Pedestrianized Heddon Street is the ideal spot for grazing on Nieves Barragán-Mohacho’s deft tapas, such as Pintxos Moruno at Sabor al Fresco. Salud!
Andrew Wong, the Praxiteles of dim sum, chooses for us a parade of little sculptures at A Wong, of which the most innocent and ethereal is Salt & Pepper French Bean Fritters.
Better eating out signifies a town’s rejuvenation as evidenced by Folkestone Wine Co. where I relished courgette salad with chilli, garlic and parmesan topped with the battered flower, cooked by David Hart and served by blue-eyed Polly Pleasance.
In the copybook East Sussex village of Firle, a 40-day dry-aged sirloin steak at the congenial Ram Inn.
Two flat whites and one pain aux raisins at Coffee On the Street in Firle overseen by my barista-trained (in Australia) granddaughter Amelia.
