“Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail of the moment to spot where it is leading us. But not this time. I was… — Jay Rayner Copy Share Image
“It does not have walls splattered with gold leaf like King Midas has had a nosebleed.” — Jay Rayner Copy Share
English wine is like Belgian rock or German disco: a waste of everyone's time and money. — Jay Rayner Copy Share
One of my mottos for living is: never eat on a boat, unless you own the boat. — Jay Rayner Copy Share
Salt is the difference between eating in Technicolor and eating in black and white. — Jay Rayner Copy Share
“The dish is...a fearsomely good combination of flavors and textures, the tapioca and the caviar playing tag with each other in the mouth.” — Jay Rayner Copy Share
People adore bad reviews. Nobody would be interested in reading the good ones. — Jay Rayner Copy Share
“Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail… — Jay Rayner Copy Share
Bad restaurants find unique ways to be bad. Good ones are good in the same way: good food, nice staff, a pleasant room. The… — Jay Rayner Copy Share
“Have you noticed that there are no local consumer electronics webs, run by earnest chaps with straggly beards called Hugo and Jake who are,… — Jay Rayner Copy Share
The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the… — Jay Rayner Copy Share
