Vietnamese has never been a cuisine I have much delved into. Funnily enough, the Yorkshire dales never nurtured much of a food scene for it. And so, on reading a most impertinent review by A.A.Gill, Critic for the Sunday Times,…
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I recently took part in a Charity Come Dine With Me competition in aid of PHAB, a youth centre in Hounslow that helps supports children in the area. My challenge was to devise a menu that would be fool proof…
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Arriving in London in September, I was swept away by our capital’s food scene. Never had I lived somewhere with a food scene of such tremendous proportions. Tens (and tens squared) of markets, multitudes of producers and armies of chefs….
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Surf ‘n’ Turf. I’ll admit – the concept, I hate. For me, it conjures images of either the 90s or a tacky date in Vegas; both equally damning. Are you steak or are you lobster? Both are beautiful ingredients, both…
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Sunday April 27th and I am strolling through the gritty, cool and somewhat industrial streets of North East London. My mind lies in the East. Memoirs of ginger, chilli, galangal and coconut, scented memories of shrimp paste, jasmine and lemongrass…
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As sunsets on beachy shore, blood red drops in orange jus, the sunrise in the tequila, so are the shades of beetroot cured salmon. Stunning, stunning and that again. Plated on white and with baby yellow, mustard dill sauce, meals…
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Upon graduating from University and awaiting my relocation to the bright lights and smoky streets of London, I was regaled with tales of the London dating scene. From what I was told, hoards of eligible single men, straight designer-stubble jawed…
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