This little Vietnamese noodle restaurant has been serving simple, tasty Vietnamese noodle dishes to Dalston residents (and anyone willing to travel) for nearly three years; indeed in the time it’s taken me to finally make my way there, founder Colin Tu has launched another Vietnamese restaurant, MAM, in Nottinghill and a second branch of Salvation ... Read more »
As a child, I had a very multicultural upbringing when it came to food. Of course, there was the Indian food of my parents’ home country. And there were plenty of newly learned British classics from their adopted country. My mum also taught herself Italian, Greek, and other cuisines from cookery books. When we travelled ... Read more »
We Brits love our pasta! I don’t think it’s an understatement to say it’s become a staple in most homes, as a quick, versatile and delicious meal that’s usually very affordable to boot. So it’s a little surprising that there aren’t more specialist pasta restaurants – by which I mean restaurants focusing on fresh handmade ... Read more »
Chicken Society is a large, on-trend casual restaurant in the heart of Central Finchley, less than 100 yards from the tube station, and right behind a bus stop serving a number of local routes. Open a year this December, it was launched with the aim of sharing the owners’ “love of all things chicken“. Inside ... Read more »
Cecil, a 3.5 kilo beast of a Red King crab certainly lived up to the name of Fancy Crab, a new restaurant in London’s West End, a stone’s throw north of Bond Street station. He was named by the first customer of the day, as is the newly-opened restaurant’s tradition. Red King crabs can grow ... Read more »
We moved to North Finchley over 20 years ago, and discovered Izgara restaurant in Central Finchley not long after it opened in 1999. Although it’s not as local as the restaurants along our own high street 1.5 miles to the north, we loved the Turkish menu, friendly service and the windows all along the front ... Read more »
Time to pay respects to my home town once again. I love to travel and see the world, and sometimes I feel like I don’t want to come home because the trip is so wonderful. But when I settle back into London, I realise I have missed it in so many ways. Yes, there are ... Read more »
Of course, most of us have commitments and practical limitations that mean we can’t spend all our waking hours chasing our dreams – the need to work a job to pay the bills, the desire to spend time with our friends and families, the prioritisation of raising a family or establishing a career (or both)… ... Read more »
Stoke House describes itself as a ‘contemporary take on the Great British Carvery‘ and specialises in meats roasted in a wood fire smoker. Recently, they’ve rethought their original buffet service approach and switched to waiter service at your table. They’ve also added small plate options to the menu as well as some meaty sandwiches served ... Read more »
The meaning of the word ‘brunch’ seems to have shifted somewhat in the last couple of years, or at least it has in London. Where once it described a late morning meal that fused together breakfast and lunch, it seems increasingly to be used for any weekend lunch menu, even if the restaurant serving it ... 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]