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
It was way back in May 2012 – a whopping 6.5 years ago, that Saff and I first visited the original, and in our opinion the best, Big Easy on the King’s Road.… 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
This August, Min Jiang are celebrating their 10th anniversary in the best possible way – a four-course set menu (£60) that showcases their brilliance with 10 new dishes. We fell in love with… 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
It’s actually quite embarrassing to admit that in the 8 ¾ years of running our blog that we’ve never been to the London seafood institution that is J Sheekey. Well in all honesty,… 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
We’ve been trying to go to Bar Douro for what seems like forever. We popped by at least five times and at each speculative visit we were told the same thing – something… Continue reading
Sometimes only a proper steak dinner will do and it was Gillray’s that rescued me from an enforced fortnight of soup and salads. We have had to be very careful with our food recently,… Continue reading
Last week was National Afternoon Tea Week (14-20 August). As always we are willing to jump on a trend and join in the fun and where better a place to have fun than… Continue reading
Brisket and Barrel, sounds like just another east-end hot smoke barbecue joint. But no, it’s all the way out in the ‘burbs – in Sevenoaks to be precise. ‘How the hell did you… Continue reading
One of our standout meals over the years was the incredible 10-course Chinese New Year celebratory menu at Michelin starred HKK. So when we found out that the restaurant by the Hakkasan group… Continue reading
During a meal with colleagues at Padella recently, we went around the table telling stories of times we’ve shed tears over food. And I’m not talking about as toddlers throwing tantrums – I… 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
Since mid-December I’ve been waiting. Every Monday to Friday I was teased by the huge ‘opening soon’ signs on the façade of the new Novotel in Canary Wharf, well Marsh Wall to be… 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
Once again, we were late to the party, leaving it a little while for the hype to ease and the queues likewise. Padella, in case you don’t know, is a pasta bar by… Continue reading
