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Dining, Edinburgh

21212 (26/11/09) Fine food from Paul Kitching.
Cafe St Honoré (26/9/08) A little slice of Paris in Edinburgh.
Champany Inn (11/1/06) Great steaks, wine list and service.
Howie's (11/11/05) Dried out pigeon and burnt lamb.
The Kitchin (23/1/09) Dinner, as provided by Tom Kitchin.
Number One, Balmoral Hotel (17/3/06) Super quality here.
Oloroso (19/12/08) Where's my marrow?
Peter's Yard (10/10/08) Great lunchtime venue.
The Plumed Horse (18/1/08) Tony Borthwick in Leith.
The Tower Restaurant (26/5/06) Hearty fare.
Valvona & Crolla (14/4/07) Great Italian food.
The Vintner's Rooms (9/2/05) Lovely restaurant in an historic setting.
The Witchery (10/3/07) A disappointing experience.

Dining, Liverpool

60 Hope St (Restaurant) (20/2/03) Top notch Liverpool dining.
60 Hope St (Bistro) (28/12/00) I keep meeting the wrong staff here though.
L'Alouette (7/2/03) Once a top restaurant, now a faded jewel.
Becher's Brook (3/8/01) It was good. Then it closed.
The Courtyard (18/8/04) Disappointing city centre experience.
Don Pepe (30/11/00) Quality Spanish experience. Nice tapas.
El Macho (18/1/01) Popular student haunt. Cheap pitchers of beer.
Everyman Bistro (8/8/00) Good lunch and pre-theatre venue.
Fusion (24/6/03) Such good value it closed. Reopened but now a disappointment.
London Carriage Works (1/10/04) Liverpool's finest restaurant.
The Lower Place (14/4/04) An improvement here on my last visit.
Left Bank (14/5/00) Patchy but sometimes very good French restaurant.
Maranto's (9/8/00) Simple Italian food, hearty portions, poor service.
The Newz Brasserie (20/6/02) A pleasing city-centre experience.
The Other Place (8/10/04) One of Liverpool's top restaurants.
The Patio (2/8/02) Another winner - rich flavours and a half-decent wine list.
Pod (11/10/02) Good tapas-style portions of world cuisines. It works.
Simply Heathcotes (9/8/02) So, so disappointing. But then it is only a chain!
Something Special (20/12/02) Oh my God.
La Tasca (14/3/01) Decent fun-time restaurant - great for rowdy nights out.
The Tavern Co (8/3/01) Decent comfort food, but very dark and dingy.
Viva (28/9/01) Good, reliable although formulaic food.

Dining, elsewhere

Douro

Dow's (25/11/03) A leading Port house managed by the Symingtons.
Graham's (27/11/03) Includes Quinta dos Malvedos and vintage Port.
Portugal Wine Guide My thumbnail guide to the wines of Portugal.
Portugal Wine Tasting Notes Notes from my cellar, frequently updated.
Quinta do Noval (4/12/03) Aged tawnies, colheitas, and young vintage Ports.
Sandeman (11/12/03) Lovely tawnies, and young vintage Ports as well.
Taylor's (2/7/03) I sample wines from across the range of this leading house.
Vintage Port 1985 Tasting (11/10/00) Some wines are becoming very approachable.
Vintage Port 1997 Tasting (19/2/03) Two wines from this widely declared vintage.
Warre's (9/12/03) A varied selection from another Symington house.

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