Finding a good Italian in our capital is surprisingly difficult. I've tried loads and am rarely wowed. In a city with its own Little Italy, it's surprising I have this struggle. Perhaps it's due to nostalgia for my own local…
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A good Moroccan is a lovely thing. A refined thing, it is not. I hadn’t seen or heard of evidence to the latter until recently, when I was invited to a bloggers dinner at Zayane on Golborne Road, West London. It’s kitchen…
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My first encounter with an Irish coffee was when I was in my late teens, winging it as a waitress in Brisbane, Australia. I was learning the ropes and trying to decipher the many alien drink orders that were given to me:…
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Cue the latest addition to Ross Shonhan’s Bone Daddies family: its Old Street branch, opened last week! I’m a regular at the Bone Daddies pop up since discovering it tucked away under the arches in their development kitchen in Bermondsey, and adore…
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There’s a curious brunch on the London horizon and, sugar, it ain’t Ozzy. Nein, it is Berlin style and, if you haven’t already, you’re going to be hearing a lot more about it soon. When I first met Noemi, founder…
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A neighbourhood pub is one of the cornerstones of Great British culture. Nowhere else does them as we do. In Brazil, a ‘pub’ is actually considered an upscale bar; it’s a swanky place, a place to impress and certainly not…
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If you're searching for sushi so smooth it's like butter and feels like it melts in your mouth – that’s what you'll get at Takahashi, a modest pocket of a restaurant in South Wimbledon, capable of 20 covers at a push. We took…
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