Background: Charmaine from tasty treats! and I visited Italian eaterie Bocca di Lupo back in January, not long after it opened. For some reason, we ordered from their One Dish Meals menu rather than trying various small-sized plates of food. I’ve regretted this ever since, so when Caitlin from Vinoteca and her partner wanted to [...]
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Posted in cookery, cooking, dining out, food, London, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, travel, traveleating on Sep 17th, 2009
World Foodie Guide is 2 years old today! It’s been a tremendously satisfying and food-filled journey, and I wouldn’t have made it this far without your support and encouragement, so thank you all for reading my blog. I’ve learned so much from everyone and have really appreciated all your suggestions, thoughts and ideas. To mark [...]
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Background: Despite our recent Koba tweatup, Catty from The Catty Life and I were craving yet more Korean food. So after reading a positive Time Out review of new Korean restaurant Naru in Covent Garden, we decided to see what it was like. It’s a pretty space, simply decorated, and interestingly, there are no barbecue [...]
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I’ve been a member of the UK Food Bloggers Association (UKFBA) for a while now, having joined not long after starting World Foodie Guide nearly two years ago. I’m a rather lazy and not at all pro-active member, yet have been meaning for months to visit the UKFBA stall at the Covent Garden Real Food [...]
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Posted in dining out, food, Japanese, London on Sep 2nd, 2009
Background: Japanese restaurant Dinings is the latest participant of the recent Taste of London festival that I chose to visit (the others being L’Anima, Launceston Place and Salt Yard). At Taste, I sampled a tiny bit of my friend’s wagyu beef tataki with ponzu sauce and porcini oil, as well as my own dish consisting [...]
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