City Lemon Featured Food Blogger | May 16th,2012  Madame Tuyet's Chicken Skewers When I received a parcel from Hello Fresh a few weeks ago with ingredients to try 3 different recipes,the chicken skewers with rice was my favourite one. Its original title is “Madame Tuyet’s Chicken Skewers with Ginger Rice“,but typical me –I didn’t properly read the recipe and added the ginger to the marinade rather than the rice. The result was very delicious indeed: beautiful tender chicken immersed in an South-East Asian inspired marinade on the most light and fluffy rice I have ever managed to make. Read more... (535 words,4 images,estimated 2:08 mins reading time) May 14th,2012  Don Ceviche £6.75 Category:Bistro (££+)  I had Peruvian food only at a few occasions and enjoyed it a lot,so I was excited to meet my friend Uyen at Ceviche for a girly lunch. Read more... (882 words,11 images,estimated 3:32 mins reading time) May 8th,2012
 Australian Tartine @ Poilane Category: Bistro (££) 
The decision to give a very positive review to the all day breakfast/ tartine/French boulangerie place Cuisine de Bar by Poilane just off busy King’s Road is largely based on the fact that I am absolutely in love with their Australian Tartine (?£8.5). Ripe mashed avocado is generously layered onto a slice of deliciously fresh crisp artisan brown bread which has before been spread thinly with vegemite,the Australian version o f marmite. Together with the chilli flakes sprinkled on top,the result is an enticing mixture of salty and hot and creamy and I just absolutely love it. I think it’s the best hangover food ever,as it gives you everything you need to recover from having had one glass too many. Read more... (435 words,6 images,estimated 1:44 mins reading time) May 1st,2012  Scotch Braddock White duck’s egg with Wye Valley asparagus soldiers £12.50 I was invited to HIX At The Albemarle and this review is not anonymous. Category: Brasserie (£££)  Love Leluu,The Skinny Bib and I met up for a belated birthday dinner and as it happened to be the end of the month we gladly took advantage of an invitation to sample the food at HIX at the Albemarle. Read more... (1026 words,11 images,estimated 4:06 mins reading time) April 29th,2012  Recipe Card @Hello Fresh Hello Fresh “ is the smart way to prepare easy and healthy meals for yourself and your family. Say goodbye to unhealthy fast food and repetitive meals and rediscover the joys of cooking.” Curious? I shall explain to you how Hello Fresh works: 1. You get a box of ingredients with recipe cards delivered to your door once a week (you can choose a 3 or 5 meal plan and also a vegetarian option is available) Read more... (1196 words,8 images,estimated 4:47 mins reading time) April 28th,2012  Rhubarb with Greek Yoghurt It’s this long-awaited rhubarb time of the year,and there is nothing better than desserts based on this tangy vegetable combined with something smooth and sweet. The good thing about rhubarb,even when transformed into a high-caloric dish,is that is has been shown to have substantial health benefits. It is rich in antioxidants protecting against cancer and apparently baking the rhubarb for 20 minutes INCREASES the concentration of substances that are good for you (Dr Gordon McDougall,Food Chemistry,2010). (there is no mention however in this publication of added health benefits of custard or cream,I am sorry to say). Read more... (353 words,3 images,estimated 1:25 mins reading time) April 25th,2012  Beetroot Ravioli @ Bistro Bruno Loubet Category: Brasserie (£££)
Bistro Bruno Loubet is a distinctly French restaurant located in stylish boutique hotel The Zetter in the middle of the Golden Restaurant Triangle that is Clerkenwell/Farringdon (within a short walking distance you also find the excellent restaurants The Modern Pantry,St. John’s Restaurant,Vinoteca, North Road,Fox and Anchor and St. Ali). The dining room is bright and generous,the waiters as Gaelic as can be (ours looked and talked like taken straight out of a French movie actually) and the food is delicious. Read more... (606 words,7 images,estimated 2:25 mins reading time) April 21st,2012  La Bodega Negra Category: Bistro (££) –Bar and Taqueria 
La Bodega Negra brought to London by the New York restaurateur,“cultural engineer”and nightclub owner Serge Becker is certainly a welcome addition to London’s food and drinks scene and has taken the London foodie world by storm. We all like places that are relaxed,reasonably priced and serve a mean margarita,right?  margarita for lunch @ La Bodega Negra Read more... (607 words,10 images,estimated 2:26 mins reading time) April 15th,2012  Birch,pine &malt @ North Road Category: Haute Cuisine (££££) My birthday dinner at North Road ,a high end Danish restaurant in Clerkenwell, was fantastic. The Danish chef Christoffer Hruskova (interviewed here) has,since his opening in 2010,achieved a Michelin star with his clean and precise Nordic cooking –very much the flavour of the moment. Noma in Copenhagen has won the Best Restaurant of the World award for two years running and Jay Rayner describes Hruskova’s cooking to be “about as close as you’ll get to Redzepi’s (Noma’s chef) without buying a plane ticket”. Read more... (1005 words,13 images,estimated 4:01 mins reading time) April 14th,2012  Hawksmoor Bar Category: Bistro (and Bar) (££) The carnivorous Hawksmoor family consisting of 3 steak-centred and critically highly acclaimed restaurants (Spitalfields,Guildhall and Seven Dials) has got an offspring. The Spitalfield Bar in the basement of Hawksmoor Spitalfields is a worthy member and highly recommended for an (almost) budget Hawksmoor experience. The bar is dark and cosy,pleasantly small and manages a perfect balance between chic and edgy. The waiters,all male at our visit,were handsome and tattooed,and posed a striking contrast to the dark wood and shiny brass walls. Read more... (581 words,9 images,estimated 2:19 mins reading time) | Inspiring London Food BlogsFood Blogs around the WorldDesign,Fashion and Art Blogs |
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