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A meal at Pollen Street Social, Mayfair

A meal at Pollen Street Social, Mayfair

Around a year ago I got Jason Atherton’s book (Gourmet Food for a Fiver). Back then, in my first days as a ‘foodie enthusiast’ I actually did not know much about Jason, but found the book pretty good, with an interesting selection of recipe and flavours. A year later, I know a bit more about him, and therefore as soon as the booking line for his first restaurant (Pollen Street Social) opened in April, I started dialing in to try…

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A meal at Dinner, Heston Blumenthal at the MO

A meal at Dinner, Heston Blumenthal at the MO

What now feels like a life time ago (January 5th) I eagerly booked a table for two at the soon to be opened Dinner for a random date in March. That date finally arrived and after some persuading, I managed to convince my husband to join me (as he does not find Heston’s food an appealing idea). The Mandarin Oriental, where the restaurant is located, is a beautiful building in beautiful Knightsbridge overlooking beautiful Hyde Park, Sadly, it is now…

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The ‘Aikens Experience’ at Somerset House

The ‘Aikens Experience’ at Somerset House

  Living in Waterloo, it is not every day that you have Michelin starred chefs opening new ventures in the vicinity. Not only that, but when such a chef is a lively and lovely twitterer and decides to follow yours truly as well (my claim to fame), it becomes almost impossible not to try this chef’s latest efforts.   Tom Aikens, after some tribulations (he went bust) has taken over the ailing ‘Admiralty’ restaurant at Somerset House (I am guessing…

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