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Brighton, are you ready for this? | MEATliquor Brighton, 22 – 23 York Place Brighton, BN1 4GU

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Ah, MEATliquor, a place that is still one of our favourite restaurants of all time, not just for the food but the atmosphere too. Happiness is guaranteed when I have a ML burger… Continue reading

The Diner heads West | The Diner, 105 Gloucester Road, London SW7 4SS

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The Diner has headed West and come over all Southern. The cosy new branch at Gloucester Road (conveniently just across the road from the tube) has the same favourites as the other branches, but… Continue reading

Rita’s Bar & Dining at Birthdays, 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 8BJ

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A rare outing to a region of London that doesn’t begin with ‘S’ bought us to Rita’s Bar & Dining in Dalston. Described on their site as a ‘travelling food and drink collaboration between… Continue reading

Wong Kei, 41-43 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PY

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Wong Kei, possibly one of the most amusing names for a restaurant ever. As soon as I mentioned we were going there I was inundated with stories of friends’ visits – looks like Wong… Continue reading

Cinnamon Soho Easter menu, 5 Kingly Street, London W1B 5PF

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You’ve heard the phase ‘Christmas has come early’. For us it was Easter that came early… We were invited back to Cinnamon Soho to sample Vivek Singh’s Easter egg-inspired menu and inspired it was too. (Read… Continue reading

Flat Iron, 17 Beak Street, London W1F 9RW

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There are a couple of buzz words that have resurfaced of late – cheap eats! Time out had their cover story dedicated to the subject a while back. We even went to Zédel off… Continue reading

A lazy afternoon in Sevenoaks

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Our wallets were still suffering from post-Christmas over-spend trauma, we’d had an unsettling week at work and we really couldn’t be bothered to re-start our ongoing DIY projects. But maybe the biggest reason… Continue reading

Vapiano, Bankside, 2, 90b Southwark Street, London SE1 0FD

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We first discovered Vapiano on one of our visits to Sweden, when our budget was low and we couldn’t afford to spend a fortune on a meal, which is pretty unavoidable in Stockholm.… Continue reading

The Fat of the Land, 35 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 9TR *THIS RESTAURANT HAS NOW CLOSED*

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*THIS RESTAURANT HAS NOW CLOSED* When a visit to a restaurant involves walking past both MEATliquor and Tommi’s Burger Joint, we knew we’d just spend the night hankering after a dirty burger, washed… Continue reading

Battersea Pie Station, Camden Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8AH

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Hidden in the depths of Camden’s Stables Market is Battersea Pie. A pie and mash stall that we first discovered in our nearby Bluewater. Sadly that site is no longer. Now Camden’s not… Continue reading

Huntstile Organic Farm, Goatshurst, Near Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 2DQ

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Quickly read through these questions… 1) Do you want to stay in a relaxed atmosphere where you feel you are visiting friends rather than just staying in a guest house? 2) Have you… Continue reading

Las Iguanas Cocktail Deck, Old Spitalfields Market, London E1 6EW

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I have discovered a place in London that does happy hour ALL day and night! Well, all day Sunday to Wednesday. Las Iguanas in Old Spitalfields Market is amongst an array of other… Continue reading

Tommi’s Burger Joint, 30 Thayer Street, London, W1U 2QP

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If the queue outside MEATLiquor seems a little shorter at the moment then that might be due to a new player in town… The Icelandic King of burgers. Literally around the corner, Tommi’s… Continue reading

Checkout (11th edition – July 2012)

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St Martin’s Court Global Food Festival StMartinsCourtyardGlobalFoodFestival St Martin’s Courtyard in Covent Garden paid tribute to the cultural diversity of London this ‘summer’ with a free Global Food Festival last Saturday 14th July.… Continue reading

Checkout (10th edition – June 2012)

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Polpo – new restaurant & cookbook www.polpo.co.uk So not only is Russell Norman opening his sixth restaurant, he’s also created a beautiful cookbook: POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts). A mammoth book crammed… Continue reading

Ávalon by Ramon Freixa, Grand Hotel Central, Via Laietana, 30, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

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It was our first night in Barcelona and as we’d spent most of the afternoon wandering through the Gothic and El Born areas of the city, we had worked up quite an appetite.… Continue reading

Boqueria, 192 Acre Lane, London SW2 5UL

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The fairly new Boqueria is named after the famous food market in Barcelona so we had high hopes for this one, also Jay Rayner had tweeted that he’d had a great lunch there… Continue reading

The Diner, 190 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JL

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The Diner group is one of our favourite burger chains, we try to pop in as often as we can… Maybe too often, as my doctor pointed out at my medical last week!… Continue reading

MEATmarket, a preview. Jubilee Market Hall Covent Garden, Tavistock Street London WC2E 8BE

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It was only a matter of time, MEATliquor has a new little sister, possibly a half-sister, MEATliquor at Jubilee Market Hall, Covent Garden. We went along to the preview last Friday and my hangover has only… Continue reading

Fire & Stone, 4 Horner Square. Old Spitalfields Market

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When I announced to the office that I was going to try the new and improved pizzas at Fire & Stone, it was met with universal approval… One colleague even admitted that she… Continue reading