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UPDATE: Avenue has a new style and chef since this post was prepared. Avenue is in the swanky St James neighbourhood in London, a short stroll down from Piccadilly and Green Park. It’s surrounded by [Read more...]

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One of Greedy Girl’s gripes – not just in restaurants – is being asked to make a decision without full information. As we awaited our visit to Jason Atherton’s Pollen Street Social, just off London’s [Read more...]

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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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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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Arriving somewhere new, navigating from the airport to the city can be daunting – especially when there is a language barrier. Generally travellers desire the most straightforward and hassle-free transfer – but that can come [Read more...]

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She had one of the more unusual piercings that Greedy Girl has ever seen. Well, truth be told, that’s not strictly accurate but it will need to do for a public blog. It was at [Read more...]

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Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband like to support home grown talent – not that Brett Graham necessarily needs it. The Newcastle lad (that’s north of Sydney Newcastle, not the Geordie one, as we overheard the [Read more...]

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Padstow, on Cornwall’s north coast, is a nice enough looking seaside town. It’s a bit too shabby to be considered postcard perfect but it’s very pleasant, with its old stone walled harbour, terraced buildings and, [Read more...]

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Greedy Girl really wanted to like Number 6 in Padstow. Having seen the very personable chef Paul Ainsworth on Great British Menu and his whimsical ‘fairground’ assembly of desserts, she and gluttonous husband wended their [Read more...]

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It was 27 years ago, a snowy Sunday afternoon in a part of Britain then not noted for blizzards, global warming not being part of the consciousness, but infamous for forcing its pubs to close [Read more...]

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