Category: Restaurant Review
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A meal at Palatino, Clerkenwell
***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have been a fan of Stevie Parle for ages, ever since I was given his first book to review years ago and started going to his first restaurant in London The Dock Kitchen. He has since published more books, been on TV and opened a few more Dock…
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A meal at Timmy Green, Victoria
Once upon a time London was full of beautiful buildings… Now it’s just anonymous, glass clad, ugly high rise, oddly shaped horrors… surrouding some sad, lonely left over buildings, staunch witness to the city’s glorious past. This is happening pretty much everywhere, from the City to Paddington (oh the old post office, site of the…
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A meal at Macellaio RC, Southwark
A few months ago I came across news on another new opening not far from where we live. An Italian restaurant, with butcher and bakery, under the railway arches by Union Street. We were unable to book during the soft opening at 50% off but we visited soon after… and have already become regulars! Needless…
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Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars
***this restaurant has since closed down*** The season to be jolly is once again looming and most restaurants are gearing up for Christmas and Festive menus all around us. Pastabites was invited to taste one such menu, offered by Italian restaurant Diciannove which sits within the Crowne Plaza hotel in BlackFriars. A surprise for me was…
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A meal at the Frog, Shoreditch
***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have eaten Adam Handling‘s beautiful food loads of time, first when he was head chef at Caxton Grill just after MasterChef: the Professionals, then when the same restaurant took his name (Adam Handling at Caxton) and of course, at his new venture, his very own, curiously named, The…