Great Seafood in Chinatown A wide choice of fish and shellfish is on offer at Orient London, a contemporary Chinese restaurant specialising in seafood. The standard way to pick a restaurant in China Town is to duck and dive away from the restaurant staff trying to lure you into their own place and start looking […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Seafood Fest at Bucket, Notting Hill. I went to review Notting Hill seafood restaurant Bucket just after it opened and really enjoyed its creative, unpretentious and affordable approach. They have just launched a new menu with the aim of bringing more fresh produce into their offer and so it is with a degree of trepidation […]
London Shell Co with Fishers Gin – Preview
The Canalway Cavalcade – London Shell Co and Fishers Gin: There are times when last-minute invitations to preview events are just too good to turn down…and that’s just what happened to me on Monday when I was invited along to find out more about The London Shell Co and Fishers Gin and their participation in […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Sustainable Seafood at Bucket Notting Hill: I’m a seafood fanatic so when invited to review Bucket, a brand new sustainable seafood restaurant and bar in Notting Hill it would have been impossible to refuse. The Bucket team are also launching ‘Oyster Hour’, offering £1 oysters every day from 4-7pm on weekdays and 4-6pm on weekends with any bottle, jug, cocktail or bucket of beers and […]
The Coal Shed Tower Bridge
Steak and Seafood at The Coal Shed – One Tower Bridge: When an invitation to review The Coal Shed in Brighton came up a year or so ago, it went the way of The-Hedonist, who just happens to spend half his time in the Sussex countryside and is only a stone’s throw from my favourite […]
Fancy Crab – A Fish Fest in Marylebone
Shellfish Supper in Marylebone at Fancy Crab: What is it that inspires the designers of fish restaurants to make them look as if they might once have been a fish shop? There are, of course, varying degrees of fish shop styling – at Fancy Crab it was relatively restrained. Just some marble-topped tables, exposed brickwork and […]