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) 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 15th,2012  Sardines on Toast @Bistro du Vin Category: Brasserie (£££)
My dinner at Bistro du Vin has been a largely unpleasant experience and the food could be summarised with the two words “Dry”and “Bland“. On top of this,the service personnel was truly annoying (such as 3 waiters asking the same question within the space of 2 minutes and fake friendliness that seemed very insincere) and a waiting time of 45 minutes for the starter of the pre-theatre menu. Read more... (612 words,9 images,estimated 2:27 mins reading time) January 9th,2012
 Amuse bouche @Petrus Category: Haute Cuisine (££££)
About a year ago I participated at a competition posted by the lovely Greedy Diva and won the amazing prize of a £200 voucher to dine at any of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants. Initially I wanted to splash it at the 3 Michelin star Gordon Ramsay at Hospital Road,but as I am not organised enough to make a reservation in due time ahead,I decided to try Petrus in Knightsbridge instead (reservation on the day possible). Read more... (776 words,7 images,estimated 3:06 mins reading time) December 11th,2011  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! Read more... (538 words,7 images,estimated 2:09 mins reading time) October 6th,2011 Category: Bistro (££- £££) Oliveto is another example of a substandard,overpriced Italian restaurant in London. I don’t know why you can find so many of them in London,I think I have eaten more bad Italian food than any other cuisine. Read more... (562 words,6 images,estimated 2:15 mins reading time) August 30th,2011 Category: Ice Cream Rating: 4/10 My name is Ute,I am a frozen yoghurt addict. This is the reason why I actually entered Harrods on a Saturday afternoon,as I found out that the frozen yoghurt shop closest to me at this point was at the 4th floor of this every reasonable person’s nightmare. 
But I did it,I managed to pass the statue Dodi and Diana without throwing up,did not kill any of the people blocking the escalators and managed to pass the designer shoe sales without bankruptcy. And all this for some bland,overpriced frozen yoghurt! Read more... (358 words,4 images,estimated 1:26 mins reading time) July 19th,2011 Category: Le Budget (£) I was surprised by a torrential downpour in Notting Hill (yes,after having lived in the UK for almost 6 years I am still ‘surprised’by rain and never carry an umbrella) and fled into the next restaurant on my way,which happened to be Ukai Sushi. Being soaked might have been the better option in the end. As I was wet and frozen,I went for warming Vegetable Udon Soup (6.95) with some Edamame Beans (4.50) on the side. The Udon Soup was the blandest dish I have possibly ever eaten. It basically consisted of doughy tasteless things only marginally resembling my beloved udon noodles swimming in something that looked like washing up water and tasted like ehmm.. water. The tofu tasted of absolutely nothing and so did the broccoli. It was the first time I had cherry tomatoes in my udon noodle soup and let me assure you –it doesn’t work. I won’t forgive them what they did to the edamame beans. Overcooking them is one thing,not seasoning them another but immersing them in some brownish coloured,luke-warm,watery sauce? Who would have thought that you can do so many things wrong when preparing edamame beans?  Read more... (320 words,4 images,estimated 1:17 mins reading time)
July 12th,2011 Category: Le Budget I met my Vietnamese food loving friend Naomi one Sunday in Soho with the aim to finally try out Viet in Greek Street,which has been strongly recommended to me by Leluu (who is Vietnamese and therefore must know where to get the most authentic and delicious Vietnamese grub). To our unimaginable disappointment,Viet was closed. We were not ready to give up yet on our quest for Vietnamese food in Soho and ended up at Pho,which is part of a small chain named after the Vietnamese national dish,in Wardour Street. It might have been our mistake to not actually go for the pho but instead order my usual triad of papaya salad,fresh spring rolls and Bun Cha. Whatever the reason,the food at Pho turned out to be the most westernised and least authentic Vietnamese I have had anywhere in London. Paired with rude and unpleasant service,I won’t exactly hurry back. Read more... (666 words,5 images,estimated 2:40 mins reading time) June 19th,2011 Category: Haute Cuisine (££££) I took someone close to my heart for a birthday dinner at Galvin at Windows. I wanted a very special evening with romantic atmosphere (which I got),impeccable service (which I got),stunning views over London (I got them too) and excellent food (which I didn’t get). Who gave this place a Michelin star I wonder? Either there were larger sums of bribery involved,or Galvin at Windows just stopped putting any effort into their food after they had achieved their first star in 2010. There is of course always the discussion to which extent Michelin stars reflect the quality of the food in a restaurant,but it still hardly ever happened to me that a Michelin starred place served food that was actually bordering on bad. But let’s start with the things that I liked (because I am a nice blog): The views: The restaurant is located in the 28 floor of the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane with spectacular views over London. At least they would have been stunning if it hadn’t been for the apocalyptic downpour,but this is something I can’t really blame the restaurant for,can I. 
The Ambiance: Some people don’t like restaurants in hotels and think it affects the atmosphere. In my opinion this is true to some extent as hotel restaurants are usually generic and lack any edge. Even though this applied to Galvin as well,I still enjoyed the bright and spacious room and of course the view. Read more... (874 words,14 images,estimated 3:30 mins reading time) | Inspiring London Food BlogsFood Blogs around the WorldDesign,Fashion and Art Blogs |
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