Ping Pong is a contemporary Chinese Dim Sum restaurant in London. There are 8 of them dotted across the capital: Soho, Westbourne Grove, Wembley, Southbank, Westfield Stratford, St. Katharine Docks, St Christopher’s Place and St Paul’s. I’m not normally a fan of chains but I do like Ping Pong. More often than…
I love brunch. There really is nothing better at the weekend than hanging out with your friends over good food and a few bloody mary’s/proseccos. My weekend brunches are probably my favourite meals of the week and I love looking for new places to go. Recently, I was rather surprised when…
On Friday night my good friend Maggie and I met up for dinner at one of Glasgow’s newest restaurant, Porter & Rye. Situated in the hip Finnieston end of Argyle Street, Porter & Rye is being heralded as Glasgow’s first ‘molecular restaurant’, serving fine dry-aged meats, small plate dining and…
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…
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Union Street Café for dinner. Union Street Café is the much talked about joint venture between Gordon Ramsay and David Beckham which, it turns out, is in fact not a joint venture. It was very quietly reported that David Beckham had pulled out his investment. …
Last night my brother and I went out for a bite to eat. Both being fans of Russell Norman, owner of some of my favourite places to eat in London (Spuntino and Mishkins), we headed to his new offering, Ape & Bird, on Shaftesbury Avenue. This is his sixth opening since…
Last week, the wonderfully talented Sabrina Ghayour held a one night only pop-up at the Grain Store on Granary Square, Kings Cross along with chef and owner, Bruno Loubet. The theme was Middle Eastern Autumn Feast. I have been to many of Sabrina’s supperclubs and every time I’ve been amazed by the…
Last week my best friend Carmen and I met up for a long overdue night out. We decided to go to La Bodega Negra, a Mexican restaurant I’ve been meaning to go to for months but always found it booked up whenever I’ve called. Luckily Carmen had more luck when…
You would think that after National Burger Day, I would have been sick of burgers but oddly, I was craving more burgers just a couple of days later. (Yes, this is a VERY delayed post!) So my beautiful and amazing friend Cassie joined me in a visit to Disco Bistro…
On Monday night I met up with my Twitter friends, Katy Riddle, Urvashi Roe and Felicity Spector for dinner at Bush Hall Dining Rooms on Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush. Bush Hall music rooms has recently had a massive makeover and they have managed to turn the greasy spoon next door…
On Sunday my gorgeous friend Kirsty and I had a long overdue catch up brunch at Bistroteque and what a lovely day we had! Bistroteque is tucked away in a warehouse on Wadeson Street, just off Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green. You wouldn’t know it was there except for the…
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…
