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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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, [...]
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