The closure of the old Mandarin coffee shop was a sad day in my opinion. I loved it. I loved how it blended a sense of formality with an air of casualness. It was a place to drop in, not reserve (they didn’t take reservations anyway). The big chairs were elegant but comfortable. The wide [...]
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restaurant encounters: the “new” mandarin coffee shop
Posted in restaurant encounters on November 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
restuarant encounters: the brunch club
Posted in restaurant encounters on September 10, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Today, Neil and I had to head over to Soho to visit our tenant and check out a problem in the flat. Two-thirds of our offspring are now at an age where they can be left at home, with a chain of command decided by age, so we told them we’d be back in about [...]
