“What’s the best restaurant in London?” Terrible question. It all depends…
Homeslice
Taking a food concept from the streets to proper, grown up, bricks and mortar restaurant phase is…
One Leicester Street
In its new coat of graphite grey, One Leicester Street doesn’t jump around, waving and screaming…
#OGR – Koshari Street
Back in the days when I wore a suit, I developed a bad habit of eating a burrito about twice a week at…
Restaurant Story
“But he hasn’t got anything on” a little child said. — The booking confirmation…
Yazu Sushi
The vast majority of restaurant posts on this site are positive. This is totally counter to my general…
#OGR – Sundays at Th...
I make no apologies that my One Good Reason feature is rapidly becoming a there are loads of reasons…
Empress of Sichuan
When the beads of sweat begin to bud on your brow, just below the eyes, and on the bridge of your nose;…
#OGR: Yum Bun at Old Stree...
Come. Come ye Gods of Silicon Valley. Come to Londinium. Leave your spacious glass campuses. Fly…
Little Social
Another week in March, another new restaurant. I confess, this one rather crept up on me. I suspect…
The Clove Club
For Daniel Willis, Johnny Smith and Isaac Mchale, the planning and opening of The Clove Club in Shoreditch…
#OGR: the Specials Board, ...
In these, our ramen days, one could almost be forgiven for forgetting or not knowing about London’s…
#OGR: Tiroler Gröstl
Skiing in Austria. You generally have to fly to weird, worryingly small airports; many of the resorts…
Brunswick House Café
Food sellers and reclaimed furniture are natural bedfellows: out of necessity to scrimp and save,…
Patty and Bun
There isn’t a ‘best’ burger in London. Of course people have their favourite(s),…
#OGR: Lunch at Texture
There are, in fact, many good reasons to go and eat at Texture. But the One Good Reason that I wish to…
#OGR: the Marmite roll, Al...
OK, so here’s a new feature that’ll pop up every ten days or so. It will cover some new…
Sushi Tetsu
I have previously said that skiing and sushi are beyond economic rationale. That was obviously…
The Shed, Kensington
Perhaps a good way of describing the Shed restaurant in Kensington, is that it is bit like Polpo for…
After Jiro (Yoshino)
I want to point you in the direction of the excellent documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, which was…
Salon
The evolution over the last few years of Brixton’s covered market, from virtually derelict…
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw a...
As a child, fish ranked right down there with Brussels sprouts, olives and saffron. Even heavily…
Bone Daddies
This is another of those short noodle ones. Not short noodles. Just limited content. Which is…
Dragon Castle
Elephant and Castle is always “about to be regenerated”. It’s been like that…
Edwin’s French Wine Bar
In recent weeks, a few of the food critics in the mainstream press have noted that it can be quite a…
The Quality Chop House
My very first London commute included a walk, jog or cycle southwards along the Farringdon Road.…
Min Jiang
I look at my reflection. I look tired. There are a couple of small whiteheads on my chin, some blackheads…
The Kitchen Table at Bubbl...
Nineteen seats, eleven courses (but thirteen dishes), four chefs, three waiting staff, two and…
Tommi’s Burger Joint
There was an interesting piece in the Evening Standard just over a week ago on how demand from burger…
St John (all of them)
I have been eating from the hands of St John rather a lot over recent weeks: from the bakery in Maltby…
