A quick visit to the show yesterday and was quite surprised to find that it was probably the best food fair that I have seen in London, probably because it is mainly a trade event unlike the Real Food Fare which is for regular punters. There was a large array of exhibitors from various countries…
Tonight the BBC did a variation of the Great British Menu series with the Great British Waste Menu. The chefs had to source their produce from supermarket bins, markets and scrap that food producers throw out. The trailers with Michelin star chefs dump diving did not not make this a must watch program. They got…
Yes, those are real live plants on the wall. What is this place? It’s the new branch of Yuforia, a natural frozen yoghurt place. The live plants are to highlight the fact that everything is natural, although you have to look closely to notice that they are live. So frozen yoghurt in London? Loads of…
Ever since I read these books about healthy eating (not the grass chomping sandal wearing type) and they all suggest that having more Omega 3 in your diet has loads of positive effects on your health including being anti inflammatory, which means it’s anti-ageing too. Why do you need high levels of Omega 3 in…
In search of a good Indian meal around Marble Arch, I was about to go to Les Port Des Indes, which has somewhat past its sell by date. By chance, we came across Zayna on New Quebec Street. I used to live one street away from here and there never used to be anywhere to…
If it seems like I am visiting a lot of Indian restaurants, I am. From the cheap and cheerful to the high faluting refined fine dining type places. Since London has them all, it’s a constant merry go round. There are so many Indian/ Pakistani restaurants in London and one that keeps being mentioned as…
When you are feeling under the weather the best thing to have is something light. I remember being force fed congee when I was younger and hated it. Things have changed, I can now appreciate all the different types of congee there is and it is a sort of comfort food. Congee is chinese rice…
This corner of Covent Garden along St Martins Lane has recently seen a lot of building activity and the emergence of several new eateries including Jamie’s Italian, Cantina Laredo and Dishoom. On a recent windy evening in London, I took a friend who was visiting London to Dishoom, the new Bombay Cafe in Covent Garden….
Poons Restaurants in London used to be where we went for consistently good home style Cantonese food. In 2005, the China City group took over the chain and kept this branch and the one in Russel square. Thankfully they have maintained both the menu and the high standard of cooking. London Chinatown used to have…