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Andrew Kay raises a glass to celebrate the first birthday of The Townhouse Kemp Town

The Townhouse Kemp Town opened its doors one year ago and since day one has gone from strength to strength. Creating a name for itself as a new destination restaurant in Brighton, The Townhouse has become a haunt for both locals and tourists alike and even a few celebrity customers. Read the rest of this article »

Andrew Kay takes a break in Maastricht to visit the Preuvenemint food festival

You may by now have spotted that I am a big fan of the Netherlands, over the years visiting many of their towns and cities. And this year I have already been to two, firstly the multicultural Rotterdam and now Maastricht.

Maastricht has such history, a much fought over position from Roman times to the last century, and that history is evident with a beautiful mix of the old and the new, ancient and modern, sitting side by side easily in a way that the Dutch do so well.

They also have a similar approach to what they eat, embracing the new without throwing away the old, similar in fact to the current fashion in British cuisine where, finally, we are taking what we have that is good, ignoring the stupid belief that British food is universally bad, and blowing away the culinary world with what we can achieve. Dutch food, like British, has been debased by the tyranny of French and Italian cuisine. But they are fighting back and if Preuvenemint is anything to go by, then they are winning. Read the rest of this article »

Andrew Kay goes for breakfast at Carluccio’s to hear about Action Against Hunger

What better way to highlight the less fortunate than over a good breakfast and a glass of great champagne. This was how I was reintroduced to Action Against Hunger last week in Carluccio’s, massive supporters of this campaign and one of the many Brighton restaurants participating this autumn. Eating out at restaurants in Brighton and Hove will help save lives. Read the rest of this article »

Andrew Kay pops into Pop on the Old Steine for a delicious supper

I have long thought that restaurants, like roads, have accident black spots. There are some venues that simply struggle to work, with ever changing occupants cooking ever changing styles of food yet never somehow making them work.

The restaurant at the Royal York seemed to be suffering the same symptoms. Despite looking good and being brilliantly located, it simply had not managed to draw a crowd. Which is no doubt why they have now taken an occupancy from a restaurant call Pop, which is sort of pop-up but
not, if you follow. By that I mean that it has popped up, not in a place not meant to be a restaurant, but in one designed to be precisely that. Read the rest of this article »