• Rest of West Sussex
  • Lickfold Inn, Lickfold, West Sussex

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    Every once in a while we come across somewhere really quite special. The Lickfold Inn near Petworth is one such place. It’s a lovely Tudor style Grade II listed building deep in the West Sussex countryside. The pub was acquired and restored by Tom Sellers – a Michelin chef and owner of Restaurant Story in […]

  • Portsmouth
  • Monty’s Restaurant, Southsea

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    Monty’s restaurant in Castle Road, Southsea only opened in February this year. Previous to that I believe it was Angry Alys, another place which was on my long ‘list’ of places to visit but just hadn’t got around to it. Castle Road has several eateries including Pie & Vinyl, interesting independent shops and a barber […]

  • Italy
  • Trattoria La Grotta Della Rana, San Sano, Italy

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    Geoff and I were staying in the beautiful Chianti region of Tuscany which we have been to many times. We went in the middle of May for two reasons, one because it wouldn’t be too hot (we can’t do too hot) and the best reason of all, was because the Giro d’Italia was in town. […]

  • Petersfield
  • Madeleine’s Kitchen, Petersfield

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    My friend Sarah sent me a text the other day telling me that she was in a really nice tearoom in Petersfield called Madeleine’s Kitchen eating a lovely quiche and that I simply must try it – Madeleine’s Kitchen that is, not the quiche 😉 So of course off I trotted a couple of days later […]