Tag: recipes
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PHED MARK LONDON is Mark Wiens’ London restaurant pop-up. It’s in quite the location: lower ground floor of Platapian on London’s Greek street, Soho. Open till the end of May: Platapian stays, who knows about Phed Mark. Pronounced Ped Mark. Phed เผ็ด being the Thai word for spicy. Ever-growing is Wiens’ core niche: demonstrably authoritative reactions to…
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IS LE VACHERIN THE BEST FRENCH RESTAURANT in Chiswick, West London? London’s Côte chain finds a home, apparently, in Chiswick. La Trompette is Le Vacherin’s only independent competitor in Chiswick. are their sole competitors. Is the answer to this question of interest to anybody at all? I mean, besides Chiswick and nearby Ealing locals? Whom…
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MY LOVE OF DIM SUM transports me to where it started. Not just my love of dim sum. Chinese food devoid of beef with broccoli. Specifically, Chinese Cantonese food in London. Cantonese classics designed for whatever time of day you fancy: yum cha. Giles Coren once said “I love Chinese food above all things”. You…
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CÔTE BRASSERIE WAS SOLD to the Karali Group in late 2025. Experiencing what’s become of this 2007, Wimbledon born chain toady, asks more questions that it gives answers. Dropping the “Brasserie”, this French-style; British restaurant chain, is now simply known as Côte. Founded by Richard Caring et al, certainly entertains change these days. That being…
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THE EAT TOKYO NOTTING HILL BRANCH MENU is an encyclopaedia. It’s also incredibly tedious to find snip-its online. No, it’s not an omakase restaurant. Natch, a member’s club in Notting Hill, you say? No, not that either. Eat Tokyo isn’t hidden down a cobbled street. Tucked away; it is not. Quite the opposite of Omakase…
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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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UNDER THE BRODGE; down the steps, en-route Borough Market, a perpendicular swivel to your right, finds you enface an alleyway. Phew. Not nearly what it once was: finding a top rated London French menu. Here finds you in a courtyard, leased out to indoor crazy golf, et voila Boro Bistro. I would say, follow the…