Apparently Restaurant Story has been the hot topic across blogs, online magazines and the likes since it opened last year. I had not read much, I confess, not interested in the hype for some obscure reason (as I usually am) and only reading one of my favourite bloggers’ post and my idol food critic’s piece. I wasn’t thus entirely sure what to expect upon our visit, booked without too much hassle, (any at all in fact) a month prior. I…
***this restaurant has since closed down*** A couple of weeks ago I had some VIPs visiting (very important parents) so after a weekend in Ockenden, a delightful dog friendly dinner at Dock Kitchen, I also treated them to a Mayfair night out, since I had been wanting to try Alyn Williams for a while. The restaurant is part of the Westbury Hotel, a stone’s throw from Regent street and, sort of expected around here, has an ambience of understated elegance…
I have been familiar with Roast for ages. Roast was opened by restaurant entrepreneur Iqbal Wahhab in 2005 to bring the best of British food back on the plate, literally. I dined here shortly after it opened, and found it ok but nothing more, I confess. I came back about a year ago for a morning ‘ladies who breakfast’ session with my friend Hot and Chilli, and loved it. Roast was back! So I followed up with another breakfast recently…
I don’t often have an evening packed of fun stuff in town, but last Wednesday that’s exactly what happened. First I had the pleasure of an aperitif Novikov, a multi-venue recently opened in Mayfair. Despite the Russian name, there is an Italian restaurant on site, a modern Asian restaurant and in the basement, an über cool lounge bar with Italian inspired Aperitivo menu. This is where I headed, in high heels (challenging) to meet up with other food bloggers. Over…
Corner shop – Pizza Pigrims, Soho Much has been written about the Pizza Pilgrims. Those who live in London and have an even vague interest in food know who they are, what they do and how they started this whole palava about making ‘traditional Neapolitan sourdough pizzas’. For those who do not know about them, their very nice website has it all, from typos (‘Casserta’, ‘pizzaolos’) to videos to photos and names of the producers and cooks and chefs they…