Come. Come ye Gods of Silicon Valley. Come to Londinium. Leave your spacious glass campuses. Fly…
The Clove Club
For Daniel Willis, Johnny Smith and Isaac Mchale, the planning and opening of The Clove Club in Shoreditch…
#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…
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.…
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…
The People’s Republi...
It cannot be a coincidence that those areas in London with shoddy transport connections overland…
The Lamb Shed and Burnt En...
I’ve managed to get to a few Olympic sites and viewing screens over the last ten days. The sport,…
Upstairs at the Ten Bells
It is no secret that I was a huge fan of the Young Turks’ work during 2011. They popped up at a greasy…
The Corner Room
Strange, isn’t it, that we often prefer the sidekicks or supporting act to the leading man? I’m…
Pizarro
I wanted to write about lots of things at Pizarro, the newest restaurant on Bermondsey Street. I…
Toptable Top 5 of 2011
Toptable prompted me to look back and think about all the money I’ve been spending in restaurants…
Finding a balance: the Blu...
There is, I think, a slightly unhealthy trend of rushing to the newest restaurants and (in the case…
Young Turks at the Ten Bel...
Students of Wikipedia will tell you that the Ten Bells pub on Commercial Street is “notable…
40 Maltby Street
“Maltby Street” is a group of businesses trading out of a number of railway arches…
Young Turks at the Wharf
Young Turks. The Clove Club. I’ve written about them before, saying how you should pay attention…
The Zetter Townhouse
Set in, well, a townhouse at the back of a Clerkenwell square, the Zetter Townhouse (ZTH) is a boutique…
Faulkner’s
What makes good fish and chips and where do you get them? There’s a Toptable feature out…
Bistro du Vin
[Editor's note May 2012: Bistro du Vins in London have now closed. The two sites that did open, on…
The Young Turks at the Lof...
At the start of 2011 I made a wish list of restaurants and food events I wanted to go to. The list is here,…
Supper at Fernandez and Le...
There are perks, it turns out, to having the slightly seedy hobby of sitting in your bedroom very…
Brawn
One of my brothers and I noticed over Christmas that Mum had placed 11 pig products on just one fridge…
Viajante
Viajante is fine dining in Bethnal Green. The chef-patron is a guy call Nuno Mendes. Young, Portuguese,…
Hix Oyster & Chop House
Regular readers might remember my post on Mark Hix’s Oyster & Chop House recipe book.…
Galvin La Chapelle
I mentioned the other week that I didn’t get taken out by Work very much. It may have seemed…
Caravan
caravan [ˈkærəˌvæn] n 1. a. a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry…
Look mum no hands!
“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride” – John F Kennedy I (almost)…
Bistrot Bruno Loubet
I ate at Bistrot Bruno Loubet on Wednesday (2 June) and I’ve been wondering whether to blog…
