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A meal at Palatino, Clerkenwell

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 Kitchen off springs, from Craft in Greenwich to the very latest venture in central London called Palatino, named after one of Rome’s seven hills. A…

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A meal at Timmy Green, Victoria

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 amazing Drowned Man…), from Blackfriars (who remembers Imbibe and the upside down house?) to Borough (let’s not even think about this one).Victoria is one of…

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A meal at Macellaio RC, Southwark

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 to say we really like Macellaio RC. We make all the dry ageing process in house, reaching between six and nine weeks of dry ageing…

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Piccolo Christmas meal at Diciannove, Blackfriars

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 that, despite riding past this corner of London every single weekday, I had no idea there was a hotel, let alone an Italian restaurant! Diciannove…

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A meal at the Frog, Shoreditch

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 Frog E1. I have written about him but never for this blog and never about his food, until now. My friend MondoMulia (read here post on…

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