Dishoom Shoreditch, 7 Boundary Street, London E2 7JE
To be honest, when I heard Dishoom were opening a new restaurant in Shoreditch I wasn’t as excited as I hoped to be. Basically Shoreditch is not my kind of place, a bit… Continue reading
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Volupté, 7-9 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1EJ
Normally on a Friday night we’re worn out and slumped in front of the telly watching True Blood with a takeaway. Last week we decided on a break from the norm and went… Continue reading
Heliot restaurant at the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square, 42-43 Cranbourn Street, London, WC2H 7AN
If we were to tell you that we had a great night out at the Hippodrome, you’d probably think we were a little crazy and/or drunk! To be honest if this review was… Continue reading
Roast restaurant, The Floral Hall, Borough Market, Stoney Street, London SE1 1TL
Ever since we started working on the South Bank, we have always wanted to visit Roast. It’s been on our restaurant bucket list for so long, finally we went. Roast is perched above… Continue reading
Las Iguanas Cocktail Deck, Old Spitalfields Market, London E1 6EW
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
Checkout (12th edition) August 2012
NYC chef returns for a stint at St John hotel www.stjohnhotellondon.com April Bloomfield, executive chef and co-owner of NYC’s The Breslin, Spotted Pig and the John Dory Oyster Bar will return to the UK… Continue reading
Four 0 Nine restaurant at Foodie Festival, Battersea Park, London
This will be one of our shortest reviews ever, not because the food’s bad – it’s actually very, very good… It’s just because we were at a food festival and the Four 0… Continue reading
Spice Market. W London, Leicester Square. 10 Wardour St. London W1D 6QF
When we were invited to Spice Market to check out their menu and have a mini masterclass, I had a similar feeling as when we went to Aqua, that it may be a… Continue reading
Checkout (10th edition – June 2012)
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
Aqua Nueva, 240 Regent Street (entrance 30 Argyll St), London, W1B 3BR
Less than 24 hours after arriving back from Barcelona we headed for dinner at the lavish and indulgent Aqua Nueva, part of the renowned Hong Kong-based restaurant group. Exhausted and with the holiday… Continue reading
Big Easy Bar, Bar-B-Q and Crabshack, 332-334 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5UR
The first thing that hits you as you walk through the door is the smell… And yes, in a good way! The air is filled with the scent of smokey BBQ sauce and… Continue reading
Checkout (9th edition – May 2012)
Street Feast night market, Brick Lane www.streetfeastlondon.com A new Friday night food market at the Sclater Street Car Park, the site of a former Victorian bird market off Brick Lane, with eight of… Continue reading
The Breakfast Club, 12-16 Artillery Lane, London E1 7LS
We have strolled past The Breakfast Club a couple of times recently, the last being on route to the Hawksmoor Spitalfields Bar, and it seemed to have a real buzz about it. We’d… Continue reading
Butlers Wharf Chop House, 36e Shad Thames, London SE1 2YE
Who knew you could get both brilliant value and pleasing food with one of the best views in London… The longstanding Chop House at Butler’s Wharf provides the most spectacular views of Tower… Continue reading
The Diner, 190 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JL
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
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
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
A taster of Cabana Brasilian barbecue & Jamie Oliver’s Union Jacks at Central St Giles, London
An invitation too good to miss – creating Caipirinhas at Brazilian restaurant Cabana, and have a dough masterclass across the road at Jamie Oliver’s Union Jacks at the new Central St Giles piazza just… Continue reading
Hawksmoor Spitalfields bar, 157 Commercial Street, London E1 6BJ
There are not many places we could say this about, but we’d happily eat at the Hawksmoor Spitalfields bar every night. We were wowed enough by the main restaurant when we went last… Continue reading
Mexican culinary classes at Benito’s Hat, 12 Great Castle Street, London W1W 8LR
Last week we were invited down to Benito’s Hat Mexican restaurant to preview their new cooking masterclass. Neither of us have ever cooked any Mexican food, apart from fajitas, and anyone can do… Continue reading