Hype. We’ve all fallen for it. Last weekend, having read a few blurbs in favor of William Ledeuil’s recently-opened “casual” venture, Kitchen Galerie Bis (see here in French, here and here in English, for example), I thought we’d give it a go, despite the fact that the earliest available table was at 10:15 pm. (On [...]
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Kitchen Galerie Bis (KGB), Paris
Posted in France, Paris, Travel, tagged 6th arrondissement, France, KGB, Kitchen Galerie Bis, Odeon, Paris, Paris restaurants, William Ledeuil, Ze Kitchen Galerie on November 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Thoumieux, Paris
Posted in France, Paris, tagged 7th arrondissement, BlogSherpa, France, Francois Simon, Jean-Francois Piege, Le Figaro, Paris, Paris restaurants, Thierry Costes, Thoumieux on November 24, 2009 | 18 Comments »
I was back in Paris last weekend, and of course had to eat. Thoumieux is one of these places that’s been around for a hundred years and is too close to a tourist attraction (Les Invalides) to interest me normally. But about a year ago, the Costes brothers and a pedigreed chef, Jean-Francois Piege, took [...]
Lantana Cafe, Fitzrovia
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged breakfast in London, brunch in London, Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, Lantana Cafe on November 20, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Lantana Cafe is much loved by the pros and punters alike. I, however, am not a fan. Two Saturdays ago, wanting a centrally-located brunch-y place to meet a friend, Jon and I showed up at Lantana at around 1:30 pm. The place was packed, which I’d expected, so we patiently queued for about 30 minutes. [...]
Launceston Place, Kensington
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged BlogSherpa, England, Gloucester road, Kensington, Launceston Place, London, London restaurants, Masterchef, Modern British, Modern British in London, Steve Groves, Tristan Welch on November 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Despite living and working in the easterly bits of central London, I visited two restaurants in Kensington over the last seven days: Kitchen W8 and Launceston Place. I thought the former was pleasant and worth visiting when already in the area, but in contrast, the latter is a worthy cross-town destination. If there’s justice in [...]
Kitchen W8, Kensington
Posted in Everyday in London, London Eating, tagged Kensington, Kitchen W8, London restaurants, Modern British in London on November 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Bloggers Dos Hermanos panned Kitchen W8. But this week, Bloomberg’s Richard Vines raved about it. With my friend BK, I gave the place a go this past Wednesday, curious to see with whom I’d agree most. And as is often the case, the reality was somewhere in the middle: I enjoyed my meal there and [...]
Dragon Castle, Elephant & Castle
Posted in Everyday in London, tagged BlogSherpa, Chinese in London, Chinese restaurants in London, Dragon Castle, Elephant & Castle, England, London, London restaurants on November 8, 2009 | 6 Comments »
A month ago, Jon and I went to see the highly-entertaining (popular, even) Pop Life exhibit at the Tate Modern, and afterwards, we somehow reasoned that because Elephant & Castle was so “close by,” we should try out Dragon Castle for dinner, which TimeOut loved. So we hopped on the Northern Line at London Bridge [...]
Chez Rene Socca and Restaurant Saison, Nice, France
Posted in France, Travel, tagged BlogSherpa, Chez Rene Socca, Cote d'Azur, France, French Riviera, Keisuke Matsushima, Nice, Restaurant Saison, Saison, socca on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This is the fourth and final post on our trip to Provence two weeks ago. On our last trip to Nice in May 2007, we fell in love with socca, which is chickpea flour in its most evolved form (a crispy pancake), and we had a good dinner at the restaurant Keisuke Matsushima. So last [...]
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