When I asked if anyone wanted to join me at Haggle, one of the first rejections I received was because the idea of haggling down…
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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…
Review: Benedicts Restaurant, Norwich
The city of Norwich, as soon as you step off the train and onto the platform, speaks to you as all cities do, in…
Review: Pastaio Italian Restaurant, Soho
If it were not for my predilection for the lip smacking coffee creaminess of tiramisu, its simple decadence, I would probably have passed on…
Review: Talli Joe Indian Restaurant, Covent Garden
I’ve been craving Goan food. The recipes of my ancestors, the pickled, fried, masala spiced, Indo-European and downright spectacular stuff I grew up eating.…
Review: La Pappardella Ristorante & Pizzeria, Earls Court
There is no better endorsement towards an independent restaurant’s quality than to look in and see it full every night. Granted, in the case…
Review: BABA Grill and Cocktail Bar, Edinburgh
Even after having spent most of my life in the Middle East, I had never come across the terms ‘Levant’ or ‘Levantine’ before. In…
Review: Wild Thyme Vegetarian and Vegan Cafe, Norwich
Let’s get right into it shall we? The only reason that Wild Thyme has such a high rating on review sites is because of…
Review: Shiki Japanese Restaurant, Norwich
I do not think Jay Rayner’s few lines of praise for Shiki, at the end of his rather scathing review of Roger Hickman’s Restaurant,…