Goodbye Disco Bistro...for now
With Disco Bistro now finished it's residency at the Rising Sun, what better way to celebrate it's success than a closing party with some of the best chefs (and DJs) around. In the kitchen Carl Clarke...
View ArticleLet me tell you a Story
Restaurant Story (@Rest_Story)201 Tooley Street, SE1 2UEI wasn't even meant to go. It was a scheduling conflict on Owen's part (would you turn down conference networking on the top deck of Tower...
View ArticleGogi Korean Grill
Gogi451 Edgware Road, Little Venice,W2 1THWhile many trendy places seem to be taking up Korean style influences (gochujang anyone?) actual Korean restaurants, still don't seem to be that well received...
View ArticleFantastic Feasts: Dinner by Heston
Dinner by HestonMandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LAThis was the second of our visits to Heston Blumenthal's London outpost (the first was 2 years ago). In the time since our last...
View ArticleCourgette flower power
It's been a while since I've wrote up any of my recent culinary conquests, it's quite time consuming writing a thesis.. such an inconvenience! That's not to say I haven't been in the kitchen slicing my...
View ArticleMi Casa Su Casa - Casa Negra
Casa Negra (@CasaNegraLDN)54-56 Great Eastern Street, London, EC2A 3QRBodega Negra was one of our most memorable recent meals in Central London. I don't think that it was really down to the food. Don't...
View ArticleBain's Big Bacon Burger
We've gone through a far amount of burgers since starting this blog. Although I don't cook many at home, burgers are best with a few mates and drinks, I'd like to think I know what consitutes the...
View ArticleThe US burger invasion: An Honest retaliation
Much has been made of the ever growing population of burger joints in London and the much deliberated 'fast food for the middle class'. With select cuts of rare breed beef, medium rare patties, brioche...
View ArticleHKK
HKK (@HKKLondon)88 Worship St, EC2A 2BEThere's a lot of history between me and Hakkasan. My first trip to the Hanway Place branch was a housewarming present from my family when I started at UCL - and...
View ArticleLicky Chop
Licky Chop @LickyChopsClimpsons Arch, Arch 374, Helmsley Place London E8 3SBI love the summer when the weather is like this (touch wood, sorry if I've jinxed it!). Eating Al fresco, and especially...
View ArticleOur top 3 burgers
It's fair to say looking at the list of places we've been to amoungst everything else, we've devoured a fair amount of burgers. To celebrated bursting through the 20 (and 21) mark we've come up with...
View ArticleThis butter be good
WARNING: this post contains obscene amounts of delicious fat and calories. Many people are surprised when I tell them I have around 40g of butter every morning. Most people respond with 'Urrrgh' 'Why...
View ArticleSmokehouse, Islington
Smokehouse@SmokehouseN161-63 Canonbury Road, Islington N1 2DGNot long after leaving the John Salt, Neil Rankin is back stoking the fire at a joint venture between the Pig & Butcher and himself....
View ArticleThe Grill at The Dorchester
The Grill is unlike any restaurant I've been to with bizarre Scottish tartan and murals of men in kilts, it was like eating in a plush Scottish shortbread tin, thankfully though they were playing soft...
View ArticleObika mozzarella bar
Obika @ObikaUK11-13 Charlotte Street, W1T 1 RHIn the ruins of La Pearla, a great tequila bar and old haunt of mine and Shahz's, another branch of Obika, an Italian mozzarella bar has gone up. Along...
View ArticleFood outta London: Lisbon
Originally I planned on going to Lisbon as a mini incentive to get myself in gear to finish my PhD thesis. Such as life, I've just got busier and busier. Starting my own business (Gourmet Focus)...
View ArticleDissenting academy, Newington Green
Dissenting Academy@DissentAcademy92 Mildmay Park, Newington Green N1 4PRWhat gives a place that 'revisit factor'? The food? Ambiance? Service? Value? Convenient location? Attractive staff?! Maybe it's...
View ArticleHedone-ism
Hedone301-303. Chiswick High Road. London. W4 4HHIt almost feels like I don't belong here at all. Tucked away in an inconspicuous corner of up-and-coming Chiswick, the sleek Scandinavian lines and open...
View ArticleAll I want for Christmas is some reindeer moss
A Work in Progressby Rene RedzepiBound together in 3 interdependent books, Rene Redzepi's latest creation A Work in progress, is the epitome of his creative process; thinking about what people have...
View ArticlePieds nus
Pied Nus @_piedsnus19 Blandford Street, W1Pop ups in London have extended beyond that of street food merchants dipping their toes in bricks and mortar, now extending to fine dining joints. Pieds Nus...
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