a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in dining out, food, London, meat, restaurant review, restaurants, wine on Mar 4th, 2009
Background: I was recently invited to have dinner at The Butcher’s Block, a private dining room at the Malmaison London Brasserie, and write a review about it. Even though the meal was complimentary, I was nevertheless very conscious of the need to treat it exactly like any other meal that I would have paid for [...]
Posted in Asian, cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, meat, recipe, traveleating on Feb 8th, 2009
My goal is to spend no more than 30 minutes in the kitchen, while cooking from scratch and using as many fresh ingredients as possible. After a long day at work, speed and simplicity are of the essence. Continuing with the current Quick & Simple recipe series, here’s a recipe for beef tamarind stir-fry that [...]
Posted in dining out, food, London, meat, restaurant review, restaurants, steakhouse, traveleating on Feb 2nd, 2009
Background: As part of the Lunch with the FT offer (which ends on Friday 13 February), my friend and I chose Goodman as our lunch venue. Ever since it opened on Maddox Street three months ago, it’s been on my restaurant wishlist, and I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to try the steak [...]
Posted in British, dining out, food, London, meat, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Jan 23rd, 2009
Background: St John in Farringdon has been bouncing on and off my restaurant wishlist for many years. I finally had the opportunity to dine there on Tuesday, when wine blogger Rob McIntosh from Wine Conversation and Thirst for Rioja invited fellow food bloggers Niamh, Chris, Helen, Lizzie and I to dinner to meet Rafael Vivanco, [...]
Posted in dining out, food, London, meat, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Sep 11th, 2008
I had been looking forward to eating at Mangal Ocakbasi ever since it was recommended by a good friend. She’s been a regular since 1995 and has never been disappointed. I don’t get to eat meat at home, as vegetarian husband does the cooking, so I’ll grab any chance to indulge in a bit of [...]
