Posted in 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…

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…

Posted in 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,…

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…

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….

Posted in Craft beer/ales Gastropub Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Islington North of the River

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…

Posted in Cheap Eats Cocktails Craft beer/ales Informal No bookings Shoreditch Steak

Flat Iron Shoreditch Review

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

Posted in Cantonese Cheap Eats Chinatown Good for Groups Informal

Wong Kei Chinatown Review… The uncompromising rudeness was part of the romance

Wong Kei is one of the longest standing Cantonese institutions in Chinatown, it’s a multi-storey restaurant with 500 covers and…

Posted in Chinatown Chinese Informal Noodles Open Kitchen

Jen Café Review – Chinatown – come here to get your gap filled

If you’re in search for tummy filling, reasonably priced, and above all tasty food in a welcoming place then Jen…

Posted in Cheap Eats Fried Chicken Good for Groups Informal New Malden South of the River Suburbia Surrey

Kang Nam – New Malden… It serves up the customary stablemates

Kang Nam is one of the latest additions to the already strong fleet of Korean restaurants in New Malden. It…