Posted in China, Chinese, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, Hunan, recipe, Sichuan, traveleating on Aug 14th, 2009
My first encounter with food writer Fuchsia Dunlop was at a British Museum talk on Chinese food last year. I didn’t stay behind to chat with her, but was impressed with her opinions on the importance of food in Chinese culture. We were briefly introduced at a Ferran Adrià talk last November, and more recently [...]
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Posted in awards, cookery, cookery books, cooking, dim sum, dining out, food, Hunan, Japanese, London, Michelin star, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwanese, traveleating on Jun 30th, 2009
I suppose I had better start with the Guild of Food Writers 2009 Awards party, which I attended last Thursday as a shortlistee for the New Media category. I didn’t win, but I did get the opportunity to meet some fantastic people, including my two ‘rivals’ for the New Media award, Tim Hayward from the [...]
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Posted in China, Chinese, dining out, food, Hunan, London, restaurant review, restaurants, Taiwanese, traveleating, wine on Jun 8th, 2009
Background: For about the last two years, ever since she discovered it, my London-based Taiwanese friend has been trying to persuade me to eat at Hunan. I knew very little about it until I finally decided to go with her and her partner. It’s a Taiwanese family-run restaurant, located near Sloane Square, and has been [...]
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