Locanda Locatelli

Locanda Locatelli

Following their renovation after a fire (you should really watch were you drop those cigarette butts) I decided to visit to see if the kitchen was still up to scratch following a necessary hasty departure from the premises by the cooks.  The new menu unfortunately was missing 

One Sixty City

One Sixty City

In our journey to become more trendy (painful as that is for some of us) we are trying to sample more hip and upcoming places.  Which is how we ended up in One Sixty.  Only to be promptly informed that they had an acute problem, 

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