Last Friday, I finally got to try out Chotto Matte in Soho! Where to begin? The restaurant opened in September 2013 and I have been dying to get there and sample the Nikkei cuisine on offer, for some time. So what is Nikkei? It is the culinary fusion of Japanese and Peruvian cultures. Apparently Peru has the second largest Japanese… Read more →
Category: Restaurant
Hixter City
Let me start as I mean to go on – I really like this place! A Hubcaps club night out always means a good dinner and drinks with great company. For our pre-christmas meeting we chose the new-ish Hixter City, located in the hidden gem near Liverpool Street that is Devonshire Square. The concept is nice and simple – chicken… Read more →
The Jugged Hare
I recently went to The Jugged Hare near Barbican. As you enter the grade II listed building (part of the famous old Whitbread Brewery which is now the 5 star Montcalm hotel), you are greeted by stuffed, mounted hare’s heads. So very early on, I should say, if you do not like eating meat, or if you are in denial about… Read more →
Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud
This is a very special experience. Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud is Ireland’s only two Michelin star restaurant, and it is totally understandable why. From the moment you walk into the quaint townhouse in Merrion Square, you feel like you have stepped into something magical. I felt a particular affinity to it as soon as I read that the restaurant opened the year I was… Read more →
Great British Burger Wars #5 – Patty & Bun
When I heard last year that Patty & Bun was opening at Liverpool Street, I was super excited. The original in the west end had received much acclaim when it opened and I was keen to get my teeth into one of these bad boys! I have now been to this branch a number of times and it is yet to… Read more →
Polpo Smithfield
A perfect spot between Great Portland Street and Moorgate for Holly Golightly and I to have a BFF ‘ladies that lunch’ moment during a working week. We walked around the area to see what we fancied and settled with Polpo – we were not disappointed! Polpo in Smithfield is a little hidden gem. Located on Cowcross street, the exterior is… Read more →
Tredwell’s
Marcus Wareing’s newest opening sits on St Martin’s Lane in Covent Garden, on the former site of Japanese restaurant Kyashii, which most people don’t seem to remember. It is opposite famous London landmarks like Dishoom and Stringfellows. Tredwell’s is cleverly named after a butler in Agatha Christie’s novel The Seven Dials Mystery. I was really very excited to hear about this newcomer to… Read more →
Valentines Day
It is almost that time of year when either you will be swooning or swearing… If single no doubt you will be trying to get on with your life as normally as possible whilst everyone else goes nuts (in which case use this post as a guide of where to avoid!). And if you are all hooked up, then no… Read more →
London in January
Having a Dry/ Lean/ Frugal January? Commiserations… and welcome to the club! To beat the January Blues… most of us are in the gym, sweating away and hoping that by the time we come out of there we will be svelte and the sun will be shining. I believe this is modern hibernation. After the holidays we are all over-indulged in… Read more →
A Barcelona Guide
There are just SO many things I could recommend that you do in this great city of design, art, culture and food! I have put a few key things here that you can pick and choose from, as I am sure you will find other things to do as you wander (as in the best vacations!) and ultimately have a… Read more →