Dim Sum and Rosé Wine at Yauatcha Soho: Are you still unconvinced about the merits of rosé? Maybe it’s been a while since you tried one. I think that, like me, you will be pleasantly surprised if you do crack open a bottle. In the last 5 to 6 years production methods have come on, […]
Robata reviewed – Japanese izakaya-style restaurant in Soho
Rave reviews for a new Japanese restaurant on Old Compton Street – we check things out! A stroll along Old Compton Street brings you to Robata, a new Japanese restaurant in an area already packed with enticing places to stop and eat. Londoners are lucky to have so many excellent Japanese restaurants to choose from […]
Wild Rice Restaurant – Review
Wild Rice Thai Restaurant, Soho: Starting your own restaurant is never an easy business. However first-time restaurateurs Mike Asavarut and Pan Serirak have just opened two. Both Thai restaurants and both at the same address – offering two alternative takes on classic Thai dishes.The first floor in their central Soho site houses Mamasan – a […]
Orient London – A Chinese Restaurant Reinvented
Classic Chinese Restaurant in Soho – Orient London Review: (invited press review) Chinatown in Soho London is full of bakeries, supermarkets and of course Chinese restaurants. Other than the old trick of looking for a packed restaurant with queues of Asian diners, it can be hard to work out which Chinese Restaurant in Soho to […]
Burger and Lobster Leicester Square – Review
Burger and Lobster: Hailing from the same group as the Goodman steak Restaurants and Zelman Meats, Burger and Lobster feels as if has been around forever. I remember the excitement surrounding the opening of the original Mayfair branch of Burger and Lobster a few years ago. It was the place to be seen and we are all […]
Gamma Gamma opens in Soho
Gamma Gamma Pan-Asian Tapas with a Twist in Soho: Gamma Gamma is a newly opened restaurant in the heart of Soho on Greek Street. Surrounded as it is by a plethora of restaurants and bars, plus an audience always hungry for new experiences, this venture needs to be an adventure if it is to make […]
P. F. Chang’s Asian Table – the first link in the chain?
One year on, this West End restaurant has firmly established itself as part of London’s diverse and creative restaurant scene In the UK we are used to eating certain cuisines in long-established, good quality chain restaurants, particularly Italian and French. More recently – and exotically – Wagamama, Yo! Sushi and Benihana have become fixtures on […]
Baby Bao bursts onto the London scene
All about the Bao… Baby Bao started life in The Pond pub in Brighton 3 years ago and has now ‘popped up’ on Haymarket in the heart of London’s West End. Its management is testing the waters to see if Taiwanese street food appeals as much to Londoners as it does to Brightonians. If the […]
CERU Soho – Review
Levantine Delights in Soho at CERU I originally came across CERU a few years back as a 20 seater three-month pop up in Fitzrovia serving Executive Chef Tom Kime’s delicious small plates of Levantine food. But CERU has stopped popping up and has started putting down roots, with the first permanent CERU restaurant in South Kensington CERU […]
TWG Tea – Fine Tea in Leicester Square
Afternoon Tea in Leicester Square – TWG Tea: In a somewhat unlikely setting, next door to the Lego shop and opposite M&M’s world is TWG the recently opened and rather charming tea store, museum and cafe. It’s a haven from the frenetic London life outside, a place to escape, whether to shop for tea or […]