TranslationCat Food.. You know…Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare is a three-Michelin-starred, 18-seat restaurant appendixed to a supermarket. You know, chef Cesar Ramirez is Mexican but inspired by the Japanese impeccability.The chef’s table concept is developed from a sushi bar. But, chef Ramirez is a man with great toys – an impeccably modern kitchen centrepiece, an …
TranslationMEAT in a touristy market.. MEATmarket – the newborn sibling of London’s famed #Meateasy and MEATliquor – is where one can enjoy a very clatteringly touristy view from the Deck of Jubilee Hall Market (AKA the other market in Covent Garden Piazza that Londoners don’t go to) 7 days a week. There are two entrances …
TranslationNot entirely awwffal.. Fitzrovia is becoming a dining hub, with Dabbous‘s gathering a huge crowd and Lima and Bubbledogs’s being set to open in June and July, respectively. You have, in the mean time, a new Chinese “Dragon” on the lesser frequented part of Fitzrovia. Cleveland Street, to be specific. This was a casual Chinese …
TranslationFire without smoke Koba is a popular, moderately priced and casually pristine Korean restaurant in Fitzrovia. To me, the reason that distinctly sets this little place apart from other Korean hubs – most notably those on St Giles High Street – is not its food but its most effective smoke extracting system. While I usually …
TranslationThe no-menu family affair.. Hunan is a family run Chinese restaurant which has occupied a little corner in Chelsea/Pimlico for decades. Chef Peng (the daddy) leads the kitchen and Michael (the son) looks after the FOH and the wine list. Despite its name, Hunan does not serve Hunanese Chinese cuisine but is a purveyor of …
TranslationNot the world’s 50 best restaurants.. Had I but world enough and time, trotting the globe to eat wouldn’t be such a crime. I am a self-confessed World’s 50 Best Restaurants junkie. I find it commendable that the list is streamlined towards unearthing innovations where (occasionally) no ordinary foodie has reached. There is a catch, …