Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts



I've been promising this for long enough so here we go - the inaugral Face Value FOOD blog. It's common knowledge from my Instagram feed that I go out to eat, a LOT. Blame it on laziness, excess, or even just my poor cooking skills but my food budget is pretty much the biggest expense for me - after my makeup budget of course.

I've got a great list of restaurants coming up for you including Fera at Claridges, The Merchant's Tavern, Bob Bob Ricard and Homeburger but today? I'm starting with a recent eat at Paradise Garage. Paradise Garage is the next installment from husband and wife team Robin and Sarah Gill - who are behind The Manor and The Dairy in Clapham. (both excellent)


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Face Value Food Blog: Paradise Garage Tasting Menu

And as quickly as it came, Christmas is now over for another year! What did you all get up to?  I went for the usual massive family gathering and boy, do we Chinese know how to EAT. 


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FEAST YOUR EYES: A Very Chinese Christmas!

Today is something a bit different - a little food photo diary of a very special restaurant I went to last weekend. I know people don't always like it when a blog goes outside of its specialist subject but given that I've got no internet in my new flat yet, I'm doing this baby by phone and pictures of food is all I have at the moment!

But not just any ordinary food, I tell you. This is Trip-enducing, Great British Menu-winning food from L'Enclume in Cumbria.





The Story.

I booked it all as a surprise birthday present for Mr FV (who, at one point, was convinced we were going to IKEA) and we spent over 4 hours savouring TWENTY courses. Twenty courses! Oh yeah, and I had the wine flight too - hashtag boozed...



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Off-piste Post: Incredible Meal at L'Enclume