC1M
Morgan M.
N7
Moro
EC1R
North Road
EC1M
Moti Mahal
WC2B
Obika
W1A
Obika v.2
WC2N [RIP]
Odin's
W1G
Original Tagines
SW12
Patio
W16
Petersham Nurseries
TW10
Peter de Wit
SE10
Le P'tit Normand
SW18
Pho
EC1M
Phoenix
SW15 [RIP]
L'Autre Pied
W1U
Pied a Terre
W1T
Pinchito
EC1Y
Polpetto
W1D
Pont de la Tour
SE1
The Portman
W1H
Princi
W1F
Princi Pizzeria
W1F
Providores
W1U
Quilon
SW1E
Racine
SW3
Rasoi
SW3
Rex Whistler
SE1P
Riding House Cafe
W1W
The Ritz restaurant
W1J
Rivoli Bar, The Ritz
W1J
River Cafe
W6
Rivington Grill
SE10
Roast
SE1
Saf
EC2A
sake no hana
SW1A
Saki
EC1A [RIP]
Salt
W2
Salt Yard
W1T
Saltoun Supper Club
No. 20, Sanctum Hotel
W1B
Semplice
W1S
Shipp's Tea
SE1 [RIP]
Simpson's in the Strand
WC2R
Silka
SE1
Sketch Gallery
W1S
Smiths of Smithfield
EC1M
Soif
SW11
Spuntino
W1D
The Square
W1J
Sweet Thursday
N1
Sushinho
SW3
TAS
SE1
Tempo
W1J
Theo Randall
W1J
Tom Aikens
SW3
Tom's Place
SW3 [RIP]
Trinity
SW4
twotwentytwo
NW1
Vertigo 42
EC2N
Viajante
E2
Victoria Hotel
SW14
Vinoteca
EC1M
Vivat Bacchus
SE1
Waldorf Astoria
TW8
Wapping Food
E1W
Waterloo Kitchen
SE1
Wild Honey
W1S
Wolseley
W1J
Yauatcha
W1F
Zafferano
SW1X
PLATED BRITAIN
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Alimentum
Cambridge
Auberge du Lac
Hertfordshire
Avanti
Wallingford
Balfour Castle
Shapinsay
Bell Inn
Ticehurst
Buffet Car
L'don-Edinburgh [RIP]
Bull
Bisham
Company Shed
Mersea Island
Cricketers
Clavering
Crown Inn
Bray
The Cutbert
Brighton
Darry's
Cambridge
De La Warr Pavilion
Bexhill on Sea
Due South
Brighton
The Room at The Elephant
Torquay
The Fat Duck
Berkshire
Ferryboat Inn
Cornwall
Feather's Hotel
Woodstock
Five Arrows
Waddesdon
Graffiti
Cambridge
Great House
Lavenham
Hare & Hounds
Marlow [RIP]
Hebridean Princess
Hind’s Head
Bray
HMP High Down
Surrey
Hotel du Vin
Cambridge
Hole In The Wall
Cambridge
Hythe Bay Seafood
Kent
Jeremy's
Borde Hill
John Lewis
Cambridge
Lamb Inn
Hindon
Kinloch Lodge Hotel
Skye
Leaping Hare
Wyken Vineyard
Lucknam Park
Colerne
Little Chef
Popham
Maison Bleue
Bury St Edmunds
Marquis at
Alkham
Montagu Arms
Beaulieu
Mulinos
Milton Keynes
The Olde Bell
Hurley
Old Bridge
Huntingdon
Ondine
Edinburgh
Ragdale Hall
Ragdale
Royal Oak
Paley Street
Runnymede on Thames Hotel
Windsor
Simpson's
Edgbaston
Le Talbooth
Dedham
Terroir
Cley Next The Sea [RIP]
Three Horseshoes
Madingley
Vanilla Pod
Ipswich
Wabi
Horsham
Waffle House
St. Albans
Wheelers
Whitstable
Yew Tree
Highclere
INGESTION
ELSEWHERE
£
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££
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££££
Äbtestube
Switzerland
Asador Fronton
Madrid
Le Bernardin
Manhattan
Bohemia
Jersey
Café de Paris
Geneva
Calle Laurel
Logroño
Casa Cambi
Savonna
Celebrity Equinox
Château Saulon
Burgundy
David Burke Townhouse
Manhattan
noma
Copenhagen
Hotel Viura
Rioja
Il Teatro
Perpignan
La Prua
Alassio
Pur'
Paris
Table des Cordeliers/Bonne Auberge
Gers
La Table de la Bergerie
Champ sur Layon
George V
Paris
Le Grand Cerf
Epernay
Table No. 1
Shanghai
Tesoro del Mar
Krakow
Wartenberger Mühle
Wartenberg
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