This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

New post! Got a bit of a blogging backlog to work through, so hot on the heels of yesterday's review this is PSV Cuisine in Waterloo (and it's also brilliant): cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/psv-...

New post! Kokin in Stratford is high-end Japanese food done almost flawlessly. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/koki...

New post! With one notable exception of a dish, Firestarter aren't reinventing the wheel. But they do it all so well, you don't care. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/12/fire...

New post! Janda Diner in Peckham is everything. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/jand...

Someone's watched the IT crowd www.willys.co.uk

Hello NYC! London here! Nine years into a lefty Muslim mayor (I happily voted for him every fucking time!). I came home happily drunk and unburka-ed on the tube the other night, and my asthmatic husband had not had to use a daily inhaler for years because of the vastly improved air quality. Enjoy!

The brilliant Swan is finally getting some recognition www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/foo...

New post! Elephant in Hackney is a decent local Italian restaurant cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/11/elep...

New post! Compartir in Cadaques, one of the weirdest meals of my life. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Hands up everyone who got their email read out on the @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social podcast this week 🙌 (Me. I did.)

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

I just backed WHOLE BEAST FINDS IT HOME SWEET HOME on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...

New post! Dalla in Hackney is wonderful. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/09/dall...

I’m not saying UK trains are expensive… … but in Spain and I accidentally booked business class which comes with a full meal and several glasses of wine it was still cheaper than an Avanti off peak single standard fare.

A pathetic group of UKIP numbskulls where vastly outnumbered by the good people of Liverpool, who told them to fuck right off.

New post! The ideal neighbourhood restaurant in Belzan, Liverpool cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/belz...

Been meaning to share this for a while but keep forgetting - if you use this link to sign up for Octopus energy (green, v reasonable), we both get £50: share.octopus.energy/olive-sky-7

New post! Incredible seafood at Nou Bar del Poble, Peratellada (Spain) cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/nou-...

New post! One of the best meals I've ever had anywhere, at 8 by Andy Sheridan in Liverpool cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/8-by...

What is the worst wine list in London? Who's serving the plonkiest selezione in town? We asked a host of food and beverage luminaries, and nearly all of them insisted on anonymity, except for two: @jayrayner1.bsky.social and Andy Hayler. thefencecapitalletter.substack.com/p/capital-le...

New post! Luna is an extremely pleasant, unpretentious little place on the South Bank. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/08/luna...

New post! Bo.Tic in Corçà. Should a €300+pp tasting menu restaurant be charging extra for bread? cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/07/boti...

thanks to @luketurner.bsky.social for making me aware of Zedel removing the steak haché frites from its prix fixe menu, will be wearing a black armband for the rest of the month, maybe the quarter

My colleague has a new parrot who will type us (nonsensical) messages on Slack if she leaves her desk unattended. Meet Chickpea 🦜

New post! An excruciating moment with a Very Expensive Lobster, but a very good meal otherwise at El Moli. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/07/el-m...

New post! Vegan sushi at Studio Gauthier, and very good it is too. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/06/stud...

New post! Disappointing Texas-Chinese fusion BBQ at Uncle Hon's, Hackney Wick. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/06/uncl...

Please let this be true

New post - Norbert's in East Dulwich. Nice chicken, not completely spoiled by a Wine Service Incident. Obviously I made a mistake and so did they, but what should have happened? cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/06/norb...

Right it seems the most sensible thing to do is subscribe to my Substack at chrispople.substack.com where you can choose to receive full posts in the body of the email, for free.

Happy Bank Holiday everyone!

New post! A mini rant about the terrible beer selection at some otherwise decent restaurants, and a review of the Parakeet, Kentish Town. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Automatic qualification for anywhere (in this case the Parakeet) doing sub-£30 bottles of wine. London thanks you. (And shame on anywhere starting at £55. You know who you are.)

So my email subscriber service Follow.it has decided to start charging to send the contents of my blog in the emails themselves, as opposed to a link to their copy of my blog. Which is bollocks, obviously. Anyone know of any free email subscriber options I can switch to?

New post! A trip to the bustling Holborn Food Hub and the lovely 7 Floor Malaysia Tea Room. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/05/7-fl...

I just remembered Dave Gorman doing Googlewhack - a two word search query that only generates one result - but that’s not possible any more, because you just get pages of approximations, a glut of ads and an AI engine trying to come up with a plausible explanation of “Keynesian Gorilla” or whatever

I have a few hours in Paris next month, between 3pm when the Eurostar arrives and I’ve checked into my hotel near Gare de l’Est and dinner at 7. What would you do?

New post! A comparison of smash burgers from The Friendly (San Diego) and Whole Beast (Walthamstow) cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/05/whol...

Hey everybody - go to Clitheroe!

Long time no see, Bluesky! I've been on holiday. Here's a post about Le Manoir in Oxfordshire. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/05/le-m...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

Kavey Eats (my website) is 16 years old today! Want to help me celebrate? Please have a visit, browse, read a post or two, share on social media or if you find something you enjoyed reading, leave me a comment on it! 😁😁😁😁 www.kaveyeats.com

New post! Seasonal British (occasionally Japanese-flavoured) food for not much money at the Duke, Henley. #invite cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

New post! The Cadogan Arms in Chelsea is decent enough, and close-ish to my house, so I rather liked it. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...

Bit of a long shot this perhaps, but does anyone have a restaurant recommendation for 45+ people in Paris?

fucking hell those lamb chops.

New post! Dastaan, where life-changing Indian food costs less than a London-Leeds train ticket. cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/03/dast...

New post! A South-African led kitchen serving an estate-foraged modern tasting menu at Interlude, West Sussex cheesenbiscuits.blogspot.com/2025/03/inte...

UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street. This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.