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The Fat Duck – fine dining, theatre and fun

For more years than we care to recall, we’ve tried to get a table at The Fat Duck. Indeed, on a previous visit to the UK, we stayed within tossing distance of the venerable establishment [Read more...]

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2016 best dishes – the year’s highlights

Greedy Girl writes very few listicles but, reflecting on a stellar year of dining out, she was moved to nominate her 2016 best dishes. So, here, without further ado, are her top five plates of [Read more...]

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Tasting menu – Dinner by Heston, Melbourne

Recently, one of Melbourne’s major newspapers announced its top 100 restaurants and put Dinner by Heston Blumenthal at the #1 position. It was, in Greedy Girl’s estimation, a splendid choice. Having dined there four times [Read more...]

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Dinner by Heston, Melbourne: a spectacular experience

Already lauded as one of the world’s great restaurants, Dinner by Heston in the Mandarin Oriental in London’s Knightsbridge has been a mecca for Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband, who’ve dined there twice. Only the [Read more...]

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Why I invest in fine dining

Enjoying a quick after-work dinner with colleagues in the lead-up to a recent conference, Greedy Girl found herself defending one of her great passions – fine dining. The idea of splashing out significant dollars on [Read more...]

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Lunch at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London – familiarity breeds delight

Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband scored a table at Dinner during their London sojourn last year. It was high time for a repeat visit especially given it had increased its ranking in the 2013 San [Read more...]

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The Hinds Head, Bray – a Michelin-starred pub

When a pub has a Michelin star, there’s an expectation you’re in for a treat. Happily, at the Hinds Head in Bray – another part of the Heston Blumenthal empire in this lovely village unsullied [Read more...]

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The Crown at Bray – gastropub heaven

It’s just across the road from one of the world’s temples of gastronomy, Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck. The Crown is the Fat Duck lite. Any chance a diner has of not making the connection to [Read more...]

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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants – some personal experiences

Greedy Girl lives and loves to eat – and if that entails hopping on some form of transport to somewhere far flung, all the better. Hungrily, she watched the recent announcement of the San Pellegrino [Read more...]

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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal – jumping through the hoops

On the potato episode of How to cook like Heston the wonderfully geeky chef Heston Blumenthal demonstrated how the home cook could prepare his ‘triple cooked chips’. It looked reasonably straightforward but still seemed like [Read more...]

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