After our cocktails at the Savoy‘s The American Bar (ooh get us!) we wandered along to Soho to try our first ever Vietnamese meal. The owner, Hieu Bui, 35 has four Vietnamese restaurants in London, the… Continue reading
Wow, this place is special. We have been looking forward to coming to Meatballs for weeks, it’s not been open long but long enough for us to lust after it. Inspired by a… Continue reading
Ah, Satsuma. This place has been going for years, I recall visiting once when I worked just around the corner donkeys years back.. I was excited to return to see for myself how… Continue reading
Giraffe’s all grown-up. This spin-off branch in Soho is hopefully the first of many more of the chain’s new adult-friendly restaurants. Known for being a family restaurant, step into any Giraffe and you’re… Continue reading
Totally ravenous after our spa time (see previous post) we headed upstairs in the K West hotel to Kanteen. A small, dark and pretty much empty room greeted us. On a mezzanine floor… Continue reading
… soon led to a very dated dining area! My dear friend and best-man Keith accompanied me on this restaurant outing, being a fellow Thai lover, and were long overdue a catch up.… Continue reading
‘A cup of tea and a slice of pie Aunt Sally?’ ******THE BLUEWATER STORE IS NOW CLOSED****** Ade’s son Oliver was feeling a bit down… So Ade decided to cheer him up with… Continue reading
Last Friday after a manic week at work and a severe lack of sleep, we visited the Benja Bangkok Table in Soho. I had been fantasising about having a Thai green curry all… Continue reading
The Drift is the latest opening by Drake & Morgan, owners of The Folly, The Anthologist, The Parlour, and their first venture – The Refinery which is right under our work’s building. We… Continue reading
NOPI has been on my list for ages, my lovely best man at my wedding, Keith took me there for a pre-wedding treat. NOPI It’s a fairly new Ottolenghi restaurant serving small plates,… Continue reading
Cantina del Ponte is on my old work’s stomping ground – Shad Thames, which boasts one of the best views in London, that of Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. It’s right… Continue reading
We loved this place from the minute we walked in the door. As co-founder Russell Norman said in a recent interview, ‘Once you’re in, you get a metaphorical hug’. We couldn’t put it… Continue reading
This post has been a long time coming, slightly to blame is Ben Mullock for making us eat so much food when we went to the restaurant. And getting married kind of got… Continue reading
Coco di Mama (Italian for Mama’s boy) is a welcome addition to Fleet Street, serving predominantly pasta but also a wide range of salads, baguettes, desserts and breakfasts. The stone-baked breakfast ciabattas with… Continue reading
Last week I finally got to satisfy my Thai cravings. Thai food is my all-time favourite (but not so for Adrian, he’s a wimp when it comes to any ‘heat’) and it’s been… Continue reading
How can something so scummy, be so cool? Last night we lost our #MEATEASY virginity. I haven’t been to New Cross in over ten years, it is just the same as I remember,… Continue reading
Mooli’s. I have seen that word a million times on Twitter in the past few months, and tonight, we finally went. Once we were inside, I realised I didn’t know what was on… Continue reading
I first went here in 2001 when I moved to London, and loved the simplicity of it, and the fact that it’s the only Afghan restaurant I have ever seen. I went back… Continue reading
Well, this has got to be one of our best dining experiences of the year, alongside The Table, for love and attention to food and the customer. It had been on ‘the hit… Continue reading
I am no longer at Katsu Curry Virgin. Ade and I had to venture back into work today, so we decided to cheer ourselves up at lunchtime and treat ourselves. And as part… Continue reading
