“A kind-of Jewish deli with cocktails.” They had me at that, to be honest. Jewish deli-style comfort food with old-fashioned (mostly gin-based) cocktails; that definitely sounds like the sort of thing that I would have no specific objection to. Mishkin’s is a recent addition to Russel Norman’s “definitely not a chain, but actually maybe kind-of …
San Miguel’s is a strange little tapas bar. The location is odd – it’s on a side street just off of Edgware Road. From the outside you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s a strip club, or a biker bar, or possibly both. The neon sign hanging over the steps leading down to the …
Long-winded sentimental introduction I love French food. It’s easily one of my favourite cuisines. Let’s put the history and technical stuff aside for a second (I don’t want to get into all of that, I’d only embarrass myself) and focus on what’s actually important – meat, and rich-as-hell sauces. What’s not to like about that? …
I’ll be up-front about this: I’ve only ever ordered one dish from Viet Grill, despite having gone four times in the past six weeks. I’ve also ordered the same dish from sister restaurant, Cay Tre. I know that this behaviour is not quite right, and normally I would make a point of trying new things, …
Good pub food isn’t easy to get right. Sometimes you just want a decent burger, a plate of fish n’ chips, or something else typically British, but it would appear that pretty much every pub can cater to you if that’s all you’re looking for. Where do you go if you want a quick, cheap …
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Ristorante Semplice, for three reasons. I’ve heard mixed reviews of this place. It opened in 2007 and was warmly received by the critics; A.A. Gill even compared his fellow diner’s remarks to the dubbing of a porn film and give it 4.5/5 stars. Quite a few People From …
An entire restaurant devoted to hummus? Sounds a bit like airy-fairy vegetarian health food nonsense to me. At least, that was my initial reaction; I took a drunken chance on hummus one night and it paid off spectacularly. Since then I’ve been back a few times and even introduced a number of people to the …
If you use good-quality fresh ingredients and don’t tart around with it too much, it’s hard to mess up Italian food. Keep things simple and you will succeed. I know that I’m stating the obvious here but sometimes that’s okay. Carbonara? Eggs and cream, next. Caprese salad? Buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil; if you add …
“The Bountiful Cow – a public house devoted to beef.” Possibly the best description of a pub that I have ever encountered. This place has it all; and when I say that they have it all, I mean that they have ridiculously large burgers for a very reasonable price. So I guess that they don’t …
I found out recently that my family have never had Thai food before. That they had never eaten Thai food before. At all. I was shocked. Naturally, I’m going to right this wrong (starting with my sister this weekend), but still – everybody has had Thai food before, right? And pretty much everybody likes it …