City Lemon Featured Food Blogger | 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) 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 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) April 11th,2012  Fried Whitebait @ Mele e Pere (Soho) Category: Bistro (££-£££) London is in dire need of good neighbourhood Italians. Unfortunately the newly opened Italian trattoria Mele e Pere in Soho is not going to change that. My recent lunch at Mele e Pere was largely mediocre. I chose dishes from the lunch and pre-theatre menu,which with 12.50 for 2 courses is a real bargain. The a la carte menu is substantially more pricey with antipasti from £.50 to £9.50,paste from £7.50 to £10 and mains between £14 and £24. Read more... (510 words,6 images,estimated 2:02 mins reading time) March 30th,2012  Spaghetti,Clams,Chili Garlic - starter portion (7) Category: Bistro (££) I enjoyed Market Cafe,a bar/restaurant on the corner of fashionably edgy Broadway Market in Hackney. It’s buzzing,it’s low key,it’s reasonably priced and I thought the food was nice. In parts entire experience seemed a bit improvised and it was overall not faultless –possibly due to the fact that Market Cafe has only opened a couple of months ago. Read more... (647 words,9 images,estimated 2:35 mins reading time) February 28th,2012  Borsh (5.50) Category: Bistro (££) 
The visit to the small restaurant Tamada in St. John’s Wood was my first encounter with Georgian cuisine. Georgian,my lunch companion who has visited Georgia on many occasions told me,is one of the most interesting cuisines of all the states formerly comprising the USSR. It is rich in vegetables and influenced by Mediterranean,Europe and The Middle East. Read more... (420 words,7 images,estimated 1:41 mins reading time) January 24th,2012  Menu @Mishkin Category: Bistro (££)
I absolutely love Spuntino,have enjoyed Da Polpo,feel rather indifferent towards Polpo and haven’t yet been to Polpetto. This,in one sentence,summarises my experience with the restaurants owned by Russell Norman and Richard Beatty,undoubtedly the most interesting and most influential restaurateurs to have appeared in the London gastronomic scene over the past few years. Read more... (715 words,7 images,estimated 2:52 mins reading time) January 16th,2012  Tinello Category: Bistro –Brasserie (££-£££)
It is a hard job to be an amateur restaurant critic. Always rushing off to the newest openings,which means,thanks to the new non-booking trend,queuing for hours in the cold,eating mediocre food in places hyped for inapprehensible reasons and then there is the constant fight against personal bankruptcy,alcoholism and obesity. Read more... (855 words,11 images,estimated 3:25 mins reading time) December 4th,2011  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,…). Read more... (514 words,5 images,estimated 2:03 mins reading time) | Inspiring London Food BlogsFood Blogs around the WorldDesign,Fashion and Art Blogs |
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