How food feels in our mouth is just as important as how it tastes, looks and smells. Understanding how food feels in the mouth is key to deciding whether we like or dislike different ingredients. When these ingredients are put together to create a dish, you may react differently depending on the combination. Here’s how … Continue reading The Science of Food Texture, the National Geographic
Farringdon isn’t the first place that comes to mind for a culinary experience, until you try Dans Le Noir? Dans Le Noir?, 69-73 St John Street, EC1M 4AN London (020 7253 1100), 2 course set menu £48 – £56, 3 course set menu £55 – £63, degustation menu £75, tasting menu £100. Even the saying … Continue reading Dans Le Noir? London: ‘like nothing you’ve seen before’, restaurant review – the Guardian
Over the years, food trends have come and gone, but cheese as a snack, main or dessert has never lost its touch and no one has expressed their passion like the eccentric inventor and his trusted canine friend, Wallace and Gromit. It’s hard to believe these two have been sharing with us their obsession with … Continue reading A Brie Encounter With One Man and His Dog
This pan-pacific restaurant takes creativity and elegance up a notch – along with the prices, but without the ‘adult’ size meal. Los Mochis, 2-4 Farmer Street, Notting Hill, London, W8 7SN (020 7243 6436). Starters £8 – £12.50; mains £11 – £20; desserts £8.50 – £9.50 and cocktails from £11 ‘You get what you pay … Continue reading Los Mochis in Notting Hill, London: The innovation is vast, the portions are brutal – restaurant review
Wiltshire-based landlady Becci Cole has built a home-away-from-home pub for the community of Royal Wootton Bassett, paying homage to the traditional Scotch egg with modern techniques and local flavours. Charming, quaint and full of smiling faces, Royal Wootton Bassett is the kind of small town where everyone knows everyone. But in between the independent cafes … Continue reading The Landlady elevating the humble Scotch Egg
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One for the Road is a source of food and wine writing, featuring wine and restaurant reviews, food articles, food and wine pairings and with the option to purchase any of the wines reviewed on the site and delivered to your door, with new content published consistently to a global readership. The wines we review … Continue reading About the site
What makes a good wine review? While a scoring system, tasting note and food pairing is useful information for consumers, there is more to wine than this. The narrative behind the wine is far more interesting and useful. In order to truly appreciate a wine and understand it’s scoring, we need to understand the wine … Continue reading How we review wines
Tasting notes This rich, dark ruby coloured wine is full-bodied and brimming with flavour. On the nose it’s got aromatic earthy tones, distinctly oak, but is balanced with red fruits like raspberries and hints of spices. The wine is relatively smooth to drink, but does have a tannin layer, making it slightly acidic and adding … Continue reading Wine of the Week: Reserva Alentejano Tinto 2018
