Tag Archives: italian

Ristorante Semplice, Mayfair

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 …

May 8, 2011 – 1:53 pm | By Brad | Posted in Dinner, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (7)

Stef’s, West End

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 …

March 27, 2011 – 11:52 am | By Brad | Posted in Dinner, Reviews | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

La Porchetta, Soho

La Porchetta is our office’s default pizza place in Soho. If we ever feel like consuming 1,000 calories or so over lunch, we have this place on speed dial so that our order will be ready for collection when we get there. We dined in recently due to our office’s very generous policy of buying …

March 8, 2011 – 8:43 pm | By Brad | Posted in Lunch, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)