Food & Booze
S&M Gets Saucy in Smithfield
On the other side of the window I see speedy City workers at lunch, running to High Street coffee chains, waving their money at naff, pre-packaged sandwiches and trendily titled bags of crisps. On my side of the window not only am I warm and toasty, nursing a mug of steaming hot builders tea, but I [...]
Shoreditch’s Good Catch
Despite the economic crisis sweeping the nation, London is inherently a city for rich people. Unfortunately, this is often manifested in its nightlife and more and more venues are becoming all plush interiors and chamomile toilet paper. This is why it’s so nice to go out somewhere nobody cares if you scribble on the bathroom [...]
Le Rif: Moroccan in Finsbury Park
Le Rif is one of a number of restaurants on the Seven Sisters Road that offers foreign cuisine, reflecting the cosmopolitan make-up of the area.
Slim Jim’s LA Dive Bar in Islington
If you’ve ever been to an LA dive bar you’ll know that they’re far grimmer and grimier than Islington’s new designer take on the desolate drinking den. Slim Jim’s Liquor Store has taken inspiration from the downmarket watering holes of downtown LA, where a jukebox and hard liquor succeed glamour and pretence. But on first [...]
Lunch on the Run on Regent Street
Up above the noise and bustle of Regent Street, behind windows that you’d never think to glance at, lies Cocoon, a pan-Asian restaurant so quiet that you’d be forgiven for curling into a ball and falling asleep in your nest-like arm chair.
Mahiki Misses the Point
A childhood spent flitting from palace to stately home, followed by a few years at Eton and a stint in the army; the Royal boys don’t exactly get out much, and when they do, they go to Mahiki. Why? Because it’s exactly the kind of place someone with very little understanding of what’s actually new, [...]
Blackfoot Butchers Brings Home the Bacon
Having already been a massive fan of The Salt Yard and Dehesa I was very excited to see the opening of Blackfoot Butchers, a foray into retail by the team behind, quite possibly, the best two tapas restaurants in London.
Terminal 5 Introduces Brasserie Roux
Like a modern Alice in Wonderland, getting to Brasserie Roux restaurant requires quite a journey: past a sanitised reception area - where one would assume ambience and character go to die - and through an expansive, marble, rabbit warren that is the Sofitel Hotel.
Bumpkin on Old Brompton…Nice
Sometimes the London smog just gets a bit much. Do you know what I mean? And country living is like, wholesome and healthy, and gives you red cheeks, and a hearty laugh. Bumpkin promises a restaurant for city folk who like a bit of country living. So bring it on.
Dehesa: No Longer Soho’s Best Kept Secret
I have ummed and ahhed about telling anyone about this place. It’s small, with limited seating and is always busy. If I tell more people I’ll never get a seat. But that seems cruel, when it is without a doubt one of best places I’ve eaten in London.
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