Posted in Alfresco Dining Cheap Eats City Cocktails Informal Japanese Korean No bookings Open Kitchen Pizza Shoreditch Street Feast Thai

A typical Fat Friday for Grubstance

We all work, train, diet and party hard during the week so why not bring in the weekend with some…

Posted in Asian Bao Barbeque Cheap Eats Cocktails Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Informal Korean No bookings Restaurant Graveyard Smoked meats Soho

Bó Drake – An Asian blend in Soho

Bó Drake has been in the Soho food scene since February 2015 and it brings East Asian flavours to a 60…

Posted in Cheap Eats Chinese City Informal Mainland China Open Kitchen Sichuan | Szechuan

My Old Place (Revisited) – Szechuan in the East End come and get it!

My Old Place has remained one of the most reliable spots for me over the years, delivering plate after plate…

Posted in Cantonese Cheap Eats Chinatown Chinese Dim Sum Informal Open Kitchen

Dumplings Legend – Review (Chinatown)

Since I was a kid, Chinatown was the mecca for authentic Cantonese cuisine, it was notoriously good for your niche…

Posted in 1 Michelin Star Bao Cheap Eats Counter Dining Craft beer/ales Fitzrovia Informal No bookings Open Kitchen Seafood Soho Tapas

A Day Out With the Siblings

The aim of the day was to squeeze as much as I could from £300 with my 3 siblings in…

Posted in Cheap Eats Cocktails Informal Mexican Open Kitchen Restaurant Graveyard Shoreditch

Santo Remedio – Mexicana in hipster land – where has it gone?

Santo Remedio comes to Shoredtich’s Rivington St in March of this year bringing a blend of modern and street food…

Posted in Alfresco Dining Bao Brixton Cash only Cheap Eats Chinese Craft beer/ales Fitzrovia Informal Japanese No bookings Open Kitchen Soho

Gastro Day – Bao Fitzrovia, Tombo And Okan – A Day Of Food

From a 6 seat market shack to a roaring success in Soho and now a 3rd instalment in Fitzrovia, whatever…

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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 Alfresco Dining Burgers Cantonese Cheap Eats Chinese Cocktails Informal No bookings North of the River Open Kitchen Pizza Thai

Pizza Union, Pitt Cue, Taste London.. This is what Fat Friday’s are about

Fat Friday’s personify quality time consuming one’s bodyweight in high calorie comfort food which invariably/inevitably have a patina of filth….

Posted in Alfresco Dining Borough Market Cash only Cheap Eats Chinese Coffee East End Informal No bookings North of the River Seafood

Gastro Day – Dumplings, Coffee, Pastel De Nata, Scotch Eggs And A Crab Bao!

The brief for Gastro days is simple – walk from place to place (you will burn more calories and therefore…