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April 13th, 2013
 Lamb Rump (15.5) @ Hereford Road Category: Bistro (££) 
St. John in Clerkenwell is the quintessential British restaurant in London and has been awarded a Michelin star for its achievement to put British food and rare cuts back onto the culinary map. Several chefs who have cooked at St. John’s have done very well for themselves, spreading the love for British cuisine throughout the country. Tom Pemberton, former head chef at St John’s, is one of them and has cooked at Hereford Road since its opening in 2007. He has followed the St John’s principle: weird and sometimes not all that appetising sounding (at least to the foreign ear) British dishes, unusual and often cheap cuts and a whole lot of offal. Read more... (734 words, 8 images, estimated 2:56 mins reading time)
April 11th, 2013  Tom Yum Soup @ Busaba Eathai Category: Bistro (££) 
I was never very keen on the Thai restaurant chain Busaba Eathai. Several years ago, when the first Soho outpost had newly opened, I ate there a couple of times, and I never quite understood what made people queue in rain and cold for this in my opinion rather mediocre Thai food. Time passed and with it the memory faded. Read more... (448 words, 4 images, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)
March 25th, 2013 Category: Bistro (££) Read more... (666 words, 7 images, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)
January 21st, 2013  Yoshino Category: Bistro (££)
There are a few London bloggers who have a very similar taste to me and whose opinion on restaurants usually correlates very closely with mine. These are the guys I ask for recommendations when I’m stuck for places to go. One of them is the trusted Skinny Bib, the other the lovely London Tastin’ (with her mouth-watering Best of 2012 list). She was the one who recommended to check out Yoshino for well priced and good quality sushi in Central London. Read more... (517 words, 9 images, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)
January 15th, 2013  The Shed Category: Bistro (££)
The Shed, just around the corner from Notting Hill Tube Station, is, well, a shed. A beautifully restored and well heated one that is, but nevertheless a shed. The wood smell, the warm lighting, the waiters dressed in lumberjack shirts, and the tools on the wall create a rustic, cosy and warm atmosphere which is of course a bit artificial but still incredibly charming. If it wasn’t for the most uncomfortable tables I have possibly ever sat at (turned-around barrels with wood tops and absolutely no space for even my short legs) I would make The Shed my new living room. Read more... (704 words, 13 images, estimated 2:49 mins reading time)
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. Read more... (759 words, 8 images, estimated 3:02 mins reading time)
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. Read more... (813 words, 6 images, estimated 3:15 mins reading time)
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. Read more... (582 words, 7 images, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)
November 4th, 2012  Providores and The Tapa Room
Category: Bistro (££)
I found myself on Maryelbone High Street on a work day during lunch time (I usually don’t do lunch breaks, so this was a happy occasion indeed) and happened to walk past Providores and the Tapa Room. What a great opportunity to finally eat at this well-established and celebrated split-level restaurant, the brainchild of the New Zealand -born chef Peter Gordon. Peter was one of the first chefs to bring fusion cuisine to London and is also co-owner and head chef of Kopapa in Covent Garden, runner-up for the Time Out New Restaurant Award in 2011. His Marylebone joint consists of two separated restaurants: On the first floor, there is The Providores, more formal and pricier, and downstairs is the casual and breakfast bar/cafe/restaurant The Tapa Room. Read more... (775 words, 7 images, estimated 3:06 mins reading time)
October 25th, 2012  French comfort food @ Colbert Category: Bistro (££)
The area around Sloane Square is notoriously rubbish for finding decent food. That’s apparently also what Earl Cadogan thought when he ate at Oriel, a brasserie directly on Sloane Square. He hated the experience so much that he refused to prolong Oriel’s lease (the powers of a landlord). I am totally with Earl Cadogan. Oriel was an appalling place – the food was pricey and bad, the atmosphere stuffy and the waiting stuff an arrogant bunch of xxx. I remember with shame the day when I had a first date with someone from match.com at Oriel and ended up knocking over my glass of white wine. It suffices to say that the guy did not exactly defend me against Oriel’s waiters (he was a complete waste of time) and after this episode I refused to ever set foot again into dreadful Oriel. Read more... (611 words, 10 images, estimated 2:27 mins reading time)
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