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October 28th, 2012

Foodie Event: NIBBLR Launch hosted at AVISTA (Mayfair)

nibblr logo Foodie Event:  NIBBLR Launch hosted at AVISTA (Mayfair)

Recently, together with a bunch of other bloggers and food media people, I was invited to the launch of nibblr at he Mayfair restaurant Avista, situated at the Millenium Hotel.  On their website, nibblr describes itself as “the social dining network. Getting offline and back into the ‘real world,’ it’s all about bringing together good food and good company.”

August 26th, 2012

The Neighbourhood Gem: 500 RESTAURANT (Archway)

 The Neighbourhood Gem: 500 RESTAURANT (Archway)

Pappardelle al ragu di manzo (11.80) @ 500 Restaurant

 

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This new category of “The Neighbourhood Gem” has been born as a result of a line of unsatisfactory visits to en vogue London restaurants.  I concluded that a lot of the eateries that are the flavour at the moment in London, I just don’t rate particularly highly.  I therefore decided together with my eater in crime, Uyen, instead of rushing to all new openings (I am honestly sick and tired of burgers) and endlessly hyped restaurants, to rather explore the neighbourhood eatery – usually a little gem that has been around forever and is recession-proof as it is frequented by loyal locals who keep coming to enjoy the food. 

May 24th, 2012

PIZZA EAST (Shoreditch)

 PIZZA EAST (Shoreditch)

A lot of food @ Pizza East

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The reason why I must be the last person with any kind of interest in food, who has never been to Pizza East before is that I usually don’t like pizza.  Out of the blue however I was overwhelmed by a sudden pizza craving and Pizza East seemed like an obvious choice.

May 18th, 2012

BRICIOLE (Marylebone)


 BRICIOLE (Marylebone)

Finocchiona Toscana £3 @Briciole

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Category: Le Budget (£)

When I heard about the opening of Briciole I knew I had to try it in my desperate and thus far not successful search for a decent and non pretentious neighbourhood Italian.

April 11th, 2012

MELE E PERE (Soho)

 MELE E PERE (Soho)

Fried Whitebait @ Mele e Pere (Soho)

 

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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.

March 30th, 2012

MARKET CAFE (Hackney)

 MARKET CAFE (Hackney)

Spaghetti, Clams, Chili Garlic - starter portion (7)

 

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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.

January 16th, 2012

TINELLO (Pimlico)

 TINELLO (Pimlico)

Tinello

Category: Bistro – Brasserie (££-£££)

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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.

December 11th, 2011

SALE E PEPE (Knightsbridge) – My worst meal of the year 2011

 SALE E PEPE (Knightsbridge)   My worst meal of the year 2011

Tagliolini al Tartufo Nero (19.50)

 

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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!

October 6th, 2011

OLIVETO (Belgravia)

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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.

September 28th, 2011

ZUCCA (Bermondsey) 1.5 years later

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I think I was one of the first blogger (or even the very first?) to write about Zucca just a couple of weeks after it had opened and it was at the same time one of my first posts. I have to admit that this was by chance rather than culinary instinct. I used to live just around the corner and walked past this new Italian restaurant every day on my way to work and thought it looked nice. There we go.