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A meal at Zumbura, Clapham

A meal at Zumbura, Clapham

***this restaurant has since closed down*** Tucked away in a pretty corner of Clapham is a recently opened, modern Indian restaurant called Zumbura. Mercifully moving away from the traditional and stereotypical decor found so often in Indian restaurants in the UK, Zumbura is sleek, with brick walls and colourfully decorated ceiling, unobtrusive looking furniture and crystal-like glassware.   Ceiling  We took a table right by the window, watching the early evening passers-by and a few people having a drink on the…

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Flora dinner by Dan Doherty

Flora dinner by Dan Doherty

A few months ago we dined at a pop up by Chateau Marmot, hosted in our local area. Despite loving the food, we thought it was kind of overpriced and thought we’d not go to another one of their events. Yet when I saw a tweet advertising a two-days pop up special hosted once again in Waterloo by Dan Doherty, I immediately bought two tickets. I couldn’t resist as Dan is one of my favourite chefs, and well, it doesn’t…

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A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

***this review pertains to Mosaico’s previous chef*** ga(‘create’, ‘UA-58163900-1’, ‘auto’); ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’); // ]]> When I visit Ischia (usually over a May bank holiday), I tend to mostly eat at local, typical restaurants to savour my childhood flavours and dishes I so seldom eat otherwise. Yet this year, my family treated me to one of the islands’s top restaurant and indeed, one of Italy’s best food destinations: il Mosaico, two Michelin stars venue within the uber posh Hotel Manzi, in…

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A meal at the Ledbury, Notting Hill

A meal at the Ledbury, Notting Hill

***this restaurant has since closed down*** An extremely overdue post, due to a few busy days (holidays, birthdays, visitors from Italy) and the looming and now passed, deadline to hand in my write-ups for next year’s restaurant guide. Amongst the places I was asked to cover this year was the Ledbury,  Michelin starred establishment in Notting Hill. Partly owned by Phil Howard, I had sort of always wanted to try but it was  not exactly on top of my list,…

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Lower Marsh Saturday Market Launch + Supper Club

Lower Marsh Saturday Market Launch + Supper Club

  We have lived near Lower Marsh for almost 10 years and we have seen already a couple of times in the past attempts to revive what apparently used to be a thriving local market. Occasionaly there are fun events such as Scoot the Thames which bring crowds to the area but it is mostly very quiet especially at weekends. Two weeks ago the market ‘relaunched‘ its saturday trading – weekdays in fact it is quite busy with street food…

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