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4th January 2019

The Curious London Guide to London Restaurant Trends 2019

Emily Gibson / London / 2019, eating out, food, London, restaurants, trends / 0 Comments

Happy New Year, one and all! In an effort to amuse myself and pass the time until society allows me to be fun again February, I’ve compiled my thoughts on 2019’s food and restaurant trends and non-trends. I’m absolutely in no way qualified for this except that I have eyes and also I eat a […]

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19th December 2018

Monsieur Le Duck, Spitalfields

Emily Gibson / Eat, ££ / burger, cheap eats, City of London, liverpool street, spitalfields, spitalfields market / 0 Comments

I am in two minds about one-dish restaurants. 

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26th November 2018

My favourite 11 indie London businesses for gifts

Emily Gibson / London, Shop / 1 Comment

Don’t spend your money at tax-dodging multinationals if you can help it this Christmas. Here are eleven independent London businesses that sell stellar gifts, each of which I can personally recommend.

Gamma Gamma Soho
20th November 2018

Gamma Gamma, Soho

Emily Gibson / Eat, London / 0 Comments

Gamma Gamma, so good they named it twice…even if it sounds more like Peter Parker’s favourite soda fountain than a sophisticated Soho restaurant. 

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6th November 2018

In praise of not always photographing your food

Emily Gibson / London / food, foodie, influencer, Instagram / 0 Comments

Do you know the unfettered loveliness of going out and having a meal without Instagramming everything you shove into your gaping maw?

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21st October 2018

London’s most overrated restaurants: a memoir

Emily Gibson / London / eating out, going out, overrated, restaurants / 1 Comment

London is full of amazing restaurants but there will always be some places that you Just Don’t Get, even though everyone else seems to love them. And that’s okay. These are mine. 

Sakagura Chef Tasting Menu
11th October 2018

Eleven courses and sake pairing at Sakagura Mayfair

Emily Gibson / Eat, Food, Organised Fun, £££ / alcohol pairing, Japanese, mayfair, oxford street, piccadilly circus, Regent Street, sake, tasting menu, west end / 0 Comments

The best thing about getting older is having the money – and wisdom – to buy decent booze. Wine, for instance, was my tipple of choice as a cash-strapped student only because it offered the most bang for one’s buck, i.e. you could get absolutely shit-faced on it with change from a tenner. A decade […]

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28th August 2018

Bucket, Notting Hill, has shellfish in spades

Emily Gibson / Dates, Eat, Impulse Friendly, Indoors, London, £££ / beach shack, date night, fish, Notting Hill, seafood, shellfish, west London, Westbourne Grove / 0 Comments

The last time I had food in a bucket was ten years ago when the fanciest hangover cure in town was a bucket of curly fries from Varsity, the sixth worst restaurant in Loughborough according to TripAdvisor at the time of writing. That is below Loughborough Baptist Church, which apparently has some sort of tuck […]

Hakkasan Dim Sum Sunday
20th August 2018

Dim Sum Sundays at Hakkasan are better than brunch

Emily Gibson / Dates, Drink, Eat, Indoors, Organised Fun, £££ / central London, cocktails, dates, dining, dining out, dinner, drinking, eating out, going out, London, lunch, quirky dates, restaurant review, restaurant reviews, restaurants, review, special occasions, west end / 5 Comments

I am not an anxious person, but I do get a deep feeling of unknown dread every time anyone asks me for a restaurant recommendation. The fear is that someone will go somewhere I suggest, and hate it. After all, eating out in London isn’t cheap, and I’d be mortified if someone dropped their hard-earned […]

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8th August 2018

London’s best daytime hen do activities

Emily Gibson / London / creative, daytime activities, hen do, hen do ideas, hen dos, London, non-drinking activities, quirky, stag do, unusual / 0 Comments

One of the most curious phenomena of the modern age is the rise of the multi-day, multi-activity hen do. Long gone are the days of a single night out in the local boozer, and not just because all the local boozers have shut down to be replaced with adult ball pits, cereal cafes and other […]

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