Advantages: Great food, good service, location Disadvantages: Service a little too over the top and food a little cold
*Please note ? this is a review of the restaurant part of the hotel*
A few weeks ago Mr Tart and myself headed to his parents? for a family gathering. We were all going out for a posh meal on the Sunday and the French Horn was chosen as the location for the event.
LOCATION:
The French Horn is in Sonning-on-Thames. Sonning is not a big place and the restaurant is on the main road so you can?t miss it (sorry I can?t be more specific ? it doesn?t even give a road name on the website!). It?s not the easiest place to get to as the approaches are all through small, busy roads. There is plenty of parking in the French Horn?s car park opposite the restaurant. The restaurant?s location is what really makes it. It is right on the Thames with the gardens leading down to the river. We went on a beautiful sunny day and the setting ...
Advantages: Good food for thought and quite inspiring Disadvantages: Calls for a leap of faith..
The Tibetan Art of Living is not usually a book I would read, but I picked it up in a New Age shop on a recent visit to Glastonbury. After skimming through it a few paragraphs intrigued me.
I tend to be a rather sceptical person, but I keep open minded about subjects preferring to EXPERIENCE truth rather than conceptualise it. Before going any further in the review of this book, let me try to explain?
I see an experience as something that is absolute truth - you know it because you experience it. On the hand, a belief is something that may or may not be true. I see it like this? Books generate beliefs, and truth will either be realised or not realised by what you experience after digesting the content of a book and "looking" for yourself.
What follows are the feelings that were generated in me as a result of reading this ...
Advantages: Luxury chocolate with superb fillings Disadvantages: none,but they are a little bit costly
`Like a kid let loose in a sweet shop` is an apt decription of me visiting Thornton`s.A trip to the Master Chocolatiers is an emotional experience for any chocoholic!The exquisite range of creativity is almost to much to take in.Our nearest Thornton`s shop is in a designer shopping outlet and has recently had a rather swish coffee shop built onto the back.
Inside of the shop every shelf is magical,filled with speciality chocolates that cater for everyone and all tastes.
My favourite?The Continental range,soft rich truffles,hazelnut slices,mousses and pralines ina mix of dark light and white chocolate.
Thornton`s began life in Sheffield in 1911 and it was only the total devotion of their chocolatiers that have made them what they are today.
Chocolate is used to express emotions and to celebrate a wide range of social occasions.
So ...
