Note this review pertains to the previous management, which has since left the pub. As readers of this blog and our friends would know, since moving ‘south’ towards Elephant & Castle we’ve been making huge use of the local, rare gems (for eample coffee shops). One such gems is a gastro pub (is such definition still even valid?) literally around two corners from our flat called the Albert Arms. Not sure why it took us a couple of months before…
Via Emilia comes from an ancient Roman road that still crosses the region connecting the main cities In fact, the menus of Via Emilia, a fairly new restaurant in Hoxton Square, depicts the region itself and such road connecting the various towns from north to south. The region has a number of specialties that made it famous across Italy and beyond from Parmigiano Reggiano to Parma ham, from hand made tagliatelle to mortadella. Offering just 40 covers, Via Emilia is…
We used to love Radici, a casual trattoria by chef Francesco Mazzei.
Si e’ sempre meridionali di qualcuno… This phrase (‘you are always southerner to someone else’) was made famous by a Neapolitan movie in the 80s (Cosi’ Parlo’ Bellavista), a funny, heartwarming satire about stereotypes between North and South in Italy. I am meridionale, from the south and a lot of the food and places I cover in this blog belong to my meridionale heritage indeed. So when I was asked to try an Italian restaurant called Meridionale, which proposes classic…
A trip to Leeds Since we had seen him on Great British Menu as a contestant a few years ago, we’d been fans of Michael O’Hare, the chef owner of quirkily named The Man Behind the Curtain. For me, it was also his 1980s looks that brought me back to my teenage years when I used to listen to goth music but occasionally wouldn’t mind a chat to my heavy metal fan neighbour. In any case, Michael suddenly became famous,…