Benihana
09/02/2017

Benihana

Stop playing with your food!  At least that’s what my parents used to say when I was small.  I’m now too big for a telling off if I perchance happen to feel a need to shuffle things around on my plate.  In my past, the …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Le Gavroche
30/01/2017

Le Gavroche

This restaurant seems to court news almost as well as some politicians.  In these turbulent times, with surprises at every corner and seemingly impossible situations coming to pass, I thought that I might as well live a little.  While the iron is hot, or perhaps …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Song Que
26/01/2017

Song Que

Song Que.  Song who? At least that was my first reaction when I heard the name.  Did it mean that there would be some type of performance? Was it the reason that there was a giganormous queue at the front?  Was there to be some …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Coriander
23/01/2017

Coriander

When I first arrived in the UK those many years ago, one thing I found quite puzzling (and was to later find out was quintessentially British) was a preoccupation with talk of the weather.  How was your day?  Rainy?  Oh, how unfortunate. Must have been …

eating, England, London, review
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by Chris
Kua ‘Aina
20/01/2017

Kua ‘Aina

Arguably the only thing in greater abundance than ramen chains in London is upmarket burger stores. At the start, it was probably a good thing to try starting a superior version of MacDonalds.  Now, like lice, they seemed to have multiplied and now we have …

eating, England, London, review
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by Patrick