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Eyre Brothers: Exceptional Iberian food in Shoreditch

October 30, 2011

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Every once in a while, I stumble upon one of those exceptional meals… so consistent from start to finish that I’m salivating even before I tuck into the first dish and left smiling for hours on end after the meal. Whilst there are several restaurants in London which aim to deliver on good Iberian Cuisine, I’ve […]

Poppies of Spitalfields

May 14, 2011

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Craving a good ol’ British Fish & Chips, we headed up to our new local Chippy on Hanbury Street which opened earlier this year. Word has it that Poppies is run by owner ‘Pop’ who has been frying up fish in the East End since 1945. And everything about the venture feels straight out from […]

Towpath @ Regent’s Canal, Haggerston

April 9, 2011

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What a bee-ee-Ay-utiful day it was in London today. 20°C…sunny, clear blue skies… not a spot of cloud… and we’re still not even halfway through April yet. Seems the British summer has showed up rather early this year. So off the beaten track to Haggerston I went with J and D in search of somewhere […]

Mason and Taylor

February 19, 2011

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The craft-beer and real ale scene has certainly seen a recent boom in the capital. With that has come the emergence of more and more specialist beer pubs such as the Draft House and Euston Tap. It’s immensely exciting to see new, stand-out brews made on a smaller scale with tender loving care… a breath of fresh […]

Cay-tre vs. Viet Grill

September 26, 2010

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301 Old Street, Hoxton / 58 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch | vietnamesekitchen.co.uk Amongst the mass of Vietnamese haunts along the Pho mile, these 2 sister restaurants are amongst the best of them. Run by the same operator (Vietnamese Kitchen), the once identical menus have slowly bifurcated through the years – Cay-tre staying true to its street […]

TheBreakfastClub.Hoxton.

March 26, 2010

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Rufus Street, Hoxton Sq, N1 6PE | thebreakfastclubsoho.com | brunched Sunday Mar 21st …outside the club There’s a real buzz emanating from Hoxton’s The Breakfast Club which you can feel just from standing outside in line. I’ve walked curiously past this Shoreditch institution many a time since I moved to the East End, never failing […]

Boundary.

November 14, 2009

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2-4 Boundary Street, Shoreditch | theboundary.co.uk | ingested Oct 23rd ‘09 Terence Conran’s latest project in the heart of Shoreditch is a restaurant-boutique hotel-café-and-rooftop terrace, all packaged within a polished Victorian Warehouse. The more formal restaurant which serves classic French cuisine is situated deep inside the vaulted, bare-brick-basement of the complex. Maroon-coloured velvet seats and […]