An old friend who used to live in London and now lives in Hong Kong was back in town last week, and he wanted to eat pig products, English-style. Obviously, that meant St. John Restaurant. Sadly, the Restaurant had no available tables on my friend’s only free evening, but its more casual sibling, St. John [...]
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St. John Bread and Wine, Spitalfields
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged BlogSherpa, blood cake, bobby beans, England, Fergus Henderson, London, madeleines, Modern British in London, Spitalfields, St. John Bread and Wine, stinking bishop on September 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Boho Mexica, Spitalfields
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged BlogSherpa, Boho Mexica, England, Liverpool Street, London, London restaurants, Mexican in London, Shoreditch, Spitalfields on September 25, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Two weeks ago, some of my expat friends and I read this glowing review of Boho Mexica and knew we had to check it out immediately. If you know any American expats in London, you’ll know that Mexican food is our catnip and crack, rolled into one. (It’s an odd phenomenon, of course. When I [...]
Shilpa Indian Restaurant, Hammersmith
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged BlogSherpa, England, Hammersmith, Indian in London, Kerala paratha, London, London restaurants, prawn moilee, Shilpa Indian Restaurant on September 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Last Friday, Jon and I met our friends at the Lyric Hammersmith for a performance of “Punk Rock” (which, by the way, was pretty forgettable). The show ended at 9:30 pm and I needed food, stat. Thank goodness for Tamarind & Thyme’s July post on Shilpa Indian Restaurant. The restaurant is near the theatre, and [...]
The Compass Pub, Islington
Posted in Everyday in London, Islington, London Eating, tagged Angel, BlogSherpa, England, Gastropub, Islington, London, London restaurants, The Compass on September 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Despite the good number of tasty gastropubs in Islington, it’s still nice when a new one opens in the ‘hood. The Compass has been open about three months, and for a place that doesn’t want to be known as a gastropub (they insist they’re a pub that happens to serve food – whaaat?), the place [...]
Gold Mine Chinese, Bayswater
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged Bayswater, Chinese in London; blogsherpa, England, Gold Mine, London on September 14, 2009 | 17 Comments »
Usually when I eat Chinese food in London, it’s dim sum, which means it’s rare that I go out for “regular” Chinese food. So it was a nice change when our friends decided we should meet them at Gold Mine this past Saturday. The TimeOut review of Gold Mine claimed that the restaurant serves “Queensway’s [...]
Goodman Steakhouse, Mayfair
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged American steak in London, Goodman, Goodman steakhouse, London restaurants, steakhouse on September 9, 2009 | 13 Comments »
My friend, Jane, wanted to celebrate her birthday with a big, juicy steak. So she picked Goodman for a fun group dinner. And guess who was there the night I was there? Krista. It is definitely a small world. If you go to Krista’s post, you’ll see she’s linked to the half dozen other bloggers [...]
Inevitable Film Blurb – Julie & Julia
Posted in Everyday in London, tagged Julia Child, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, My Life in France on September 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Last week, Gourmet Chick invited me along to a preview of Julie & Julia, a film that I’d wanted to see since reading this review in the New York Times. Here’s the quick description of the film from that review: In 2002, more than half a century after Julia [Child] and her husband, Paul, arrived [...]
SoCal Restaurant Roundup
Posted in America, Travel, tagged BlogSherpa, California, Chosun Galbee, Hodad's, Korean bbq, Koreatown, Los Angeles, Nha Hang Van, Orange County, San Diego, San Diego restaurants, USA on September 1, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I’m back in London after spending five days in La Jolla, California, which included quick trips to LA and the ‘burbs of Orange County. I couldn’t get enough of the sunshine and wide, sandy beaches of SoCal, but sadly, my year-old Canon Elph drowned in seawater during a kayak outing off the coast of San [...]
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