A Convivial Evening at Great Guns Social: Just a hop and a skip from Borough tube is Great Guns Social, a self-styled ‘creative hub and restaurant’. Located in a stylishly converted pub on the Southwark Bridge Road, Great Guns Social is renown for hosting a rolling programme of restaurant pop-up residencies curated by chef Maria Elia. If like […]
Casa do Frango – A Chicken House in Borough
Southern Portuguese Food at Casa do Frango Round the corner from Borough Market, you do need to look quite hard to find the entrance to Casa do Frango. Upstairs in the same building that houses ‘Native’ (somewhere I really DO need to try soon), it’s a large, warehouse-style affair that somehow manages to combine a vast […]
Comptoir Libanais, London Bridge – Review
Lebanese at London Bridge with Comptoir Libanais: I’ve been invited to the opening of Comptoir Libanais’ new London flagship restaurant in London Bridge. It sits on Tooley Street right at the end of London Bridge station and brings a welcome burst of excitement to the drab functionality of the terminus’ exterior. Comptoir Libanais means ‘Lebanese counter’ […]
The Gun – An Historic Riverside Pub
The Gun Docklands – Great Food and a Fantastic Riverside Setting: I have to say that we were really looking forward to lunch at the Gun; we have friends living in Docklands, this part of London, and we have been there several times for the annual Carolling event, which comes complete with Dickensian Carol Singers […]
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 […]
Baluchi at the LaLiT – The Best Indian Restaurant London Bridge
London Bridge Indian Restaurant – Baluchi at the LaLit: I can never resist an invitation to go for a curry; I think that I’m completely hooked on the art of spicing which the best places manage to achieve and that I strive to replicate in my own home. When you add an old school that’s […]
Vegetarian buffet at Tibits Bankside
Tibits Vegetarian Dining in Style: Guest post by Peter Edwards (AKA The Veggie Man) As a long-standing vegetarian, I was excited by the prospect of choosing from over 40 dishes at the Tibits Bankside vegetarian buffet. Located on lively Southwark Street, this is the second London outpost for this Swiss culinary concept. Tibits was founded […]
Banishing the January Blues at Roast, Borough Market
Roast Restaurant Borough Market – Mood Enhancing Dining: Once the Christmas decorations come down on 12th Night, January seems to be such a miserable month; grey skies, lots of wind and rain, and short days. It’s easy to feel grumpy, especially if you are also trying to battle with the knock-on effects of the Christmas […]
Visit Bankside – Food Month and Macellaio RC
Bankside Food Month – Macellaio RC and More Gentle reader, you may recall that just a few weeks ago I visited Macellaio RC, an Italian steakhouse in Battersea. And, that was when I discovered there was a branch close to me, in Bankside. Of course I really wanted to visit especially when I saw an […]
Ladies who Lunch – La Dame de Pic
La Dame de Pic – Four Seasons Trinity Square: It’s been a while since I took myself out for a special lunch. A hedonistic indulgence – a good lunch is something that can’t be hurried and so needs a full afternoon to recover. Weekday lunch menus though can be the hidden pearl at some of […]