The Gate Islington

The Gate Islington

So I decided to dare to try. Vegetarian. I love meat more than the other guy but I thought I had to give herbivores a chance. Bread basket.  A fairly standard offering.  The bread was decent but not outstanding.  Although the olive infused bread was 

Dirty Bones

Dirty Bones

I had a very interesting invitation pop up in my inbox recently.  For a cocktail mixing masterclass and brunch.  Neither of which are generally up my street, so I admit to being rather apprehensive.  Worries of being sucked into some unforgiving American gala full of booze and 

Dishoom Carnaby

Dishoom Carnaby

I was spending quite a while thinking of not trying to sound like a food blogger in this post.  However, some people seem to think that I can’t, even if I tried.  So here’s my attempt at a dual post.  My attempt at sounding like what 

Indian Zing

Indian Zing

Vainly struggling to find a decent eatery in Hammersmith, my Zomato app steered me to the local Indian.  I hoped that I would get a bit of zap to go along with the zing on my tastebuds. First up were some poppadoms. These were unfortunately 

Lyle’s

Lyle’s

I was celebrating a special day (no I’m not bald yet) and as part of this I was in for a little surprise.  In hip and trendy Shoreditch, my dining companion untied the metaphoric blindfold to present me to Lyle’s.  Or perhaps I should say