Little Italy, St Andrews

I have just got back from visiting my brother at university in St Andrews, and with a meal out for lunch and tea every day, I have plenty to write about over the next few days! It's lucky Christopher loves eating as well!I have been to visit him once before, and on that visit I managed to put on half a stone in a week through eating so much, which I think is testament to how much good food there is in such a tiny city. I absolutely love St Andrews...

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The Player, London

I shamelessly got the idea of going to The Player from one of the Londoner's blog posts - she went and it looked absolutely amazing so I decided it just had to be done.I was a bit worried before arriving that I might be too uncool, too badly dressed, too poor, or all three (!), to feel comfortable here, but upon arriving I was pleasantly surprised. There was a wide age-range of people already there, everyone was dressed pretty normally and basically...

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Mishkin's, London

About two months after we last saw each other, and even more months after Mishkin's was put on our list, Clare and I managed to meet up for another great evening of overeating.Mishkin's is near Covent Garden which meant I got to see lots of nice Christmas lights on my way thereMishkin's has a really cool New York diner style interior, complete with booths for bigger groups. Our waiter was really nice and friendly and it was generally a nice atmosphere.But...

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Picnic, Reading

Post Hunger Games late night marathon, what could be better than lunch in what must be one of Reading's nicest cafés?! It was my first time at Picnic yesterday, and it didn't disappoint.It's a brightly coloured cute little café, with colourful tables and chairs, shelves full of food and a blackboard listing the specials and drinks.In addition to the soup (why oh why was it tainted by blue cheese?!) and the salads, they have a fridge full of sandwiches,...

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