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Dislikes: lukewarm soup; rudeness to wait staff; inflicting impeccable ingredients to indifference.
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Date of visit Feb 18th 2026 CHINESE BBQ IN LONDON is growing in popularity. London loves meat on skewers with beer. North East Chinese BBQ skewers (shaokao) hits this food craving. China Town London is where to go for roast meats, Chinese regional GuangDong BBQ. Cantonese BBQ aficionados craving siu mei (燒味) specialities; roast duck, goose,…
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MY LOVE OF DIM SUM transports me to where it started. Not just my love of dim sum. Chinese food, Chinese Cantonese food in London. Cantonese classics like yum cha. Giles Coren once said “I love Chinese food above all things”. You know, as he does. Before going on to say: “Indeed, if I lived in…
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My Chinese culinary journey to dim sum stemmed from childhood in Chinatown. Dim sum in London was “served until 3pm” on Gerrard street. This meant, inconveniently jumping off the tube at Leicester Square for a pork or prawn filled dumpling. Dim sum 點心 all day in London and Greater Britain is prolific now. Har Gow…
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Date of visit: 1st January 2026 THE CÔTE BRASSERIE WAS SOLD to the Karali Group in late 2025 so it was to be expected that this 2007 born French-style, British restaurant chain founded in Wimbledon by Richard Caring et al would see changes. Changes in menu, at the very least, as the Karali Group also…
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Crêpe vs. Pancake THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CREPE AND A PANCAKE comes down to the recipe, giving it that texture.Typically, a crêpe is just a thin pancake, is it not? A European culinary delight: shunning air bubbles, bounce, fluff, plate piled pancake aesthetic. Thin means, also, there’s no Japanese jiggle. Calling it a pancake in…
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THE MENU AT EAT TOKYO in Notting Hill is an encyclopaedia. It’s also hard to find online. I’m not averse to photo filled long menu. I like to read, menus included. I used to study here, in Notting Hill, not this authentic Japanese restaurant. This was when literature was respected. Books were a gift. Reading…
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Caen France – Bouillon Saint Martin Date of Visit – October 2025 Here is my experience in Caen, Normandy I WAS REFUSED ENTRY at the French Bouillon restaurant I researched. This is to preface to what happened next. I hot-footed it there, knowing that the opening hours were all over the shop. Bouillon restaurants are…
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OUISTREHAM Ft. Funny Fish Date of visit – 22nd October 2025 IF YOU LOVE FRESH SEAFOOD – come to Normandy. Brittany and Normandy, France are synonymous with raising children to eat well, eat oysters. If you don’t believe me, see it for yourself. Take a look at a French school child’s menu in this reason…
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LOVE OF SPECIFIC FOOD TEXTURES is as subjective as taste. In Cantonese cuisine, for example, there is a desired contrast in textures of bouncy, in tandem with a crispy mouthfeel. Something slippery or slimy like an oyster or rice cake can dim the light of a palate unaccustomed to it. The best wok hei flavour.…
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Visiting Vilnius, Lithuania – Part One. Date of Visit: February 2025 George Orwell said: “A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing…” So when I was greeted with “Why?” as the common response to mine – over mid-February exchanges in London that encourage enquiring over one’s plans – I was even more…
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