Fire 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 …
Seafood time!! (Warning: I’m still cringing at how much I ate during the NYC trip. This post might lack excitement). Marea Marea is a two-Michelin-starrred Italian/seafood restaurant overlooking the south of Central Park. If standing outside the restaurant on a breezy, sunny day, you will certainly entice yourself with smell of fresh horse poo from …
Katz’s Deli On East Houston Street has been standing Katz’s Deli for God-know-how-many years (since 1888 – I don’t do maths). This is a proper Jewish delicatessen of NYC Lower East Side (which London’s dear Mishkin’s takes an inspiration from). The walls are adorned with memorabilia of the past (with a lot of sleb diners) …
ACE!? I felt marooned at Ace Hotel (where hip boys and girls play dress-up and doormen can tell a Raf Simons from a Prada bling) on the cusp of Midtown and Koreatown. In that premise there are a Michelin-starred (where I had an underwhelming breakfast), an oyster bar (I gave it a miss) and a …
Landed in London A well known restaurant for Russian food aficionados, Mari Vanna originated in the Motherland (two branches in Moscow and St Petersburg) and has quickly expanded its family tree over to New York. All restaurants are modeled after a theme of a mythical woman (called Mari Vanna) inviting guests over at her house …
Tiger’s milk? My limited knowledge of Peruvian food derived via Nobu, and I became utterly intrigued by a “tiger’s milk” marinate printed on the menu of Ceviche, a little charming Peruvian bar/restaurant in Soho. Was it “tiger’s milk”, or literally, tiger’s milk? Can we milk a tiger? What would animal right activists say to this? …