Momo Mia — Annapurna, Folkestone. Momo dumplings and ‘well ‘ard’ Gurkhas. Cameo from Joanna Lumley. bittenandwritten.com/review/annapur…

Food Blog and Social Media Award Sponsored by @foodtalkshow Crumbs on the Table by CottageGardenCookery Gluts and Gluttony Kathy Slack - Gluts & Gluttony Bitten & Written Bitten & Written

Vivacious Bobal from The Wine Society, native varietal to Manchuela in Valencia. Launching ‘The Bin Series’, they slung over a sample. Black cherry scented, sleek and supple. Organic vineyard management, native yeasts, four months in French oak. £8.95 swaggering like £12-13.

Food Folke Folkestone Harbour Arm Check out Nova’s Kitchen, which Hulya @MadeByTheChef is cooking up. Turkish Cypriot inspired dishes. Nova was my mum, and am helping with it!

Many thanks to @timeoutlondon for voting us one of London's best wine bars. Very kind to have the ongoing support since reopening. timeout.com/london/bars-an… @ Winemakers… instagram.com/p/Bx4lVpfnD8O/…

Nova’s Kitchen. Turkish Cypriot inspired dishes by Hulya @madebythechef. Molohiya stew with lamb leg, that my mum, Nova, used to make. • Also known throughout the Middle East, East Africa and North Africa as mloukhiya, molokhia, molohiya, mulukhiyya, malukhiyah, or moroheiya.

“Gezellig has that sprinkle of gently grown-up magic and a glint of wine-loosened mischief.” — Jimi Famurewa smartly sums up @gezelliglnd. standard.co.uk/go/london/rest…

Congratulations to Zeren Wilson Bitten & Written for Bitten and Written winner of the Food Blog and Social Media Award sponsored by The FoodTalk Show @foodtalkshow #GFWAwards

Latest piece for @NobleRotMag — Spice and wine. Featuring Kiln, Smoking Goat, Sambal Shiok - Mandy Yin, @LittoraiWine, ‘mouse-shit’ Laos chillies and Fiona Beckett’s riposte to ‘food and wine matching is bullshit’. Cameo from Philip Larkin. bittenandwritten.com/781-2

With a wine list by Bitten & Written, sweet and savoury boreks in the morning and promising one of London's best halal steaks - Arabica London's new KX place will be worth checking out hot-dinners.com/201907258623/G…

#Repost @klosesoan (get_repost) ・・・ 🎊EXCITING NEWS🎊 . From the 28th November, Klose & Soan will have a new permanent home and kitchen at Winemakers Deptford and we will most certainly be throwing a party full of free… instagram.com/p/B3Mz-ieHfoz/…

First Michelin star for Alex Bond, awarded on Friday by a surprise visit from The MICHELIN Guide. Congratulations Alex Bond and team. Went along shortly after they opened in 2017, liked it very much. Cracking wine list too. Cameo from Iron Maiden. bittenandwritten.com/alchemilla/

@Wintersonworld 1/2 bottle of Champagne in fridge on stand-by. Loved your piece for The Guardian — google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…

Latest @NobleRotMag lands. In this one I’m chatting to Samuel Pepys, John Keats and Christopher Marlowe, and asking what wine tasted like in their day. Cameo from Dionysus. bittenandwritten.com/a-time-travell…

I by coach to the ordinary by the Temple, and there dined alone on a rabbit, and read a book I brought home from Mrs. Michell’s, of the proceedings of the Parliament in the 3rd and 4th year of the late King, a very good book for speeches and for arguments of law.

Now the trumpet summons us again! In the long history of the world, few generations have been granted the role of defending the Dog & Bell. And so, my fellow pubgoers: ask not what the Dog & Bell can do for you - ask what you can do for the Dog & Bell! deserter.co.uk/2019/12/2020-d…

Comes Sir W. Warren and walked with me awhile, whose discourse I love, he being a very wise man and full of good counsel, and his own practices for wisdom much to be observed.

Pheasant and trotter pie. Annual Vignerons’ lunch St JOHN Restaurant. Cheers as always for the kind invite.

Gear shift. The next phase kicks in from Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Co., after the sterling work on Folkestone Harbour Arm over the last few years.