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A great pizza restaurant in the lovely environs of Puerto Portals in Mallorca. Fantastic pizzas, tasty nachos and great beer. This was the original Diablito, which has spawned other outlets across Mallorca and now on mainland Spain, including Madrid.

The views from the deck out on the marina and port are amazing - dozens of very impressive yachts. It’s best to get a seat outside - the weather from March to September allows for this - as the inside can be a little bit pokey.

The only reason I haven’t given this 5 stars is that the staff can be a bit distant… more interested in talking to each other than serving customers.

They can also be dismissive to foreigners (ironic, considering most of the yachts in the marina are foreign-owned and crewed) so it can be to your advantage to speak as much Spanish as possible when dealing with them. It can make things go a lot smoother.

I visited this restaurant for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It’s part of a strip of new restaurants looking out onto the water at St Katherine Docks - a great location, just 5mins walk from Tower Hill tube station.

It’s deceptively large, occupying the corner site of this block. Nicely finished, with comfortable seats and sensible table arrangements (i.e. not on top of each other) and welcoming staff.

They have a decent wine list and nice selection of beers on tap and bottled. The cheeseburger I ordered was impressively large and perfectly cooked, the chips were just the right side of crispy. The dinner menu seemed to be based on the burgers, steaks and sandwiches recipe for success - lots of comfort food here.

Service was attentive but not in-your-face. It did get quite noisy by about 9pm, but we were moving on at that point anyway.

It would make a nice alternative for a drink after work if you find yourself in the area. The view onto the dock is lovely at night.

The Heartland Brewery at Union Square is an excellent micro-brewery and restaurant. I’ve been there twice on visits to NYC and enjoyed each. The service is friendly, but not over-bearing.

They have an excellent selection of ales, stouts and lagers - I didn’t have time to sample all of them, but really enjoyed the Oatmeal Stout (nice and heavy) and the Corhusker lager (incredibly light, refreshing).

From a food perspective, I had a burger the first time and beer-battered fish & chips the second. Both were cooked to perfection.

My only gripe about the whole place is that it’s incredibly dark inside. Like a lot of bars in NYC, they seem to prefer to keep daylight outside wherever possible. This makes a return to the sunshine all the more painful…especially after you’ve been sampling their beers all afternoon!

I’ll definitely make a return visit next time I’m in New York.

The Apple store on Regent Street is perfect… if you’re a freeloading tourist or backpacker with the brass neck to use the computers on displays for an hour at a time.

As an Apple customer, I’m frequently frustrated by the large crowds of people simply popping in to check their email, sometimes writing verbose replies while they’re at it.

This is the only reason I don’t give the store 5 stars. I’ve always found the staff to be friendly and helpful, the store itself to be well-stocked and organised. I’ve been an Apple user for years now… laptops and iPods… and find buying my equipment from the Apple store almost makes up for the damage done to my bank balance.

It also goes without saying that it’s beautifully designed and laid out. Well done Apple - but let’s have some more stores in Central London.

God, how I love Febo! My other half is Dutch and so on our regular trips to Amsterdam, I always partake of a little Febo goodness.

Be warned, there’s little in the way of healthy food here. It’s all fried, fried, fried. Think Homer Simpson. But my God, it’s beautiful. Forget about your cholesterol count and dig in.

The novelty factor is also part of Febo’s attraction. Self-service via little plastic windows - you pick exactly what you want, drop in the coins and pick up your food.

My favourites are the krokets (there are several different kinds) and the kaasouffle (deep-fried cheese). The frites are great too, served of course with mayonnaise.

Although the previous reviewer pointed out the labels are in Dutch, in my experience locals are only too happy to translate for you if you ask nicely.

And now I’m drooling…

Oh god, ik hou zoveel van de Febo. Mijn wedehelft is Nederlands dus als we weer eens een uitstapje maken naar Amsterdam, grijp ik altijd de kans om een beetje Feboheerlijkheid te bemachtigen.

Maar wees gewaarschuwd: je komt hier niets tegen dat gezond is. Het is allemaal gefrituurd, gefrituurd, gefrituurd. Denk aan Homer Simpson. Maar mijn god, het is geweldig. Denk niet meer aan je cholesterol en val aan.

Ik ga ook zo graag naar de Febo omdat het een nieuwigheid is. Zelfbediening door middel van kleine plastic raampjes – je kiest uit wat je wilt hebben, gooit de munten in de gleuf en haalt je eten eruit.

De kroketten zijn mijn favoriet (er zijn verschillende soorten) en de kaassoufflé (gefrituurde kaas). De frietjes zijn ook heerlijk en worden natuurlijk geserveerd met mayonaise.

Hoewel de vorige recensent opmerkte dat de bordjes allemaal in het Nederlands waren, heb ik opgemerkt dat de bewoners altijd bereid zijn om ze voor je te vertalen als je het netjes vraagt. En nu ben ik aan het watertanden.

I’ve surprised myself by awarding City Airport five starts, but really, compared to London’s other airports, it’s a dream.

As a Wapping local, this airport is only about 15 minutes from my front door and eminently reachable by either cab or the DLR.

For a small airport, the facilities are great. I’ve never experienced a delay of any kind getting through security… the security staff at Heathrow could learn a thing or two from their colleagues at City re. politeness and efficiency.

However, City’s growing popularity could be its undoing. The departures area is really too small and crowded at peak times. There are some extensions being put in place and the new bar/restaurant area is a great improvement.

21st century travel is far from pleasurable…but if you have to fly in/out of London, choose London City Airport.