Spread the loveThis 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…
Spread the lovePoons 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…
Spread the love Prosecco Riccardo sponsored a lovely lunch at the brand new supper club, The Old Hat Club. A bunch of food and wine bloggers were invited along to lunch be introduced to the new range of Prosecco from a small producer from the Prosecco region in Northern Italy. Eschewing the traditional model of selling…
Spread the loveLast week, I received this great little book from Quadrille Books to review and tried out the Rack and braised shoulder of lamb ras el hanout and served it with the warm couscous salad. Maze is one of the Gordon Ramsay’s empire of restaurants in London and Jason Atherton was the head chef,…
Spread the love I had heard some rumblings about this new Japanese noodle shop in Soho and one lunchtime, decided to check it out. They had only been open for 2 weeks and was not very busy when we got there. (Since my visit, it has been featured in the Metro and lots of other…
Spread the love Henry from Leon (@henry_leon) hosted a dinner party at their Ludgate Circus Branch the other evening. From talking to the other guests, most of us didn’t even know that Leon was open for dinner. The Ludgate Circus branch use to be my local lunch takeaway place when I worked up the road…
Spread the love Had an amazing lunch at Galvin at Windows one bright and sunny winter Sunday. Being a group of 8, we were given one of the nice tables overlooking Hyde Park. Did try to take a video of the view but not sure how it will look after some tinkering. The view from…