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Eating well in Copenhagen
Bocuse trio at GeraniumSo you're going to Copenhagen and you don't have a table at Noma. Who cares?! There is so much for the food-inclined tourist to do in Copenhagen that doesn't require hitting the...
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Recipe: Lobster Noodles in XO sauce
We happened to be in the supermarket the other day and the fishmonger had an offer of two frozen Maine lobster tails for a tenner. What the heck, we thought, and bought them thinking it would make a...
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Jackson + Rye: stick to brunch
Jackson + Rye: Scrambled eggsYou would never know that Satsuma (RIP) was once on the site of Jackson + Rye. The sterile white and utilitarian wood (or latterly gaudy orange pods) has been swapped for...
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Tommi's Burger Joint: my favourite cheeseburger in London
Tommi's Burger Joint cheeseburgerYou know a picture tells a thousand words right? Well if you take a looksee over there at that cheeseburger from Tommi's Burger Joint in Marylebone, I could probably...
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Dabbous: is it still worth the wait?
Dabbous: Smoked Halibut and Pickled CeleriacDabbous is still one of the hardest tables in London to secure. If you search the website for a prime time slot a month from now, you'll be told there are no...
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Chinese New Year Recipes: Dong Po Rou and DPR Sliders
Dong Po RouThis recipe was given to me by a Taiwanese colleague (hey Cindy!) when I asked what I should cook for a Chinese New Year gathering. It's her mum's version of Dong Po Rou, a braised pork...
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Honey & Co: Eating Against the Clock
Honey & Co: Merguez sausage roll, fried egg, harissaI really don't know what happened when I went to Honey & Co for brunch on Monday, but it was a huge disappointment. I've not read a bad word...
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A Wong: Not Your Grandma's Chinese
A Wong: Quail egg croquette puffYou have to love what's going on at A Wong. It's not often you get an utterly original take on traditional Chinese dim sum that, more often than not, works. This is...
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Rotorino: west meets east
Rotorino: Buffalo mozzarella, smashed broad beans, mintI don't often find myself in East London these days and it generally takes a bit to convince me that the hour travel is worth it. Don't get me...
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Hing Kee in Hong Kong
Hing Kee: Typhoon Shelter CrabI really think you need local knowledge when looking for places to eat in Asia so I'm here to give you some. Hing Kee in Hong Kong (has quite a ring to it dontcha think?)...
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Unforgettable Shoraian, Arashiyama Japan
Shoraian yudofuIf you're visiting Kyoto (and you really must), then Arashiyama just west of the city should also be on your itinerary. The setting by the Hozu River is tranquil once you get away from...
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Kyoto travels: Fushimi Inari shrine and Unagi at Nezameya
Nezameya - grilled eel specialist near Fushimi Inari ShrineThe Fushimi Inari shrine is one of the most iconic images of Kyoto. Row after row of vermillion Torii, tightly packed and stretching up Mount...
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Barrafina Covent Garden: it's flantastic
Barrafina Adelaide St: instant classic Bocadillo de CalamarYou've never really needed me to tell you to go to Barrafina have you? It's a given. When it opened on Frith St it was an instant classic. On...
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Kyoto travels: noodling about with Ramen at Ippudo, Soba at Misoka-an and...
Ippudo ramen, KyotoI don't know about you but I reckon certain types of noodles have personalities. On my scale, soba is the introverted quiet one in the corner of a crowded room having a peaceful...
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Crocker's Folly: new kid on the block
Crocker's Folly tavernRecently opened Crocker's Folly isn't exactly the new kid on the block - the building dates back to the late 1800s - but it certainly feels like it. It has been empty for an age...
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Kyoto travels: the best bang-for-your-yen lunch at Roan Kikunoi
Roan Kikunoi: smoked cherry troutThere are only so many meals that you feel you can do justice to with a blog post and I'm afraid time has usually got the better of me for most of them. I'm not one of...
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Kyoto travels: the unmissable Miyako Odori followed by ice-cream at Kinana...
Tea ceremony before the Miyako OdoriIf you're in Kyoto in April, you're very lucky for a couple of reasons. Aside from the abundant, but fleeting, cherry blossoms, April is the only month that the...
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Kurobuta Marble Arch: let's do the time warp
Kurobuta: wagyu sliders £19Do you remember the late 80s? In Tokyo? No? It's pretty vague for me too, but if you take my hand and come with me to Kurobuta in Marble Arch, you'll time warp to find Aussie...
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The cracking Bonnie Gull Seafood Masterclass
Bonnie Gull: my crab is bigger than yoursI won something! Seriously, I never win anything. My mum is the lucky one in the family. Every Christmas, she'll win the ham and most likely something else....
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Eating Well in Austin, Texas
Texas is all big hair, shoulder pads and bitchy pool-side cat fights, right? No? What about oil money, the Bush family and crazy cults? Wide of the mark again? Well, if your perception of the Lone Star...
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Eating Well (and other fun things) in Kanazawa, Japan
The impressive torii at Kanazawa JR StationLittle here is original. I'm afraid that when I visited Kanazawa in March 2015, the internet lacked much in the way of help for the non-Japanese tourist...
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Frenchie Covent Garden: not one for sharing
Duck foie gras at FrenchieIt was a rookie error really and considering I can no longer honestly tick the juvenile box on questionable questionnaires, I have no one to blame but myself. Frenchie, newly...
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The Sportsman, Kent - Just do it
The SportsmanThe Sportsman is one of those seemingly mythic restaurants existing beyond Zone 2 that always seemed unreachable to this non-car owning city slicker. Yes I know there are trains but...
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Lurra: not quite a Basque Grill
Rubia Gallega at LurraDonastia, Lurra's sister restaurant, has the honour of being on my list of banned London restaurants. Oh yes, the list is real and it is lengthy. I wanted to like Donastia when it...
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Hide: run, don't Hide Above
Hide exteriorI wish we were reacquainting under better circumstances dear reader, but I'm back with an important PSA. To call Hide the worst restaurant I've been to in a long time is an overly generous...
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