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Burro e Salvia

Burro e Salvia

I really like a good pasta. Too bad it is hard to find without paying an arm and a leg.  My introduction to how good pasta could be was at Locanda Locatelli.  Unfortunately that was not somewhere I could afford to often frequent.  Several years 

Townsend

Townsend

I don’t know what Townsend means.  It doesn’t seem to break down into useful constituents to provide kindle for some type of witty introduction.  It defeats me. Instead I will describe it as a small restaurant near Aldgate East.  It is rather objectively small, which 

Tea House

Tea House

Appears that there are quite a few establishments calling themselves “Tea House” or some variation thereof.  Seems to be a popular name.  Not particularly imaginative though.  Just like calling yourself coffee shop.  Or perhaps eatery.  Although perhaps useful in telling you what it is that 

Watch House

Watch House

Watch, see, pay attention. As I go about life, I find myself constantly bombarded with attempts to get me to stop and think for a moment, with varying degrees of success. In any case, this is my long winded explanation of why I was initially 

Mere

Mere

I thought it would be interesting to visit a restaurant headed by a celebrity chef.  Been a while since I’ve been in one. Mere is the residence of chef Monica Galetti, of Master Chef the Professionals fame. In Master Chef, she rains a quite brutal