gutfud - the food, es ist gut

Fish and chips were a fast and moderately cheap meal option during my poor student days. We even worked out a system of cruising by the chippie in Kew near closing time, when they would sometimes add another fillet into the takeaway packet for free. We’d walk over to the park, sit on the […]

For spending nearly four years at Kew, I rarely ate at the Orangery, not with the student wages.
Coming back for a holiday is different, because now I’m a tourist. We met up with some old friends who’re still working at the Gardens and Greg treated us to coffees. I got a cappuccino.

Somewhere along the line […]

Going on the recommendation of Phil and some of his breakfast club friends, we checked out Princi in Soho for its pastries.
Actually, we had a list of places to check out and if we found ourselves in the neighborhood, we’d stop in. Very opportunistic.
We were still satisfied with the fabulous lunch we’d had earlier, but […]

It’s been a year now where my travels have become wonderful culinary adventures (first being New York). Yet, I don’t make specific plans for noted places, or do a heavy amount of research beforehand. I put my trust in people and their recommendations once I get there.  Great opportunities fall into my lap, or maybe […]

Drummond Street has been known for vegetarian Indian food and desserts for as long as I can remember.
If I found myself with an Underground Travelcard, it was nice to make the trek up here for a cheap meal, ideally a thali of several curries, rice, naan and dessert. Or a dosa. It was an Indian […]

Aside from attending Mac’s wedding, I used this trip to England to catch up with a few friends from my Kew days.
Raphael’s one of them, although he now works under the umbrella of the British Museum. Both of us have left our former professions based on this whole “allergy to poverty” situation.
We headed down […]

If Shakespeare were around today, he would be protesting - eloquently - to the council at all these commercial businesses overrunning the quiet residential neighborhood his home was once in. Then again, these businesses wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for him. So nevermind, I guess.
The childhood home of William Shakespeare is now […]

We’d an hour and something to kill before catching the train back to London. A cream tea was on the cards, but surely that wouldn’t take 90 minutes. Liquid refreshment by way of a real ale was sought from a pub with character, preferably also with free wifi. Mac recommended the Old Thatch Tavern.
Ted […]

Our B&B in Stratford was a cute little place called the Curtain Call. Although I dropped the luggage off there en-route to the wedding reception, and then we limped up to the room somewhere in the middle of the night, I didn’t get much of a look at the place until the following […]

After a lovely wedding ceremony in Inkberrow, the crew drove on about 20 miles to Stratford, home of William Shakespeare, for the wedding reception.

After reception cocktails, which went quickly in the heatwave most of England was experiencing, there were two rounds of meals, and the first was a proper sit-down banquet. We were served […]