| 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. 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 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. March 28th,2012  Malaysian Style Nasi Goreng (6.50)
Category: Le Budget (£) C+R Cafe is very hard to find,particularly when you use google maps on your smart phone which deviously sends you somewhere about 150 metres away in the middle of a block of house and when you are terribly hungover at the same time. After running in circles for a considerable amount of time,I finally found C+R Cafe,tucked away in a tiny alleyway on the Western corner of Chinatown. I met my equally hungover friend there to indulge in some Malaysian food to soak up all that was left from our heavy partying the night before. 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. February 8th,2012  Wild Mushroom and Truffle Risotto @Almeida Category: Brasserie (£££) Almeida,a French brasserie just opposite the outstanding Almeida Theater,does a very good value pre-theatre menu:2 courses for 16 and 3 courses for 19 pounds. We went to see The House of Bernarda Alba,a Llorca play with a pure female cast, transferred from catholic Spain to rural Iran. I liked it a lot,while my boyfriend found it depressing and hated it. I suggest you believe me and go see it,it’s on until 10th of March. 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. January 12th,2012  Scallops,Garlic,Chili (11) @Galoupet Category: Brasserie (£££) And another small plate restaurant. I remember when these restaurants started to pop up everywhere I was thrilled. Now I have reached a point of saturation where all I want once in a while is a normal menu! November 6th,2011
 1. course:Soup with chicken and mushroom
Category: Brasserie (£££) Hunan on Pimlico Road is contrary to what the name suggests,not a Hunanese restaurant. In my limited knowledge of Chinese cuisines,I would have placed it as being Cantonese,as dishes were rather mild and a some reminded me of upmarket versions of stir fries I had in Chinatown. According to their website,Hunan‘s food is mainly the chef’s own creations,chiefly influenced by Taiwanese. September 25th,2011 Category: Bistro The Riding House Cafe, North of Oxford Circus,is one of the most enchanting places I have been to in a long time. As an all day restaurant it comprises of a more formal restaurant corner,large shared tables perfect for brunch and comfy sofas for the afternoon coffee or pre-dinner cocktail. The overall decor and the attention to detail is remarkable. The generous room shows a number of different textures such as stone,steel,wood and tiles and is filled with antique mismatched furniture interspersed with modern pieces. Wherever you look you can find charming accessories –a grandmother lamp,a weird statue or some other knickknack. Particularly thoughtful I found that they disguised the Dixon hand-dryer at the Ladies’with a fake-antique metal cover.  Riding House Cafe So nothing but praise for the interior of The Riding House Cafe. I just wish they had put as much emphasis on the food as they had on their design. This seems to be a common problem also of the other 2 places by the same owner,namely The Garrison and Village East (both at Bermondsey Street). All three restaurants are pushing the boundaries regarding their design and concept,while staying on the too safe side with their food. The Riding House Cafe has just like everybody else at the moment embraced the small plate concept,serving 5 or 6 dishes each for 3,4 or 5 pounds. Instead of entirely focusing on perfecting its ‘tapas’,it also offers a conventional menu with burgers,steak and fish and chips. We decided to stick with the small plates. The quality of the bread served is very often an omen for things to come and this proved true also for this occasion. Competitively priced for £1.5,the bread was unfortunately bland and starchy. The artichoke puree it came with was ok,but I have no urge to ever eat it again.  Bread selection,artichoke purée £1.5 @Riding House Cafe Our clear favourite was the most low-profile dish we had ordered,namely the roasted butternut squash with sage and chili (3.5). | 
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