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Bone Daddies Old Street Review

Bone Daddies Old Street is the fifth offshoot of Australian Owner Ross Shonhan’s growing portfolio of crowd pleasing restaurants. He’s…

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Kyms Review

Unlike Andrew Wong’s Michelin gilded A.Wong in Victoria, where the main command is dim sum, roast meats is the core…

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Bar Douro Review – London Bridge

Tucked inside a railway arch within London Bridge’s Flat Iron Square, you’ll find Bar Douro, a splendid 35-cover Portuguese restaurant,…

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Lupins Review – Sunshine Food

Lupins of Union Street opened in May 2017 and they are a sage nod to cooking small plates with exclusively…

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Via Emilia By Roots Review – The speciality of the house are the gnoccho fritto, a crimped bread in the shape of pillows fried until it puffs up

The team from Food roots opens Via Emilia in November 2017. I lifted this from their website: “Necessarily quality comes with authenticity;…

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Market Halls Fulham …I did my best in covering as much as I could at the old Fulham Broadway Station’s old ticketing office.

Pizza, regional Thai, a deli, kebabs, buttermilk fried chicken, poké, BBQ, Indian street food and ice cream all under one…

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Sabor Review – A tapas titan in London

I recall the many engrossing nights perched on the bar at the original Barrafina on Frith Street, they’ve been around…

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Bao Netil Market – Trust me, I don’t get money for blowing smoke up their bums, what they make is delicious, which is exactly what you want.

Bao’s creators are Erchen Chang and siblings Shing Tat and Wai Ting Chung. They first launched in 2012, taking buns…

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Shoryu Shoreditch Review …”Shoryu Ramen by tradition champions thick and creamy broths which taste like a 12 hour indulgent yield of slow bubbling pork parts”

Once upon a time Soho was the place that peddled soup in noodles. Bone Daddies, Tonkotsu and of course Shoryu…

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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…