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Marcus at The Berkeley Review …half of me thinks he’s a sad bastard and the other half still adores him…

Marcus Wareing got his feet wet at the tender age of 11 packing potatoes and riding shot-gun with his father…

Cheap Eats Farringdon Good for Groups Informal Mexican Open Kitchen

Breddos Tacos – back-packing through Mexico inspired recipes that were sold at supper clubs

Breddos started life as a food pop-up run on a shoe string at East London’s Netil Market, I didn’t go, but…

Cocktails Gastronoughts Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Italian Old St Open Kitchen Pasta

Passo Restaurant Old St – you’re definitely not sitting elbow to elbow here and you can flounce around like a spoilt child without anyone noticing

Passo is brought to us in October 2017 to the manor they call Old St from the guys behind the…

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…

Cocktails Craft beer/ales Fried Chicken Good for Groups Informal Restaurant Graveyard 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, raised in Sweden…

Chinatown Dim Sum Informal

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…

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, date-night-ish Soho gem, is run by Clare Lattin, Rory McCoy, and Julian Biggs. All alumni of Hix…

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….

Cocktails Craft beer/ales Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Open Kitchen Shoreditch Thai

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,…

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…