January 12, 2012
What a year 2011 has been. We’ve seen the full monty of extraordinary events this year… everything from revolutionary political uprisings to tumultuous riots on our doorstep… unseen before natural disasters that have crippled nations to the fall from financial grace of Europe. On a personal and more cheery note though, 2011 has truly been… [Read more…]
December 30, 2011
Having been in the East end for coming up to 5 years now, I’ve been waiting for what has seemingly been an eternity for a decent neighbourhood Malaysian restaurant to show up in the Aldgate East-Spitalfields area. I’m pleased to say though that the wait is finally over. Proper Malaysian food has arrived, thanks to Brick… [Read more…]
December 25, 2011
It was the return of the annual Christmas Eve potluck feast at my place again last night. I’m writing this post still curled up in bed on Christmas morning (well, noon actually), nursing a slightly bloated stomach (and mild hangover of course)… But after the over-indulgence of our 5 kg Goose, 3 kg Cherry Coke… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
Every time I’m back in Bayswater, I still get that warm and fuzzy sense of nostalgia of my Imperial College days having spent a couple years as a W2-er back in my uni days. If there’s one thing I miss most about the area, it’s the large cluster of neighbourhood restaurants in and around the… [Read more…]
December 17, 2011
As 2011 starts to wind down to a close, it’s a time for reflection on the highs of the year food-wise. Superb meals there have been, but for me, 2011 will undoubtedly be marked and defined by one foodie experience alone: it’s the year I discovered the glory of San Sebastian and the legendary cuisine… [Read more…]
December 12, 2011
The better half and I have just come back from our annual weekend pilgrimage up to Manchester for their Christmas Markets. I’ll keep this one short as this was our 3rd time round (you will find my post from last year here). As per previous years though, the goal was simple – we were looking to… [Read more…]
December 3, 2011
As London enters deeper into the winter months and temperatures start to dip, I find myself turning to the chilli-based recipes of home for warmth. If there’s one website I regard as the holy grail of South East Asian recipes, it would have to be Rasa Malaysia. Even if you’re not planning on doing any cooking, the… [Read more…]
November 26, 2011
Despite how much of Gordon Ramsay I’ve seen, heard and read as a result of his constantly churning PR machine of TV shows, recipe books and other media streams, it only recently occurred to me that I had never actually eaten at one of his restaurants before. With his latest Bread Street Kitchen venture rocking up… [Read more…]
November 20, 2011
I turned up in Berlin not expecting very much at all. For some reason, I had this naive preconception in my head of the German capital being some dull, over-gentrified city. Monotonous… with an almost sterile efficiency and precision about it. I had written off our chances of finding any decent food even before touching… [Read more…]
November 12, 2011
I’ll keep this review short ‘n simple, as despite it’s 1 Michelin star, I found very little to like about Semplice. The one saving grace: The pastas. Top notch ingredients, simply but skillfully executed with well-balanced flavours, it’s perhaps the one and only Michelin-Star-worthy thing about the place. Home-made egg Sedanini was al dente yet light,… [Read more…]
December 31, 2011
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