Journal

An extremely busy week has had me in several places of the country. This week I was back to South Wales to meet a client, got booked by an overzealous cop and given a speeding ticket… err I was going 5mph over the national limit…

The following day I was in London for a meeting. London is one of the cities that is treacherous to drive around and best if you park the car and then take the Metro. I parked in Richmond and took the trip into London via tube train. On the way home I stopped for some thing to eat at one of my favourite restaurants.

Places to Eat
Saffron is a Persian restaurant located in the heart of Richmond, London. If you want to try authentic Persian food this is the place to go. One of the drawbacks of eating at Saffron is the huge choice of food, everything on the menu is delectable and one is immediately spoilt for choice.

Saffron Persian Cuisine
I decided to start with vine leaves (Dolmeh) stuffed with rice and aromatic herbs. The food arrived and did not have that refrigerated taste that comes with a lot of stuffed vine leaves, everything tasted fresh.

For my main course I ordered Momtaz with Polow Rice. Momtaz is a skewer of grilled chicken with lemon juice and a skewer of koobideh which is mince lamb kebabb with herbs. The rice was Pari rice that ahd been cooked with Zereshk (red barberries). With the meal they served Persian bread and yogurt.

This dish is really tasty and if you’re in Richmond I highly recommend you stop in at Saffron.

Saffron Persian Cuisine
5 The Square
Richmond
Surrey TW9 1DT

Frankie and Benny’s
Back in Bournemouth I locked myself away for a couple of days and got down to some serious work. A friend came over to visit and suggested we go to Frankie and Benny’s to get a pizza. When we arrived there was a drunk passed out in front of the restaurant.

I didn’t really want to go there anyhow as to be quite honest the food is not that good anyway, they have dressed the restaurant up a little and tried to make it one of those exciting chains, somehow it doesn’t quite pull-off. We decided instead to get a take-away at Nandos instead which is next door. The chicken at Nandos is very delicious albeit the menu gets a little boring after a while. Only so much chicken you can actually take.

Well it’s 2006; men are looking after themselves a lot better in this day and age. Once the domain of women, facials are now becoming widely accepted amongst men as a quick boost and spring clean to the face. I stopped in at Re-Hab where the delightful Vicky Morrall gave me a good facial that included a full face scrub, and a head massage that sent me into far away somewhere I care not to mention

Anyone interested in adding a little glow to their features would benefit from this place.

Since writing this I have heard it has closed down.