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The celebration season brings with it a lot of joy; presents, lessening workloads and copious, copious drinks. I love it and it wouldn’t give me cause to complain at all but for one miniscule, teeny weeny little thing: the set function menus. I can…
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Recently I headed down to Chiswick to check out the newly opened branch of Valentina Fine Foods, an Italian delicatessen and restaurant set on the common there. The original branch was founded in East Sheen in 1991 by two Italian…
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In a city filled with restaurants and bars, there’s a hell of a lot of talent and delicious things to be eaten. London is teeming with both, making it a great place to live and eat. Yet even in this…
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It’s just recently that I have begun my voyage into ale. Before about a year ago I wouldn’t touch the stuff – vile, blokey brew – but having started food writing, I’ve gradually been dragged kicking and screaming into a…
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Recently I popped down to Portobello Road, Notting Hill, to check out a new burger joint that has been on everyone’s lips since it opened, Boom Burger. It’s ‘USP’, so to speak, is its dishing up of Jamaican themed burgers….
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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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Sushi and Sake; that most natural, elegant of pairings, but also perhaps the one, at first glance, most alien to a domestic kitchen. Dirty burgers, elaborate milkshakes, BBQ; these recent food crazes I’m more than happy to whip up at…
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