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St Leonards Review – Shoreditch

Jackson Boxer is the boss of a bunch of greats such as Brunswick House in Vauxhall, Orasay in Notting Hill, the food-driven members…

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Dozo Kensington Review

With good reason. I’ve traveled to Tokyo and ate at the world famed Daiwa in Tsukiji Fish Market. I’ve had…

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STK Review – The Strand

My first experience of STK was in the Meat Packing District of New York in 2012 during a gorgeous May…

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Crown and Greyhound. Every town needs a good local

The Crown and Greyhound in East Dulwich, south east London, is quintessentially a neighbourhood pub, a pub and it has…

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The Duke of Richmond Review Hackney- The food is seasonally British with French elocution

The Duke of Richmond is a pub in the neighbourhood of Hackney run by Tom Oldroyd and is missus Meryl…

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Merchants Tavern Review …serious food action is just about to happen.

Merchants Tavern one of those stalwart venues in Shoreditch where you can come for everything, a pint, ample plonk and…

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Dishoom Shoreditch Review …”the nation’s favourite cuisine in retro Bombay Cafe style”

Dishoom is a place where you are guaranteed Indian food, the nation’s favourite cuisine in retro Bombay Cafe style. Their…

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The Britannia Richmond. “…if I was in a muttering mood then I’d say the roasties weren’t crispy and the gravy’s depth went missing in action”

Richmond is a hoity-toity part of town, a suburban area of South West London, full of posh shops, normal ones,…

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Brigadiers Review. “Eating it is like getting out of the right side of bed, mood lifting and I always order it”.

Brigadiers is a multi chambered 140-cover Anglo Indian tavern that has been doing their thing with big fisted-flavour inside the…

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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;…