Koya. A small restaurant on Frith Street known for its Japanese Breakfast. Interesting because I had never had breakfast at a Japanese restaurant before and…
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Caravan: From Erskine to Skillet Eggs
You go to London in search of a place for your younger brother to stay during his MA. Negotiation pants on and checklist in hand,…
Review: Gunpowder Spitalfields, London
Gunpowder is a delicious name for a restaurant. It encapsulates, I assume, everything that the owners envisioned the place to represent when first setting…
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: 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…