Jay Rayner

I’ve been getting a bunch of lovely recommendations for where else I can go in Barcelona while I’m there. Just for reference, if I post a review from somewhere (outside London) the column was filed at least two weeks ago - in this case a month ago - and I am no longer there.

For this week’s @ftweekend restaurant review I am in Barcelona at Colmado Wilmot, a small place that does the simple things really well. Like fried eggs with sobrasada, tortilla with txistorra, fried prawns with garlic and a fab rib eye. ft.com/content/00e481…

@resbizmag @ftweekend I asked for the bacon well done. The eggs were perfect.

@jayrayner1 @ftweekend Blackened bacon and raw eggs. Yum.

Some restaurant openings are like big west end shows which every critic will weigh in on. So for @ftweekend.com it’s my turn to write about the reopening of Simpsons-in-the-Strand. Via both dinner and breakfast. TLDR: it’s so damn civilised ft.com/content/ce0887…

@AlexBracken1 @ftweekend It’s called the ten deadly sins. Breakfast for someone with no interest in lunch.

@jayrayner1 @ftweekend Wtf is that ‘Ring a Ring o’ Roses’ breakfast!

@WindsorBadger Grrrrr. So sorry. A problem we keep having. Am on it.

@jayrayner1 Hi Jay, any chance that you could have a word with your colleagues at the BBC to put up Saturday’s episode of TKC (Swindon) on the Sounds platform? Thanks.

We're recording the last audience show in this season of The Kitchen Cabinet in Felixstowe on tuesday night and there are still some tickets. Apply here. bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/…

My review for today’s @ftweekend is all about the gravy splattering joys of Singapore chilli crab, and my ability to wear my lunch on my short. Anyway Sentosa on Bermondsey Street is a great place to chilli crab and much more besides ft.com/content/187668…

@Gorty674623 @ftweekend Brilliant place. Rob Owen brown is now a much beloved panellist on the Kitchen Cabinet

@jayrayner1 @ftweekend My memory of fine dining in Salford was the Mark Addy

For today’s @ftweekend I am in a fabulous Greek-inspired wine bar in Salford called Kallos where the bread game is strong, the dips are silky and they offer a beautiful list of premium canned fish. ft.com/content/360316…

@daphnetoli @ftweekend Yes I get into that in the column

@jayrayner1 @ftweekend “Kallos” (κάλλος) as in beauty.

This piece by Sophie Heawood is superb: dark, touching funny and beautifully written.

For today’s @ftweekend I am at Cometa, a New Mexican restaurant using UK seafood (and a bit of fried chicken) and very good it is too. Have some pics. ft.com/content/52fa82…?

@exitthelemming @PadraigBelton @MichaelRosenYes Just came here to say exactly That

@PadraigBelton @MichaelRosenYes london buses?

I write for British newspapers. The only valid units of measurement are: Wales, swimming pools, football pitches. Fight me.

@dnvolz @julianbarnes Obv in London we were all wondering what your beef was with the author of Flaubert's Parrot.

Today’s my first day at The New York Times. Please send tips my way but reserve any hate mail for @julianbarnes.

@saspist It's there now. Thank you for your patience.

@jayrayner1 Still not available on Sounds

Let a thousand flowers bloom. And so on.

This weeks episode of the kitchen cabinet is finally up on @BBCSounds . Apologies for the delay bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

@saspist Am aware. trying to sort

Apparently, there is still money to be made from restaurants. If you’re Richard Caring. He’s sold the Ivy Collection, Annabelle’s and Scott’s etc to an Abu Dhabi investment fund for £1.4 billion. News via propel.