Italian-inspired Bunga Bunga in Battersea have collaborated with The House of Peroni to launch IL PORCO – a wonderful Italian pork fest washed down with Peroni. Two words we find very hard to… Continue reading
It’s always exciting when a new independent restaurant opens, what makes it astonishing is when it gets a clean sweep of 4 and 5 star reviews (well almost). The Evening Standard, Time Out… Continue reading
Cooking for my step children is a never-ending mystery. The eldest used to eat (and try) anything until he got braces and some things had to be ruled out. The youngest one isn’t… Continue reading
We pick our favourite Christmas gifts for food lovers. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) Ooh, love this little canister to store your cooking oils, available in silver or copper. Oil… Continue reading
Fred Sirisix (pronounced see-ree-ex – it must be a problem if it’s on the bottom of his emails) is the maître d’ from Channel 4‘s massive hit First Dates and quite possibly, one… Continue reading
Oh look, there’s another new London restaurant with a name that’s two random words paired together, yawn. Well, at least these aren’t not totally random, you know what you’re gonna get there. We… Continue reading
I rarely visit Oxford Street, I find that the hoards of tourists and crazed shoppers frazzles my brain, sending it into a spin. But if weaving my way through the crowds means I… Continue reading
We pick our favourite boozy must-haves. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) Heston must have been thinking of us when he came up with this cherry bakewell vodka. Dangerously good.… Continue reading
As Saff mentioned in her recent Dirty Bones review, we very rarely re-visit restaurants. There are an obvious few exceptions (MEATLiquor, The Diner, Dishoom and any of Russell Norman‘s places) but The Big… Continue reading
You all well know that we love a burger and Tommi’s Burger Joint have been one of our favourites since they came over to London from their Icelandic homeland in the summer of… Continue reading
Before we head off on our travels, we always ask for recommendations and gather as many insider tips as we can. We’d heard good things about the food scene in Berlin – hence… Continue reading
We pick our favourite pet must-haves. Click on the blue links to buy! 1) Ever imagined your cat as a DJ? I bet there isn’t a cooler cat scratch mat in existence than… Continue reading
Marina O’Loughlin‘s Top 50 Restaurants feature is so on our wavelength. We rate wherever we go to eat on one simple question: would we go back? Another major aspect is if we can… Continue reading
I’m not very good at being concise, I tend to ramble… So my snappy news pieces need to be just that – snappy. So here goes, deep breath, here we go… After the… Continue reading
Firstly, wow! And secondly, WOW! It’s not very often that we get blown away by a restaurant but La Soupe Populaire’s decor and food left us speechless. It was the last full day… Continue reading
As is always the case when we travel, we turned up at our hotel exhausted, hungry, stressed and a little angry at each other. Getting from Schönefeld airport to the 25hours Bikini hotel… Continue reading
We hate to be unfair and write a blog post about a restaurant during its most challenging time – their soft launch. But we’re going to anyway because the restaurant is Dishoom and… Continue reading
It’s funny what the universe can sort out for you. Now I’m not really a believer in cosmic ordering or anything spiritual [Hmm, I think you are a little – Saff]. But I’m… Continue reading
Gotta love a spa and boy were we in need of one. Bring on the Atzaró hotel in Ibiza – a stunning expanse of Balinese beauty in the middle of an orange farm… Continue reading
When we were planning our trip to Ibiza, we envisaged eating Spanish food al fresco by the sea, the waves crashing beneath us and the obligatory chill out music in the background. Oh… Continue reading
