| 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 22nd,2011 Category: Bistro+ (££-£££) I cannot believe that it took me so long to finally eat at Sushi of Shiori! This Japanese eatery has been on my to do list for the better part of 2 years and when I think of all the amazing sushi that I have missed by not trying it earlier… Sushi of Shiori serves among the best,if not the best,sushi I have ever had in London,particularly considering the value for money equation. Here everything is about quality of the food without the fuss:nothing of the sedate indulgence of Umu, Zuma‘s upscale party atmosphere or Nobu‘s elitism and patronizing staff. The place really doesn’t look like much from the outside and no one would expect a sophisticated sushi bar behind this facade in a little side street somewhere around Euston Station. Stepping through the door,you enter a tiny room with 2 tables,each with 2 seats (you might be able to fit another chair if you are slim) and 3 more seat at the sushi counter where you can watch the master in action. The head chef and owner has worked for the Michelin starred Umu before setting up his own little family venture with his lovely wife taking good care of the patrons.  The Master at Work @Sushi of Shiori I will not go too much into detail about each of the single nigiri that I have tried,most of which were of extraordinary quality. A very good option for Sushi of Shiori newbies is the Shiori Platter which for £19.50 for 8 pieces of nigiri and 3 hosomaki is incredible value for money. The sushi master probably got sick of observing people drowning his little works of art with the rice side in salty soy sauce thereby masking the subtle taste of the different toppings. So we are explained to use the little brush to brush only little soy sauce on the fish side of the nigiri.  Sushi Platter @Sushi of Shiori September 17th,2011 Category: Bistro I will try to hold back and not spend 500 words telling you HOW bad the service was at the new Covent Garden Thai restaurants Suda Rice Bar (I went there in the soft opening period about a month ago after I had read the Skinny Bib’s review). I am terribly delayed with my restaurant posts,so the HORRIBLE service I experienced might have improved by now. I hope it has really,otherwise Suda Rice Bar won’t be around for much longer,let me tell you that much. Suda Rice Bar is one of these mixed restaurant/bar places which sometimes work but very often don’t…The interior is all about dark wood and little wood donkeys on the tables grazing on grass (see below). I spent the whole evening staring at them and wondering what the interior designer wanted to express. I still don’t know if I like them or not. They are certainly…ahmmm different?  grazing donkeys @Suda From the name I expected the menu to be very rice oriented ,but in the end there were only 6 rice dishes on the menu,comparable to any other Thai restaurants. The menu does sound very interestingly though and there is certainly some divergence from the standard Thai fare on offer. This is hardly surprising considering that the masterminds behind Suda are the same people that are also involved with the high-end Thai restaurant chain Patara. Jumping on the small plate bandwagon,Suda Rice Bar also has a “small plate”section on the menu (they used to be called starters,right?). You will search in vain for greasy prawn toast or other fried monstrosities,but find light and creative fusion style dishes. The Crabmeat rolls (5.95) which were served drizzled with a sweet and tangy tamarind sauce were rather lovely. Less convincing was the pomelo salad (5.50). While the kaffir lime based sauce was gorgeous,I found it rather lazy to just dump some pieces of pomelo and some prawns on a plate without any additional ingredients. What about herbs? Chilli? Peanuts? Anything?? August 24th,2011 Category: Le Budget I love Thai food:the chillies,the freshness,the wonderful herbs and spices amalgamating in simple but at the same time exceptionally flavoursome dishes. I have been to Thailand on three occasions and have eaten my way back and forth through the Thai menu,in fact I decided then that I could easily live on nothing but Thai food for the rest of my life. June 21st,2011 What do you do when your some of your friends and favourite food bloggers decide to join forces and found the first pan-Asian supper club in London? You are very happy,hurry there and eat!
Uyen from LoveLeluu,Luiz from The London Foodie,May from SlowFoodKitchen and MiMi from Meemalee’s Kitchen cover quite a bit of Asia between them. Even though they are all Londoner’s,Uyen is born in Vietnam,Luiz has Japanese parents,MiMi is originally from Burma and May from Malaysia. The idea is that each chef cooks one dish of his or her country’s cuisine. This means less stress for the supper clubbers and even more pleasure for the guests. June 4th,2011 Category: Bistro Vietnamese Cuisine has a secure place in my top 5 cuisines in the world and I am a regular visitor of Little Vietnam in and around Kingsland Road. Cay Tre Soho is without doubt an interesting addition to the Soho dining scene,where Vietnamese restaurants are scarce. However,compared with my favourite Vietamese joints in the East End and also compared to the original Cay Tre in Old Street,I liked the food substantially less. Overall it didn’t deliver the fresh flavours and herb explosion that I find in my favourite Vietnamese eateries such as Song Que or Fernandez &Leluu Supperclub. We started with the Green Mango Salad (8.5) which came with dried shrimp and knotweed. I a sucker for Vietnamese salads but this one was rather mediocre. It didn’t taste as fresh,zingy and herby as better specimens of this kind.
The Grilled Aubergine (6) however,despite being a particularly unattractive plate of food,was utterly delicious and for me the winner of the evening. The sweet taste of the aubergine together with the ground pork on the top worked so well with the flavour of the fish sauce. Very nice indeed and a must have if you like aubergine. April 16th,2011 Category: Bistro How much you know about the Chinese province Hunan,or to be more specific,Hunanese cuisine? I assume very little,as it was the case also for me until I recently dined at the Hunan restaurant Ba Shan in Soho. Ba Shan which is conveniently located in the midst of Soho,is surprisingly inviting and decorative for a Chinese restaurant. It is part of a restaurant family with its bigger sister Bar Shu just across the road and its little brother Baozi Inn some roads down both serving delightful Sichuan food. February 15th,2011 Category:Bistro (££) In celebration of the Chinese New Year I met Mr. Noodles and some other friends at Dumpling Legend in Chinatown. This evening turned out to be not only a feast of some delicious and some not so great food,but was also hugely educational as I learned a lot from Mr. Noodles about Chinese culture,food and restaurants. January 31st,2011 There is this food blog that I’ve recently started reading and this food blog recently had a post about Bubble Tea and a new place that does Bubble Tea in Soho. I was intrigued –I had no idea what bubble tea was and had obviously never tried it either. | 
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