Bistro Bruno Loubet, Clerkenwell

Last week, I met Gourmet Chick and Londonelicious for dinner at Bistrot Bruno Loubet in Clerkenwell.  I’d been there once before, back in March, soon after the bistro had opened in the Zetter hotel, and that time, the food had been very good.  Clerkenwell is perfectly located between work and home for me, so I [...]

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Palmers Restaurant, Bethnal Green

Several months ago, we saw this positive review in TimeOut about Palmers Restaurant, a place serving creative gourmet food not far from Victoria Park in East London. We thought it sounded interesting, but considering how hard it is to convince our W postcode friends to come over to N1, we didn’t dare try to convince [...]

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Love for New Jersey: Hunan Cottage, Bagels 4 U and some Patsy’s Thrown In

Over the spring Bank Holiday, Jon and I made a last-minute trip to New Jersey and New York for a family obligation. While these trips back to the New York area are always too short and too busy, we still managed to hit up some hometown favorites. For those of you who end up in [...]

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Bar Boulud, Knightsbridge

Lately, it feels like American expats have been drawn to Bar Boulud like moths to a flame. Despite my short-lived attempts to resist the PR and marketing hype surrounding Daniel Boulud‘s first foray into London, different American dining companions have insisted we eat at BB on at least three separate occasions. I declined one and [...]

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Viajante, Bethnal Green

I thought that by waiting a couple of months to eat at Viajante that my blog post wouldn’t seem horribly redundant, but it turns out I’m not the only blogger who waited until the opening hype died down. During the last two weeks, Gourmet Traveller and London Eater have also sampled chef Nuno Mendes‘s goodies, [...]

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Chefs Unite Raffle

I had plans to spend this last bank holiday in Paris, doing the usual eating and shopping, but instead Jon and I got a dreaded call last Thursday to fly home for a family funeral.  Let me tell you:  nothing makes you value what you have more than a run-in with mortality. While back in [...]

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