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Cheap Eats City Informal Mainland China Old St Sichuan | Szechuan

The Sichuan Review City Road… “so expect numbing heat, rich black vinegar sauces with as many dried chillis and toasty wok-hei notes your tongue can take”.

The smell of the Sichuan peppercorn is intoxicating and perfumes the City air as we walk by The Sichuan and purely…

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 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…

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…

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….

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…