Originally posted 19th October, 2014: Nebraskan Observer I’ve written before about the witty and acerbic writing of Jay Rayner for the Observer Magazine, and do so again now as I rather enjoyed his restaurant review Belly Laughs in today’s edition, … Continue reading →

Originally posted on 11th August, 2013: Jay Rayner’s restaurant review in today’s The Observer Magazine excels in his trademark linguistically elaborate denigration or praise – this one entirely and wittily and devastatingly the former – and as a fan of … Continue reading →

I have written before and elsewhere of my high regard for Rayner’s witty restaurant review writing in The Observer Magazine. The witticisms reach their zenith when erring on the caustically critical climb, but he is also a graceful appreciator of … Continue reading →

I’ve written about Jay Rayner before, using that very line or similar [see here] and so it must be true. But he has been away for a while. Not from his weekly restaurant reviews in Sunday’s The Observer Magazine, but … Continue reading →