As I mentioned recently, 2012 has seen London restaurant openings conspire to create a grand Soho ramen crawl. Bone Daddies, the first solo venture from chef proprietor Ross Shonhan, is a bit different from the rest. Definitely rock and roll – as the sound track in the restaurant testifies. Formerly head chef at Nobu in ... Read more »
2012 is the year of ramen in London, it seems. Tonkotsu and Ittenbari both opened this summer. Bone Daddies and Shoryu opened last month. All four are in or at the edges of Soho and you could do a ramen crawl with just a half mile wander, should such noodle soup excess appeal to you! ... Read more »
One of the highlights of our visit to Takayama was our stroll through the Miyagawa Morning Market, along the East bank of the Miyagawa River. Stalls and shops sell fresh produce from local farms, traditional pickles, a wide range of other specialist ingredients, sweets, drinks and much more. Alerted by the small crowd, we stopped ... Read more »
Just a few days before we left for Japan, a fortuitous discovery of a national holiday meant I needed to change the first couple of nights of our itinerary, including our hotel reservation. After investigating where to stay in Tokyo and booking a hotel in Shinjuku, I had a look around the internet for dining ... Read more »
Feng Sushi is one of those chains I’ve known of for years but had never visited until a July invitation to sample their new seasonal specials in the company of co-founder Silla Bjerrum. My loss, as the food they serve is excellent, and I’ve been missing out all these years! Founded back in 1999 by ... Read more »
I first learned of Reiko Hashimoto-Lambert’s Japanese cookery lessons, held in the spacious kitchen of her Wimbledon Park home, by way of Luiz, the London Foodie’s blog post last year. Luiz has attended most of Reiko’s Hashi Cooking classes during the last 3 years and often puts what he’s learned to good practice, much to ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]