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Author: Admin Published Date: February 24, 2021 Leave a Comment on London Steak House Company… Then came the beef short ribs – two slabs of melting, sticky pieces of flesh with a good coating of BBQ glaze
Posted in Cocktails Good for dates Posh Nosh Steak

London Steak House Company… Then came the beef short ribs – two slabs of melting, sticky pieces of flesh with a good coating of BBQ glaze

The London Steak House Company formed in 2008 and first opened in the City just off Bishopsgate – you’ve probably…

Author: Admin Published Date: February 17, 2021 Leave a Comment on Red Rooster Review… It’s fluent in live music and soul food
Posted in Cocktails Craft beer/ales Fried Chicken Good for Groups Informal Shoreditch

Red Rooster Review… It’s fluent in live music and soul food

Behold Red Rooster and the man behind it – celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. He’s Ethiopian by descent but was raised…

Author: Admin Published Date: January 8, 2021 Leave a Comment on Leong’s Legend – The lustrous skins hold sweet minced pork and hot soup that explodes in your mouth like a culinary flavour bomb
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Leong’s Legend – The lustrous skins hold sweet minced pork and hot soup that explodes in your mouth like a culinary flavour bomb

Leong’s Legend, sister restaurant to Dumplings Legend specialises in Chinese food from Sichuan, Shanghai and Taiwan. It’s been a stablemate…

Author: Admin Published Date: December 31, 2020 Leave a Comment on Duck Soup Soho Review – they have wandered the world, discovering many cooking styles
Posted in Bistro Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Good for dates Informal Modern British Soho Wine Bar

Duck Soup Soho Review – they have wandered the world, discovering many cooking styles

Ducksoup, a 40 cover datenight-ish Soho gem is run by Clare Lattin, Rory McCoy and Julian Biggs. All alumni of…

Author: Admin Published Date: December 28, 2020 Leave a Comment on The Eagle Clerkenwell – the bifeana is boss
Posted in Cheap Eats Craft beer/ales Farringdon Gastropub Open Kitchen Steak

The Eagle Clerkenwell – the bifeana is boss

The Eagle is a gastropub, a bare bones one that extoll the virtues of simple cooking as a pub should….

Author: Admin Published Date: December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment on Smoking Goat – Shoreditch – The flavours will summon you like a mistress in the night
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Smoking Goat – Shoreditch – The flavours will summon you like a mistress in the night

When Smoking Goat Soho was still about, you would often find me there chowing down on their fish sauce wings,…

Author: Admin Published Date: December 4, 2020 Leave a Comment on Kricket – Soho – Being different on the food front is the feather in the restaurants cap
Posted in Cocktails Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Gastronoughts Good for dates Indian Informal Open Kitchen Soho

Kricket – Soho – Being different on the food front is the feather in the restaurants cap

Kricket on the face of it seems like the well-worn sock of all cliches. Once upon a time they were…

Author: Admin Published Date: November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment on K10 Broadgate – Utility Sushi
Posted in Cheap Eats City Informal No bookings Sushi

K10 Broadgate – Utility Sushi

K10 Broadgate has been doing its thing since February 2013, replacing Ping Pong, the very bang average dim sum chain….

Author: Admin Published Date: November 23, 2020 Leave a Comment on Smokehouse Islington Review – food so good we forgave the imaginary service
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Smokehouse Islington Review – food so good we forgave the imaginary service

Smokehouse Islington has been doing their thing since August 2013 and is one part of the quartet they call Noble…

Author: Admin Published Date: November 15, 2020 Leave a Comment on Flat Iron Shoreditch Review… It has boss levels of umami with salt, fat and cheese caramelised in all of the right places. I can’t endorse it enough.
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Flat Iron Shoreditch Review… It has boss levels of umami with salt, fat and cheese caramelised in all of the right places. I can’t endorse it enough.

Charlie Carroll is behind the roaring success they call Flat Iron. After a stint at Wahaca, he went out on…