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December 31st,2011

Most Read Posts 2011 and a Happy New Year!

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The last post of the  year is another list. I am not terribly excited about New Year’s celebrations,fireworks and staying up until dawn,but the end of the old year just gives you another reason to do a list! (I just love lists!)

Here now my most read posts of the year 2011

1. My Favourite Restaurants

(just shows that you like to read my lists :)

2. Boba Jam –my first bubble tea

December 28th,2011

Ute cooks:ROASTED PUMPKIN WITH CARDAMON AND LIME

 

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the best pumpkin recipe ever

 

After all the Christmas gluttony with plenty of meat and alcohol,I was in dire need of some detox. Luckily,I bought my mum Plenty by the famous London restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi for Christmas and so we tried some of his recipes to cleanse our bodies and enjoy the pleasures of vegetables,herbs and spices.

December 21st,2011

Ute cooks:MOROCCAN CARROT SALAD and a story about ARGAN OIL

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my super delicious Moroccan carrot salad

I love all kinds of vegetables (most in fact apart from celeriac,broccoli and peppers) and I admired the way vegetable and salad dishes were prepared in Morocco –colourful,immersed in aromatic spices and drowned in beautiful olive or argan oil it made it an utmost pleasure to get your five a day and more.

December 18th,2011

MY TOP 10 FAVOURITE LONDON RESTAURANTS 2011

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Sushi of Shiori

 

I actually wanted to publish this list as a celebratory 200th post on Hungry in London,but I absent-mindedly missed this special occasion –as a consequence this will now be the 201st  post (still very celebratory of course).

December 17th,2011

Ute cooks:WARMING GINGER-CARROT SOUP

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Warming Ginger-Carrot Soup

 

December 11th,2011

SALE E PEPE (Knightsbridge) –My worst meal of the year 2011

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Tagliolini al Tartufo Nero (19.50)

 

Category: Brasserie £££

 

Dear Sale e Pepe,

Congratulations! You won the prestigious HungryinLondon Award for the worst and most overpriced meal of the year 2011. It was a close one between you and Osteria Basilico in Notthing Hill,(the Italians going strong!) but you managed to pull it off,well done!

December 4th,2011

ELLIOT’S (London Bridge)

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Baked Pumpkin,Raschera Cheese,Mushrooms and Chard (13) @Elliot's

 

Category: Bistro  

Elliot’s conveniently located South of Borough Market is exactly what had been missing from this part of London.  Launched in summer 2011 it has steadily increased in popularity,and this rightly so.

Elliot’s is a typical London 2011 restaurant:easy going,no reservations,small plates to share,inventive seasonal food,friendly young personnel,and very affordable. (for other restaurants with similar concepts that opened in 2011 look no further than for example Spuntino,Da Polpo,Duck Soup Soho,Riding House Cafe,…).

December 2nd,2011

Christmas at Hotel Chocolate:SERIOUSLY DARK FIX

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Raspberry Liquor Truffle or Chili Praline?

Invited Product Review

I usually don’t particularly like doing product reviews;  I do however make an exception for good chocolate (and truffles and champagne for that matter,if anyone fancies sending me some?)

My good friend (this is what I call people who give me chocolate) from the Hotel Chocolate PR department sent me a box of their Seriously Dark Fix (£22 in retail) to review.  He knows my taste –the darker the better!

November 27th,2011

Ute travels:ST. EMILION and a lot of wine (France)

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St. Emilion

St Emilion,located about half an hour outside of the city of Bordeaux,must be one of the prettiest and most enchanting little towns in France,if not Europe. If you manage to ignore the fact that it doesn’t feel ‘real’ but a bit like a Wine Disney World for national and international tourists,you will very likely have a highly enjoyable time there.

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very dangerous in high heels!

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Place du Marche in St. Emilion

November 21st,2011

MUGARITZ (San Sebastian,Spain) –The world’s third best restaurant?

 

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fragrant fruit in paper wrap

Category: Haute Cuisine ££££

To finally dine at to  Mugaritz was a foodie dream of mine coming true and on the big day I was excited like a little child on Christmas Eve.  You have never heard of Mugaritz?  Let me share some key facts with you first before proceeding to THE meal.

Location:

Mugaritz is located in the little village of Errenteria,a 15 minutes scenic drive away from Europe’s culinary capital San Sebastian in the Spanish Basque Country.