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
One of my favourite style of food is pizza, so when Pizza Express contacted us about reviewing items from their new autumn menu I knew it was a match made in heaven. As… Continue reading
When writing up our restaurant reviews, the first thing that I try to do is think of a title. It has to be witty (usually fails), pun-tasticly clever (again hit and miss) and… Continue reading
Ah, paying for food by weight. We remember when The Table used to do that with their salad at lunch time, eventually they dropped it – for whatever reason they felt fit. Newbie… Continue reading
BYO pizza… No not bring your own pizza – BUILD your own pizza! This is the new concept at PizzaBuzz. Situated in the Alphabeta Building on Worship Street, PizzaBuzz is guaranteed to satisfy… Continue reading
The Fire Station just outside Waterloo station is a long-standing institution, back in the 80’s it was one of London’s first Gastropubs. It’s been closed for over a year whilst undergoing a transformation… Continue reading
OK, I’m not being mean, but why do so-called Londoners go to Pizza Express? This is a question we ask ourselves frequently. There are tonnes of greater (and cheaper) restaurants, it’s not 1998… Continue reading
It’s not very often that you get ten days of glorious weather in the UK. When you have gambled your only family holiday on the notoriously wet and windy west Wales coast, 27*C… Continue reading
** THIS RESTAURANT HAS NOW CLOSED BUT YOU CAN STILL FIND THEM AT MARGATE** The GB Pizza Co has been on our radar for a while, the original branch in Margate sounded like… Continue reading
What is a pizza? We discovered recently that apparently a pizza with chicken as a topping is not a pizza, even worse, it is breaking pizza law. So what is it if it… Continue reading
Now what do you think makes the perfect pizza? The toppings? Wrong! The tomato sauce? Getting closer… I’ll put you out of your misery. According to Bruno Elias, pizza guru/scientist/mathematician, at Ping – it’s the… Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Firstly we’d like to apologise in advance for the slightly shorter than usual edition of Checkout. This is mainly due to the fact that the end of February and the beginning of March… Continue reading
Franny’s is a fab little pop up Italiany eatery in Soho, on the old Bertorelli site, serving a great easy menu. Named after a 1920’s Brazilian lap dancer, also an abbreviation of one… Continue reading
