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This dish of pan fried fillet of sea bream, with tart, creamy lemongrass scented beurre blanc and choi sum makes a delicious main course for any dinner. Beurre blanc is a classic French emulsion sauce made by combining butter (lots…
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London spoils us for choice with food. Hundreds, hundreds and thousands of restaurants sprinkle its streets, like so many sultanas in a tea loaf on Sunday. At times it’s enough to drive me to anxiety. My to-do list expands daily…
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This chilled pea and mint soup, served with goat’s cheese and garnished with garlic cress and almonds, is a great, fresh starter or lunch. Even better, you can make it way in advance and simply assemble at the point of…
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London has brought me a number of successes. Food is one of them. Dating is not. My latest review demonstrates acutely why I am destined to die fat (happily) and single (jury’s out). I was excited to try well-known Beirut…
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Tucked away on a neat little street in Islington, lurks my new favourite hidden London gem. Public House, a boutique restaurant and bar, serving up classic food and somewhat jazzy cocktails with a cheeky little personal touch. Cheeky? Each cocktail…
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In a city which sees literally hundreds of restaurants open in any given year, Summer 2013 has seen an exciting new arrival to its culinary rostra. Or is it new? Boulestin by Joel Kissin, which opened last Friday, takes its…
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When work gets tough, August monsoons over my bank holiday weekend and the news is full of doom, gloom and Syria, all, really, that there is left for me to do is eat. And certainly, nothing turns that metaphorical frown…
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