Happy 2012!
The plan was to update The Blog on the 1st January but sadly the day was a bit of a blur! We all had wonderful Christmas and New Year celebrations and hope you did too but hasn’t it been difficult to get back to knowing what day it is again?
Of course we’ve all started the obligatory post-Christmas diet but willingly went off it to review the delightful 
No5 Bridge Street in Winchester. Very attractive décor and delicious food; it’s the sort of place you can enjoy either a full on meal or to pop in for a graze! They specialise in Small Plates; ideal with a glass of wine and for sharing a selection. We highly recommend and if you go (to No 5 or any other venue) please remember tell them LWL sent you!
It’s a new year and we are making a small change to our marking system. We’ve decided that to get a GOLD award a venue needs to have a 5/5 in at least one category so now a score of 21/25 will receive 
GOLD. 20/25 will now, along with 19/25 & 18/25, receive a 
SILVER award and as before 17/25, 16/25 and 15/25 will receive a 
BRONZE award.
Our Restaurant of the Month for January is an all-time favourite of ours Clos du Marquis in Stockbridge. It’s the place to go for authentic French food and they now have the added attraction of their delicatessen, The French Pantry. The only trouble is I have just discovered they are on a well deserved holiday until 17th January so make a note in your diaries to give them a call after that date!
Recently I re-Tweeted an interesting link from Heston Blumenthal 
“The 10 food ideas that changed the way we eat in 2011”
Apparently the word Restaurant is so over, any suggestions for alternatives??
