Terra Rossa Islington – Review: (invited press review) Location is an important consideration when opening a new restaurant and the owners of Terra Rossa have chosen well. Diagonally opposite Ottolenghi and sharing a party wall with the wonderful Almeida Theatre, Terra Rossa has pride of place on Upper Street, Islington which is awash with tempting […]
Patara Thai Restaurant Hampstead – Lunch with Style
Authentic Thai Cuisine at Patara Hampstead. One of those places that, having lived in London for the best part of my adult life, you’d think I’d have tried already, Patara is a well established group of Thai restaurants. Founded in 1990 it predates the current vogue for authentic regional Asian cuisine and, I suspect it […]
Patron Restaurant, Kentish Town – Review
A Taste of Paris at Patron Restaurant in Kentish Town I’m a sucker for all those Parisian romantic clichés and if I haven’t had a recent Paris fix the chance to live those out in London is difficult to resist. So I was very happy to be invited to review Patron Restaurant, a bijou Parisian-style brasserie […]
Delicatessen Restaurant Hampstead
Delicatessen Restaurant – Modern Middle Eastern Cuisine My diary is often something of a nightmare and I’m seldom free for press dinners. Sometimes I manage to find a volunteer from the London-Unattached team. At other times, I just hope that I’ll be able to review on another occasion. I was lucky with Delicatessen where I’d […]
La Ferme Primrose Hill – Restaurant and Champagne Bar
Venturing North of the River – La Ferme Primrose Hill I’m a South London gal through and through; exploring North London sometimes feels like a bit of an adventure. In all the years that I’ve been going to gigs in Camden, I didn’t realise how close this very pretty and chi-chi area was to Chalk […]
Sunday Bloody Mary Brunch at Bellanger
DIY Bloody Mary at Bellanger, Islington Sunday brunch has to be one of my best-loved meals – combine it with a good Bloody Mary like the one at Bellanger and I’m sold. Bellanger is the Islington outpost of the Corbin & King Empire, owners of The Wolseley, Brasserie Zédel and others, with a desirable position […]
Namaaste Kitchen – A Hidden Gem in Camden
Namaaste Kitchen Review: I forget sometimes how long I have been running London-Unattached. I first reviewed the Indian restaurant Namaaste Kitchen in 2013 and went back some six months later. It’s in North London though, in between Camden and Primrose Hill and so while I love the food, it’s not somewhere I walk past regularly. A […]
Orchid54 – Bistro Dining in Enfield
Fine Bistro Dining at Orchid54: Living South of the River now, it’s unusual for me to venture North beyond zone II let alone to Zone VI. But, an invitation from Chef Adebola Adeshina, the Chef Patron at Orchid54 was one not to miss. I met Ade a few weeks earlier at The Petersham Hotel, where he […]
Coriander Restaurant – Hatch End
Coriander – Bengali Indian in Hatch End: It’s rare for me to venture North, out of zone 2. But, an invitation to review Coriander in Hatch End was timely as my good friend The-Hedonist has a London base up that way. And, I like Indian food, especially at this time of year when I seem […]
Yasmeen – Review
Levantine Heaven in St John’s Wood with Yasmeen: Apparently fish and chips is the latest trend in the Parisian gastro scene which got me thinking about transplanted food cultures and influences. Would a Parisian fish supper be acceptable to the average Brit? What did this gastro invasion mean for French culinary culture which is globalising faster […]