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Smoked Haddock with Risotto, The Crown Twickenham Boy has it been a mission trying to reserve a table at The Crown. I've obviously been leaving it too late - every time I have tried to secure a Fri or Sat evening reservation, there have been none, two days out. It is especially hard if there is rugby on, sooooo, if you want an evening meal here at a popular time or even a weekend lunch you may have to book a week out.  Entrance to The Crown, Twickenham I have been a regular here at The Crown for a few years now, I played tennis not far from the pub and would often hobble down, post game, for a well earned refreshment and a meal. When I first arrived in Twickenham around 7 years ago, The Crown was under different ownership and was run down, apart from the odd decent Jazz band passing through, it wasn't thriving. However, since then it has been completely re-furbished from top to bottom, has been running under new management for a few years and is now one of

Gazebo Central Park, NYC What a time to plan to trip to New York, right in the middle of winter I knew it would be cold but we arrived soon after one of the biggest blizzard's to hit New York City. Although it hadn't snowed for a few days prior to us arriving it was still evident everywhere but thankfully we were able to get around uninhibited and we had beautiful clear blue skies for most of our stay. SEE MY VIDEO BELOW - Inside the restaurants We hadn't been to NYC before, so being first timers we wanted to hit the best eating spots we could manage in our trip, but sometimes it comes down to convenience, and I know at some stage we'll do another trek back. There were loads of places I missed - Katz Deli, Russ & Daughters and Syliva's homestyle food in Harlem and many others, but we just didn't have the time. Large thin based Pizza in Brooklyn, Family style dining at Carmines in Manhattan However, the places we do go, were fantastic. Fir