A Good Menu

A blog for food lovers everywhere, served with a news & reviews valoute, caramelised shards of oak matured industry chat, in a light banter batter

The pleasure that can be derived from reading a good menu is, in my view, up there with watching a good play. Now, I realise how off-puttingly pretentious that sounds, but hear me out. When you sit down in a theatre and the curtain rises, you, or at least I, instantly think to myself: “Come on then, show me what you’ve got. Impress me.” And I ask the same thing of the restaurants and cafes that I visit, because they too are putting on a show for me, creating an experience which, when done well, should build anticipation and deliver highs of excitement, throwing in a few surprises for good measure and a healthy dose of enjoyment throughout. (I was tempted to go down the ‘a dash of this’ and ‘a sprinkling of that’ route, but I decided against it, you’ll be pleased to know). I realise that not all plays deliver these things, but I’m thinking more ‘Chicago’ and ‘Cabaret’ than ‘The Crucible’. Ok, correction: the pleasure that can be derived from reading a good menu is up there with watching a musical.*

For me, food is the ultimate. You know those irritating “I only eat because my body needs fuel” people; what DO THEY TALK ABOUT??? Everyone I know (and like) is always banging on about food and good restaurants, loving nothing more than to speculate about Masterchef or the Great British Menu. Food is a fundamental element in our lives and permeates every part. As a result of this food fixation, I have decided to create and dedicate a blog (I know, how self-indulgent) to food and the people that make it marvellous. It will include reviews, offers I have discovered, restaurant opening news, and general musings.

*For those of you not in love with musicals, substitute with your equivalent (and maybe give musicals a second chance? Jersey Boys, for example, is a delight!)