26th June 2016

Truffle and tonkotsu at Kanada-Ya ramen bar

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enter site Kanada-Ya’s new Haymarket digs smell like some fragrant wonderland in which pigs spend their days happily rooting out truffles before ritually boiling each other alive.

5th May 2016

Risk it for a biskie at Cutter & Squidge

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Hatton Garden is for diamonds, Brick Lane is for curries and now there’s a little patch of Soho that’s all about puddings.

5th February 2016

Bones and broth at Bone Daddies’ rock ‘n roll ramen bar

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Ramen: it’s like soup on steroids. Bone Daddies, of course, is a well-established front-runner; its steaming bowls of noodly pork broth are a cornerstone of the unstoppable Asian street food trend. After opening branches in Soho and High Street Ken, and sister restaurants Flesh & Buns in Covent Garden and Shackfuyu in Soho, the BD […]

20th January 2016

Sri Lankan sharers and curried cocktails at Hoppers, Soho

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Two days after Lou, Rosie and I decided that Hoppers was our next target destination, Fay Maschler of The Evening Standard gave it five stars in an uncharacteristically gushing review. Which was maddening, as it doesn’t take reservations and the queues were already a couple of hours long at peak times, even before a glowing endorsement from London’s […]

16th November 2015

Feasting east with Verden

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Hooray for Verden, because the organisational clusterfuck conundrum of the season has already been rather neatly solved. (Well, only if you’re in reach of Clapton. If not, I have another excellent suggestion in WC1 coming next week.)

12th October 2015

Boxing clever in Brixton with Kricket’s Indian small plates

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I made a joke in a blog post recently that invitations to south of the river are, for North Londoners at least, akin to a summons from Mordor. It’s not a very original joke, and, actually, it isn’t really that much of a joke, period. All Londoners are capable of being a bit twattish when […]

14th September 2015

Lucky duck and 1p prosecco at The Black Penny Covent Garden

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We needed to steel ourselves for the tedious task of buying Mike a new suit. My flatmate James 2 had given us strict instructions, but Mike was completely clueless about what he wanted (because he is a man), and so was I (because I am not a man). We ended up at The Black Penny, the newish […]

21st August 2015

Meaty balls and sugar rings: an evening in Soho

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…And that’s the one and only innuendo I’ll make in this post, I promise. We’re both better than that.

11th August 2015

Head to Homeslice for 20 inches of pizza pleasure

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Until very recently, I thought London’s biggest pizza was made by King’s Pizza of Caledonian Road, which sells its wares – not so much pizzas as great wagonwheels of solid heart disease – at £10 a go. At 18″ across, they offer pretty good value – financially if not nutritionally – although, regrettably, no actual taste. […]

2nd May 2015

Full fat done fabulously at Southern Joe’s Kentish Town

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When American food is done well – specifically with high-quality ingredients and by someone who actually understands flavour – it’s a rather magical thing. I’m therefore pleased to report that Joe’s Southern Kitchen Kentish Town is a winner. Winner winner, chicken dinner.