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Xi’an Biang Biang Noodles – Review

Xi’an food is the spawn of the ancient Silk Road, a two-way path connecting the East to the West where…

Posted in Craft beer/ales Curry Indian Informal No bookings Spitalfields

Gunpowder Review – Revisited

Indian food from what I know of it has come a long way from the neon coloured curries, poppadoms and…

Posted in Cocktails East End Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Shoreditch Spitalfields Thai

Som Saa – Review – A Flavour Punch To The Taste Buds

I’m no stranger to Som Saa having eaten at their pop-up years ago, in a scuzzy railway bridge in the…

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Canto Corvino – Italy In The City

Canto Corvino is possibly my favourite Italian joint in the City as every time I go, they seem to bring…

Posted in Alfresco Dining Cocktails Coffee Counter Dining Informal Open Kitchen Portuguese Spitalfields

Taberna Do Mercado – revisited

I’ve not been to Portugal yet to truly experience their culinary offering (a stag trip to the Algrave eating kebabs…

Posted in Cocktails Craft beer/ales Fried Chicken Informal Spitalfields

Absurd Bird – Review (Spitalfields) Twisted Southern US fare

Absurd Bird comes to Spitafields’s Commercial Street in March this year with the headline of ‘bringing the soul – warming comfort…

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Lupita East – Review (Spitalfields) The Mexican adventure begins

The two floor, 130 seater Lupita East has been around since October 2012 and is based on Commercial St of Spitalfields where…

Posted in Curry East End Indian Informal No bookings Spitalfields

Gunpowder Spitalfields – Review. My 3 visits – the chops are king

I’m not sure about everyone else, but when I think about curry (*British word sigh*) in the East End, my…

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Canto Corvino – Review (Spitalfields) Modern Italian fare that surprises

I’m yet to visit but the squad behind Manicomio who have restaurants in St Pauls and Chelsea have headed to Spitalfields for…

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Taberna Do Mercardo – Review (Old Spitalfields) My first Nuno Mendes experience

Nuno Mendes, born and raised in Lisbon first arrived in London in 2008, having trained at culinary school in San…