Around Britain with a Paunch

The Holy Cow spoils us . They aren’t just a take-away-service. They deliver tandooris of comfort and joy that have got us all hooked like sm...

New restaurants and foodie ventures are popping up around Balham like zits after a bath in engine oil. It's only adding to the much deri...

We're spoilt in Balham by the Holy Cow. Their curries come up trumps time and time again. I often make the short walk to pick up our fo...

Nearly. So very nearly. But not quite. Being the proud Balhamites that we are , we greeted the glitzy arrival of The Avalon to the hungry sh...

I dearly wanted Quantum of Solace to be incredible. But it wasn't. It was merely a poor man's Chinatown with Daniel Craig and Judy D...

It's very sad to see more restaurants and cafes perish in Balham. The latest victims are Nanglo... and Brew... In the past we've see...

We're both big fans of Gazette . We've had many great experiences and forgive them their French brusqueness. We're lucky to hav...

Balham just keeps getting better! I had assumed I had already written about how awesome the Holy Cow is on the road from Clapham South to B...

Balham is going from strength to strength. Whilst claims that Balham is the new Notting Hill might be a little bit premature... the area is ...

For some reason they have changed Ly Bar which was good into Ly Ly Canteen which is bad. Don't ask me why. Gone are the steamed sea bas...

It's not every school night you get to meet Rick Stein! We whizzed down to Balham in a nick of time to find Rick sat at a low round tabl...

Brasserie James is springing up like a phoenix from Tabaq's flames in Clapham South . Good luck to them! It's yet another indication...

I was very fortunate to win a cinema for the night in Balham. I clicked on the button on The Exhibit's website and some how managed to ...

A sad day for Balham. Raviolo has closed down. This is to add to the dramatic closure recently of Tabaq. We'd been to Raviolo once and a...

Back in October, we reviewed the Gazette restaurant in Battersea . A lovely, comforting French brasserie serving delicious French classics. ...

Tabaq, the Pakistani restaurant that proudly displayed its numerous awards on its front door has closed down. It was the pride of Clapham So...

In need of a coffee and a chance to get out of the wind we nipped into Glow near Clapham South station. On a Sunday morning it was buzzing w...

Cowie and I made the most of our Sunday back in London by heading off to the Clapham Farmers' Market in Clapham South. Just off the very...

After getting smacked in the eye playing squash with Cowie, the best course of action seemed to be a trip to the local boozer. We'd driv...

After a hard morning playing hockey on an icy pitch what better way to spend the afternoon than to tuck into Heston Blumenthal's latest ...