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 afternoon tea, Alan Yau, Chinese, dim sum, dining out, food, London, Michelin star, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, vegetarian on May 26th, 2009
Background: Regular readers will know that I adore dim sum! I’m currently updating last year’s post Where To Eat Dim Sum In London, and have created a shortlist of dim sum restaurants to revisit as well as to visit for the first time. Having recently ticked a few new ones off the list – Yum [...]
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I was recently invited for a complimentary dinner at David Thompson’s Nahm. Based at the Halkin Hotel, it has held one Michelin star for several years. I visited last year (see review here), but left not feeling particularly impressed by either the food or the service. I therefore accepted the invitation as an opportunity to [...]
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Posted in cookery, cooking, dim sum, dining out, food, London, Michelin star, noodles, recipe, restaurant review, restaurants, Sichuan, traveleating on Apr 2nd, 2009
The monthly summary for March. A bout of food poisoning meant having to miss out on a few planned events, but it was still a busy month revolving around food. I volunteered in the hectic kitchen of The Underground Restaurant, which was a real eye-opener. If you haven’t visited yet, I would recommend making a [...]
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Background: I recently decided to tidy up the categories on my London restaurant reviews page and as a result, discovered several restaurants I fancied revisiting. Arbutus (click for previous review) was one of them. I’ve only been once, for the set lunch which they were offering long before the credit crunch, and gave it a [...]
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