Kintan

Kintan

Friends were craving BBQ meat.  I wasn’t.  My friends won out.  They might not be my friends for long though. Anyway, I jest.  We decided to go to Kintan, a Japanese yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant.  The Koreans also do this style of restaurant where you 

Pidgin

Pidgin

So, we ventured east again, this time to Hackney to try another recently opened modern British place, Pidgin. Pidgin is the evolution of a supper club, The Secret Larder evolved into a full-fledged restaurant, with a professional chef, Elizabeth Allen, formerly of the Smokehouse Islington 

WA cafe

WA cafe

Before venturing forth to this cafe I had to do a bit of digging online and I was pleasantly surprised.  I think WA cafe has one of the best looking websites that I have seen in recent memory.  The photographer in me admires their shots 

Kanada-Ya

Kanada-Ya

To paraphrase something I have often heard, I dream of ramen.  In  short, I am a little obsessed by noodles.  Just noodles, you say?  Why, what’s so special about noodles? Aside from the ramen craze sweeping the English capital at the moment, I think it is a