Rosie Birkett, the London Word’s assistant food and booze editor, is a freelance food journalist with a mighty penchant for cheese. Her far-flung foodie highlights so far include dining at The John Dory in New York, hitting Rungis Market with Pierre Koffman and eating oysters off the beach in Jersey. Closer to home she loves nothing more than a good Vietnamese on the Kingsland Road and a pizza at Franko Manca. Having spent every penny she earns sampling the delights of London’s vibrant food scene she can mostly be found at home, cooking up the contents of her kitchen cupboards in a calico mumu.
11
Dec
2010
Spanish Hospitality at El Pirata Mayfair
Prawns come sizzling in olive oil with a devilish amount of chilli and garlic, and calamari is light, succulent and buttery
11
Aug
2009
The Compass, Islington
There isn’t a shortage of places to eat in Angel...
15
Jan
2009
Sexy Molton House
The not-strictly-private member's club spans four floors of the splendid property, a stone’s throw away from Bond Street
12
Jan
2009
Get Your Oyster Fix at St Pancras Grand
The restaurant itself is glamorously designed in a grandiose, modern if somewhat nostalgic for the lost days of chic rail travel style
23
Dec
2008
The Phoenix Chelsea: Quality Pub Fare
The Phoenix isn’t your average wet-led, crisp touting, beer stained boozer – it’s a Chelsea gastropub, and it’s a Geromino Inn
19
Dec
2008
The Underground Rebel Bingo Club
'What the bejesus is Rebel Underground Bingo?' I hear you squawk. Well read on my friends, and prepare to discover one of London’s best kept secrets
14
Dec
2008
Avalon in Clapham South
The Avalon is exactly what Clapham South has been waiting for: a huge, sprawling gastropub with unabashedly bourgeois intentions
21
Nov
2008
Mahiki Misses the Point
Having a Prince inebriated in your club is great PR, and that folks, must be the key to this club’s success – as I found out at the ‘restaurant launch’ this week
3
Nov
2008
The Eagle Has Landed… in Shepherd’s Bush
It’s a mixture of friends, couples and families, all relaxing amidst the well-stocked bookshelves and decent wine selection
25
Sep
2008
Inamo Soho: Futuristic Dining
Entering Inamo, tucked away as it is on a side street in Soho, is like stepping into a futuristic dining portal
