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Diciannove
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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The Frog
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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Dum London
A meal at Dum Biryani House, Soho

A meal at Dum Biryani House, Soho

***this restaurant has since closed down*** I have never been to India, and I do not know that much about the country either, although I have eaten Indian food plenty of time of course, often also making home made curries following Anjum Anand‘s recipes (which I find perfect for home cooking). One of India’s regions (and a large one with a long heritage behind too) is Andhra Pradesh, which is on the south east coastal side of the Indian subcontinent. Reading…

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O'ver Pizzeria
A meal at pizzeria O’ver, Southwark

A meal at pizzeria O’ver, Southwark

Blink and you’ll miss it! Indeed, I had to ask a friend to explain where O’ver was, as even driving past each afternoon, I had not even noticed this new, bright and a little anonymous pizzeria that opened less than two months ago on Southwark Street.  Combining the very best regional ingredients with traditional recipes, ‘O ver is the first restaurant in the UK to use the unique ingredient of Pure Sea Water. Living near Waterloo, pizza and ice cream is…

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H.en
A meal at H.En, Islington

A meal at H.En, Islington

***this restaurant has since closed down*** Since a fairly shocking TV programme by chef and eco warrior Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall a few years ago, we have stopped buying and eating battery chicken and eggs. It is not that easy to eat out and find out where the chicken comes from and if it is effectively free range, unless we are in high end establishments that really care for their products and sourcing. The opening of H.en in Isligton therefore caught my…

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