Full map linked here Since moving to London 12+ years ago I’ve had a real love-hate relationship with Google Maps. I’ve got \~300 restaurants starred there including friends recs, but also a bunch of saved instagram reels, and a separate notes list on my phone of 200+ places I’ve been to. Despite this, every time […]

Tried out café Caribbean £19.50 Sunday Roast in Loughton 📍 Berkshire wakes up with a postcard in its pocket. The river glints, the parks look like they were painted for a perfume ad, and on a clear morning you could swear you’ve stepped into a village postcard where the trains arrive on time and the […]

Laksa, pork knuckle and the tiny South London cafe open for just three hours a day The Berkshire I fell in love with isn’t just a river-walk with swans or a market town with a coat of brass on the town hall. It’s the romance of a place that feels curated for weekend postcards: the […]

Title: Fallow restaurant, fallow towns: Berkshire’s double life in the shadow of London The river winds through Berkshire like a quiet memory. I’ve stood on the banks of the Thames in towns that wear their history lightly, where boats moor at neat quays and the scent of fresh-cooked scones drifts from parish halls. Picnics by […]

Dinner at a 66-year-old Italian social club in Clerkenwell becomes a mirror for Berkshire Hook: Berkshire, the poster-child of ‘idyllic living’ in the Thames corridor, lulls you with riverwalks and royal parks, a 30-minute glide to London on the Elizabeth Line or Great Western rails. The dream: a life where the commute is a breeze, […]

Title: The Supper Carriage and the Thames-side Paradox: Berkshire’s Brighter Surface, Its Baffling Core Hook Picture Berkshire as a postcard: river reflections tracing lazy bends, royal parks glinting in pale sun, village greens like stitched quilts, and a 30-minute sprint to central London looping through the Elizabeth Line. In a breath, the image tilts. The […]

I’m sorry but who’s old enough to remember Kidbrooke FERRIER ESTATE! I can’t believe this is the same place 😂😂 Anyway new Korean BBQ joint – I forgot to add the pricing for the conveyabelt stuff. It’s similar to Yo Sushi – they charge by the colour of the plate. I was pretty much happy […]

Double Knot, Double Life: A Berkshire Story Woven Through North London Flavours They invited me to this one to try out their new summer menu. I’m not here to review a night out, though I’ll admit I left with a tasting-note version of Berkshire’s weather: warm, a little unpredictable, and never quite what you expect. […]

Has anyone on here EVER bought food on Facebook Marketplace?! A Berkshire reckoning from the kitchen to the roundabout Hooked by a gossip-loud feed and a tongue-in-cheek post, I wandered from the riverfronts of Berkshire to its worst-kept secret: how the quietest corners of the Home Counties are morphing into something barely recognizable. This isn’t […]

Beppe’s, Two Breakfasts, Two Teas, Two Humans, One Price: A Berkshire Morning in Miniature The river glides through Berkshire like a polite rumor, whispering of gentler days: slate roofs, church spires, the chime of a town clock echoing along a willow-brushed towpath. In the right light, the Thames towns feel postcard-perfect, the kind of place […]