Noun. pastaio m (plural pastai, feminine pastaia) pasta maker. pasta seller. worker at a pasta factory. Now you know what it means, let us try to explain just how good this new(ish) fresh… Continue reading
Don’t you just love it when an impromptu little lunch turns out to be one of your month’s foodie highlights? That’s exactly what happened to us when we stumbled across (actually more like… Continue reading
It takes four things for a restaurant to nail it for us. 1. Great food. 2. Great service. 3. Great decor. 4. Great value. Pretty simple, right? Yet many places fail to succeed… Continue reading
I’d not seen my Dad a lot recently. He’s been busy with his new job and I’ve just started doing some volunteer work for my Duke of Edinburgh award. So when Dad said… Continue reading
We love a good restaurant name and Four Hundred Rabbits in Nunhead (they have one in Crystal Palace too) certainly ticked that box. It was by pure coincidence that we visited on Easter… Continue reading
We’re all for following your dreams (although it may have taken us a while to pluck up the courage to do so.) That’s exactly what blogger Burgerac’s Gavin Lucas has done with his… Continue reading
In its previous life, MC & Sons on Union Street in Bankside used to be The Charles Dickens – a proper old boozer with unfriendly service and the world’s smallest toilet cubicles. Despite… Continue reading
It’s been some time since I’ve had a meal that I prayed wouldn’t end and as a result, spent a good 24 hours afterwards reminiscing about. As per usual, we were late to… Continue reading
A few doors down from our old haunt, The Lord Nelson pub where many a good night was had is Better Bankside’s Low Line project – part of the Union Yard Arches development… Continue reading
Five years on since opening, Duck & Waffle up in Heron Tower is still one of the places to go in London with bookings hard to come by. People come flocking for their… Continue reading
OK, so that heading is a little dramatic but Breddos Tacos rescued what could have been a very disappointing evening. I had even got to work early so that I could escape my… Continue reading
When I typed ‘Louie Louie‘ into Google for a little background info, top of the page was the song of the same name performed by The Kingsman. I had no idea that this… Continue reading
Any restaurant-goer not aware of Bookatable’s Star Deals is seriously missing out. I mean, they’ve got deals at The Ritz, Hawksmoor and now even the renowned River Cafe has joined the list. The… Continue reading
Le Coq in Islington is a rare gem – and when we say that, we mean that wholeheartedly, it’s especially lovely to visit at this time of year. We first discovered them a… Continue reading
So how can a little café in Battersea – the Social Pantry, be such a turning point for me? Let me try to explain. Last week all started out fairly normally, Monday was… Continue reading
The night before we tried Absurd Bird I had a craving for KFC. ‘No’, I said to myself, we’ve got fried chicken tomorrow – good fried chicken (from what I’d heard). London is… Continue reading
So there’s a new Bone Daddies in town, set just behind Old Street station in a newly discovered complex (for us) called The Bower. There are loads of other restaurants in this spot… Continue reading
You know the scenario, one of you wants a big juicy burger and the other rotisserie chicken and a salad. So what’s the solution? Well I think we have it, Dirty Burger &… Continue reading
Burger and football fans rejoice, there’s a new Byron special – the Euros inspired Byronaldo (£10.95). As with every new burger head chef Fred Smith creates, there’s a bit of a back story… Continue reading
Chef and author of the acclaimed Creole Kitchen cookbook, Vanessa Bolosier has teamed up with a late-night Tiki bar – The Beachcomber in Bayswater. Together, they’re bringing a summery taste of island life… Continue reading
