tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post517255282251974541..comments2024-03-27T11:45:40.393+00:00Comments on Cheese and Biscuits: Harry's Bar, MaryleboneChris Poplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668565800857295023noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-45961152399674494612018-10-28T18:51:17.124+00:002018-10-28T18:51:17.124+00:00You're great..I haven't always enjoyed the...You're great..I haven't always enjoyed the same experience at your reviewed spots (I live in EC1) but I always enjoy your reviews.Wiewelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254043125148580258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-50447728420790363482018-10-26T14:52:14.209+00:002018-10-26T14:52:14.209+00:00That truffle dish looks insanely good...
LIFE &am...That truffle dish looks insanely good...<br /><br /><a href="http://ninegrandstudent.co.uk" rel="nofollow">LIFE & LOVES: A Foodie Blog</a><br />Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206725954381114713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-2785033967210181272018-10-26T08:34:52.387+00:002018-10-26T08:34:52.387+00:00Top points for the Trump Mario Kart reference Top points for the Trump Mario Kart reference Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-60758340469971055142018-10-26T07:15:54.759+00:002018-10-26T07:15:54.759+00:00"Lots of pasta restaurants in London attempt ..."Lots of pasta restaurants in London attempt vongole. Not many of them are any good."<br /><br />I think that falls under the class of food that in most cases is probably better made at home. It should be difficult to cock up vongole, and even when mediocre (meaning my home made stuff, since I'm no great chef myself) it is extremely satisfying. I suspect that restaurants keep succumbing to the temptation to tart up a very simple dish that requires no tarting up whatsoever. The only real options are chilli no chilli, and whether or not to use butter along with the olive oil. (For the record, I think the butter can overwhelm the clamminess but chilli is great)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-41419038161550130662018-10-26T00:57:45.696+00:002018-10-26T00:57:45.696+00:00Interesting. You're right, it is, as far as I ...Interesting. You're right, it is, as far as I know, "no relation" to the original Harry's Bar in Venice, easily the greatest ripoff in world tourism (tinned peach juice, cheap prossecco, that'll be £20 please)<br />The owners,one branch of the Cipriani family, sold their own name to Orient Express because of the eponymous Venetian hotel, it's why the family was subsequently forced to change the name of their Davies Street restaurant to "C" as they can't trade in the UK under their own name. <br />Mark Birley started the club in Mayfair, Harry's Bar, as a 'homage'to the Venice original, and of course to the chagrin of his surviving son Robin, Caring now owns that, Annabels, etc.<br />Still with me?<br />Well I can only assume, now that Caring is rolling out Harry's Bar as a chain, the Ciprianis (and their lawyers) have already agreed. Maybe they're partners.Nationwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307983227610191582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-29569017065694515002018-10-25T16:23:33.822+00:002018-10-25T16:23:33.822+00:00I sort of feel a bit conflicted about the Caprice ...I sort of feel a bit conflicted about the Caprice group - on the one hand, the restaurants are generally places where you know you'll have a good time, on the other the owner is a near-billionaire tax-avoider who involves himself with British politics despite being a non-dom...Andy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087428097585709151noreply@blogger.com