Cantina Laredo – Mexican Magic: When London-Unattached was invited along to Cantina Laredo for an evening of Mexican food, I accepted enthusiastically, without actually checking what was happening the next day. Never have I been so relieved that I asked for the SECOND train out of St Pancras to Brussels. Even so, that kind of […]
Jar Kitchen – A new chef but the same old charm
Jar Kitchen Review: A couple of years ago I went to a press preview of a new restaurant called Jar Kitchen in Covent Garden. It was a fun evening, the wine flowed, we ate endless dishes of wonderful food. And, we met the founders, two very passionate and enthusiastic women who had given up their […]
Celebrating National Fish and Chips Day at Rock and Sole Plaice
Rock & Sole Plaice Review: Like many others families in the UK, I was brought up on a traditional Friday night diet of fish and chips, brought home from the local chippy by my dad after he finished work for the week. The rustle of paper and smell of vinegar seemed to herald the start […]
Lao Cafe – Review
A little Laotian in London – Lao Cafe: Laos wraps itself like a scarf around Thailand. A landlocked country, a narrow strip bordering on Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia and China, I had no idea what to expect from Lao Café, a relatively new restaurant and the only place in London to serve Laotian food. The country […]
Cocktail Mixing and Supper at Henry’s
Henry’s Cocktail Mixing Event: The two Henry’s Wine Bars (one in Green Park, the other Covent Garden) are fixed in my heart – regular haunts for me and a group of friends, we’d often meet up in one or other of the bars with grand plans to paint the town red. And, generally after a […]
The Black Penny, Covent Garden
Sunday Brunch at The Black Penny: Sunday’s are about being lazy. Getting up way too late for breakfast, feeding the dog then heading out to scout for a big brunch in a dog-friendly cafe or pub is almost de rigueur in our household. It good bit of breakfast food and a lazy walk in the […]
Sake and Spice at Moti Mahal, Covent Garden
Indian Food and Sake Pairings at Moti Mahal: In perhaps one of the most unlikely events for me of the year, Moti Mahal set out to pair some fine Indian dishes with different Sake. All part of their tenth birthday celebrations, we were introduced to a selection of sakes all handpicked by Barry McCaughley, Head of Beverages […]
Barrafina Drury Lane – Review:
Tapas in Covent Garden – Barrafina without the queue: I’m ashamed to say that Barrafina has passed me by till now. Not deliberately, I’ve intended to go for a while, but I don’t like queues and if I’m honest I generally prefer sitting at a table to sitting at a bar. So, on occasions when […]
Afternoon Tea at The Ivy Market Grill
The Ivy Market Grill – Afternoon Tea in Covent Garden: An iconic brand with its own entry in Wikipedia, The Ivy closed for refurbishment recently, re-opening on 1st June this year. Meanwhile, Caprice Group, the holding company for a number of fine dining restaurants in London, have opened a couple of ‘outposts’ of the original […]
Moti Mahal Covent Garden – Ten Year Celebration
Ten Years of Food from the Grand Trunk Road at Moti Mahal: Originally founded in Delhi in 1959, Moti Mahal made it over to London just ten years ago. At the time, London was on the cusp of becoming the thriving restaurant centre that it is today. And, Moti Mahal helped to spearhead good quality, […]