Don’t let Naga’s basic, dark foyer fool you. Any food blogger who does restaurant reviews will tell you how hellish it is to take photos of food in dark conditions – most of the photos come out rubbish.

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Don’t let Naga’s basic, dark foyer fool you. Any food blogger who does restaurant reviews will tell you how hellish it is to take photos of food in dark conditions – most of the photos come out rubbish.

The first thing you will notice when you walk into the Blue Boar Smokehouse on a Sunday afternoon is the dazzling array of desserts on offer.

A new menu, devised by “My Greek Kitchen” presenter Tonia Buxton, is available at The Real Greek.

There have been plenty of times, when writing a restaurant review, that I felt tempted just to write: “It was great!” or “amazing” or “stunning” or whatever other synonym the thesaurus on my word processor spits out, and let the photos speak for themselves.

Are you in London? If you need some cheering up with the potential to have a fit of giggles, take the lift at the Royal Festival Hall where voices will sing scales up and down according to the direction you travel. The absurdity of it makes it effectively hilarious – it was a refreshing change from the piss soaked elevators in Southend-on-Sea for me anyway.

If you’re unfamiliar with a cuisine you tend to peruse the menu for a very long time not knowing what to order. Completely stumped I asked the waitress for recommendations. What followed was the most unprofessional, flimsiest and indifferent response I’ve received to date. Not ONE dish was sold to us and instead of feeling rescued, I felt lost at sea when she left the table.

For three years the name Iberica had been etched into my brain after Marina O’Loughlin from the Metro wrote a positive review about it. Finally I got to eat there.

One thing you’ll notice when you enter Chiswell Street Dining Rooms is that, unlike its sister restaurants, it’s not a pub but a full blown restaurant.

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