not much herring @ Quo Vadis
Category: Brasserie (£££)
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December 12th, 2012  5 dishes in 2.5 hours! @ Urbankitchen I love going to cooking classes. Even if I may not love every dish that is taught, I usually pick up some hints, tips and inspirations and I also enjoy meeting people who are equally fanatic about food. Tasterlab, a new website that offers ‘taster classes’ to discounted prices for all kinds of interests and passions, such as wine and food, sports, photography, arts and crafts invited me to try one of the cooking classes hosted on their site. I chose to learn more about Indian homecoming at The Urban Kitchen just off Bermondsey Street. December 11th, 2012  @ The Delauney Category: Bistro (££) It took me a long time to finally make it to The Delaunay. Despite the glowing reviews I was a bit reluctant to try it, as I was suspicious of its label as ’Grand European café”. Having lived in Vienna for 5 years, I think I know everything about Central/Middle Grand European cafés and I couldn’t deal with a fake version. How wrong I was! The Delaunay indeed has the elegant flair of a traditional Viennese coffee house, just less faded and with friendlier staff (Viennese waiters are infamous for their grumpiness). The Delaunay has managed to recreate the effortless grandeur of Viennese in fin de siècle places, and you find the white table clothes, the brass, the marble, the mirrors, the high ceilings and the waiters in suit. December 9th, 2012
 Culinary delights @ Hedone Category: Haute Cuisine (££££) I’m swiftly approaching my unborn’s ETA and I am trying to cram as many meals in as possible before I will be confined to the nursery with a crying child in my arms. At the moment, baby and food are fighting for space in my ever-expanding abdomen, and, sorry baby, at my recent meal at Hedone, the food won. This dinner will probably stay with me during many a future sleepless night, will be recalled with nostalgia while changing nappies and may well lighten the darkness of postnatal depression. What an amazing meal this was! December 5th, 2012
 Amaya Chutney Category: Brasserie (£££) “I am sorry, you are not allowed to take pictures,” the Eastern European waitress kindly pointed out while I was about to snap the first course to arrive at our table. December 4th, 2012  Mazi – starters (6 each) Category: Bistro (££+) My exposure to Greek food has been unexciting. I spent my summer holidays on various Greek islands when I was in my late teens and early twenties and at this time, I was severely financially restricted (meaning I didn’t experiment eating at higher end restaurants – I don’t know if they even existed?). The typical tourist (drinking) destinations that I visited consisted of basically one cloned restaurant with a sleazy Greek waiter in front trying to persuade customers to enter his restaurant (mostly with bribes like free ouzo and free house wine). This restaurant clone served the same few dishes with more or less similar quality: Greek salad, gyros, souvlaki, moussaka, dolmades. Washed down with enough ouzo and retsina it tasted fine but I can’t say that it left any lasting positive impressions. November 23rd, 2012  A real rubbish pizza @ Ciro’s Pizza Pomodoro Category: Bistro It is rare that I have horrendous food in London. Rare but not unheard of. At Ciro’s Pizza Pomodoro in Knightsbridge, on the famous Beauchamp Place just opposite San Lorenzo where Diana allegedly used to lunch, I had the dubious pleasure to enjoy what may have been the most horrible pizza I’ve had, maybe forever? I think if you buy a frozen pizza from Tesco, what am I saying, a 2 pounds value pack for 3 frozen pizzas from Iceland, and eat it straight, without putting it in the oven first, the culinary experience may be a more pleasurable one. November 18th, 2012
 This was absolutely stunning venison! @ Henry Root Category: Brasserie (£££) We were planning to go to 11 Park Walk, an Italian restaurant, part of the Zafferano group. When we arrived in Park Walk, just off Fulham High Street, the Italian place was two thirds empty and the clientele looked positively geriatric, while Henry Root just next to it drew us in with warm lighting and welcoming atmosphere. There we go, plans changed.  Henry Root November 15th, 2012 When asked whether I would review a Wine Tasting Masterclass in London, offered by Experience Days, I was tempted. Somehow being pregnant and wine tasting doesn’t work all that well together though, so I am happy to raffle off this masterclass worth 65 pounds to you, my dear readers. You can either use it yourself and get pleasantly tipsy while learning about wines or, considering Christmas is coming closer and closer, give it away as a present.  Wine… November 13th, 2012  Moroccan Lamb Tagine This is actually not a tagine as such, as I lack the Moroccan earthenware pot of the same name used to slow-cook this typical Moroccan speciality. The dome shape of this casserole makes it possible to cook on very low heat with little fluid, as the moisture condenses on the inside of the lid and recirculates in the pot. The result is tender meat infused with spices and flavours. |
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