Shoryu Ramen is one of those places I keep walking past thinking ‘I must pop in there one of these days’ and then something crops up or a new place opens and I forget. Then a few weeks ago I found out that a new branch of Shoryu (their sixth) had…
Last week my friend Charlotte and I had the most fantastic meal at the new Barrafina on Drury Lane, Covent Garden. We initially tried to get into the Adelaide Street branch but with the wait being over an hour, they directed us to the Drury Lane branch which had a smaller queue,…
Covent Garden ha always been a bit of a tourist trap, with restaurants to match. I avoided it for years but its turned a corner lately with restaurants like Opera Tavern, Hawksmoor and Mishkins and now, Cicchetti. Owned by the San Carlo Group, with the help of Italian chef Aldo…
This is just a quickie, but I ate at Mishkins on Friday night. I love Mishkins, its one of those places I go back to time and time again. It’s got a great atmosphere, the food never disappoints and the staff are so friendly. Plus they have a great gin…
Last weekend was a heavy one. I was at a fantastic wedding on Saturday and on Sunday I celebrated my birthday with drinks at the Boundary Rooftop. I had a wonderful afternoon surrounded by friends and a LOT of wine. Knowing that I would be drinking a lot over the…
For the last few weeks I have been hearing great reports about Dishoom, ‘a Bombay café in London’. My friend Sal has been several times recently and raves about it each time. The more she talked about it, the more I wanted to try it out for myself. Earlier this…
Just a quickie but I thought I would mention that I went to Balthazar for breakfast on Thursday morning and it was lovely. There have been so many negative reviews of Balthazar since it opened in London a couple of months ago, that it actually put me off wanting to…
Last weekend my friends and I went to the renowned steakhouse, Hawksmoor, in Covent Garden to celebrate our friend Faiza’s birthday. The Observer awarded Hawksmoor the accolade of Best Sunday Roast in 2010. Unfortunately it just lost out to The Bull and Last in Highgate in 2011 but it was still…
Last week I went to my current restaurant crush, Mishkins…again! I first went in March (last post) and it sparked an obsession. I have been several times since and keep taking friends so as to spread the word. In short, Mishkin’s is a sort of non-kosher Jewish deli…with cocktails and…
Last Wednesday, my best friend Carmen and I met up for dinner. We’ve both been so busy lately we hadn’t seen each other for a couple of weeks which is unusual for us since we live round the corner from one another. We wanted to have a nice bite to…
From March 2012 I fell in love with ‘Jewish food’ when I was 14 and I started working at my local Jewish deli. So I was delighted when my restaurateur crush, Russell Norman (owner of Spuntino, Polpo, Polpetto, and Da Polpo) announced that he was opening a ‘sort of’ Jewish…
