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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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Visiting Manhattan: Flatiron, West Village and the High Line

Visiting Manhattan: Flatiron, West Village and the High Line

I am a little bit in love with NYC. It is different, exciting, easy to criticise and compare to London, full of things to try and do. Spending a few days here in November and again in April has made me fall in love once more, and I am now longing to be back and walk through the streets of Manhattan pretending I live here for a while. It is hard to come up with anything original about the city,…

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