James Martin, Grilled!
We chatted to James in between his cooking demos at the Gloucester Quays Food Festival, fresh from the kitchen but a tad dishevelled. If money was no object, where would you open a… Continue reading
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Russell Norman, Grilled!
Here’s the second in our series of grilled interviews. We asked the inspiring, fascinating and slightly mysterious Russell, co-founder of Spuntino, Polpo, and Mishkin’s our questions. Read our review of Spuntino here and… Continue reading
Spuntino, 61 Rupert Street, Soho, London, W1D 7PW
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
Edd Kimber, aka The Boy Who Bakes, Grilled!
It has been non-stop for Edd since winning The Great British Bake Off last year and we were so honoured to have him bake our wedding cake for us last month. We have… Continue reading
Opera Tavern, 23 Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JS
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, 90 Fleet Street London, EC4Y 1DH
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
Fox & Anchor, 115 Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London EC1M 6AA
I’ve had my eye on this place for some time. I had been planning a secret birthday weekend for Ade’s 40th and needed somewhere to stay. The Fox & Anchor is a traditional… Continue reading
Ora, 6 Little Portland Street, London W1W 7JE
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
Mexican Lasagne, inspired by The My Daddy Cooks book, by Nick Coffer
This recipe is genius, we saw Nick and Archie, aka My Daddy Cooks make it at the Real Food Festival last Sunday. Archie made his own version, I recall it involved chocolate and… Continue reading
Dishoom Chowpatty Beach, A Sneak Preview. Queen Elizabeth Hall Terrace, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX
Last week we were delighted and honoured to be given a sneak preview of Dishoom’s Chowpatty Beach pop up on the Southbank, it’s part of the Southbank Centre’s Festival of Britain’s 60th anniversary… Continue reading
Homemade Oreo cookies
I wanted to make something for my mother in-law to-be for Mother’s Day (my mother is not an option, long and depressing story). On the way home from work on the train, I… Continue reading
#MEATEASY
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
Sweet Things Cakery, 3 Primrose Hill Workshops, Oppidans Road, Primrose Hill, London NW3 3AG
We were after a special cake for my mother in-law, brother in-law and my sister in-law’s husband’s birthdays. No pressure then. I had spent some time googling, and did a call out on… Continue reading
Water Lilies, Lifehouse Spa, Frinton Road Thorpe-le-Soken Essex CO16 0JD
My only experience of spa food was at The Sanctuary, and I wasn’t very impressed. All I can recall is eating a plain piece of fish. The Water Lilies restaurant at the Lifehouse… Continue reading
Mooli’s, 50 Frith Street, Soho, London W1 DSQ ** MOOLIS IS CURRENTLY RELOCATING**
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
Valentines cocktails
Got a jar of PERi PERi sauce knocking around? Wayne Collins, the celeb mixologist from BBC’s Something For The Weekend has created two unique cocktails with Nando’s Extra Extra Hot PERi-PERi Sauce as… Continue reading
Retro Recipes
It was Boxing Day morning, we were awake early with yet another hangover in one of my cousin’s old bedrooms in Birmingham. All her old books and toys are still in the bedroom,… Continue reading
Afghan Kitchen, 35 Islington Green, London, N1 8DU
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
Dishoom, 12 Upper St. Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9FB
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
Tsuru, Bankside, 4 Canvey Street, SE1 9AN
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