Gunpowder is a delicious name for a restaurant. It encapsulates, I assume, everything that the owners envisioned the place to represent when first setting…
Author: Leander Dias
Review: Coal Office Restaurant, London
I grew up eating the food of the Middle East. I recall fondly the roasting smells of skewered meat on grills, the sight of…
Review: Ikoyi , St. James Market, London
I wrote most of this piece earlier in the year. Sat on it for a while since I’d been busy with my move…
Review: Kin et Deum Thai Restaurant, London
I was hoping on my visit to Kin et Deum that by some cleverness of seasoning, some added culinary eccentricity, that the vegetarian dishes…
Review: Holborn Dining Room, London’s British Brasserie
Another day, another brasserie. This time at the Rosewood Hotel, its own British brasserie called Holborn Dining Room. Brasserie is a French word,…
Review: Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly Circus
French cuisine is glamorous. Not essentially so, but symbolically such. One may argue that this is because of the prettiness of their dishes,…
Review: Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar, London
I feel for celebrities. The incessant publicity, invasions of privacy, criticisms for being human and all the other general intrusions that make up…
Review: The Castle Inn, Bungay, Suffolk
For a small town, Bungay has a fair few restaurants. You’ve got your standard chippy, your Chinese, your kebab shop, but you’ve also got…
Travelog: An Account of Our First Day in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Our train arrived into Ljubljana in the latter part of the morning. The trip was not too long, so we were not too weary by…
Review: XU Restaurant & Teahouse, London
I walked from Piccadilly Circus, through the busy afternoon streets of central London, a busker’s painful rendition of Kodaline’s All I Want, a…