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Caravan review – a good King’s Cross breakfast
Fuel up at breakfast or brunch The area around Kings Cross station is slowly being regenerated and while some will miss the area as it was before, I won’t be one of them. The grotty, run-down,...
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Hawksmoor Spitalfields Bar review – new meat and cheese menu
Bar-gain or bar-baric? (Sorry.) I’ve eaten at and written about the Hawksmoor mini-chain of steakhouses at length before on this blog. What makes Hawksmoor so interesting, apart from the sheer quality...
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Hummingbird Bakery’s bacon and salted caramel cupcakes
Vegetarian Monday is not going well Some people actually quibble over the size of the bacon bit on top. Chewy bacon bits dotted throughout the soft fluffy sponge. Salty meat + salted caramel + vaguely...
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Galeto review – Brazilian street food comes to Dean Street
A party in my mouth or a damp squib? I’ve never seen the appeal of Nando’s. As far I’m concerned the seemingly ubiquitous chain serves unremarkable but acceptable chicken. My occasional dining...
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Bonnie Gull review – tiny Fitzrovia seafood shack
Small shiny seafood shack serves salty sustenance It’s fascinating what you’ll find in the back streets of London. Bonnie Gull is a seafood restaurant located on Foley Street, a quiet street located in...
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Posh American burger chains in London review – Shake Shack, Five Guys and...
The most overhyped & overrated burgers since Meatliqour There’s been an explosion in the number of burger restaurants in London over the past couple of years and I’ve been to a lot of them. If...
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Picture review – a work of art or a child’s drawing?
Small plates near BBC Broadcasting House Grabbing a reasonably quick but good quality sit-down meal in London can be tricky. Whether you want to treat yourself during your lunch break or need to catch...
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Grain Store review – love at first bite?
This review is in partnership with Match.com. That means they reimbursed me for the cost of the first meal in this review, but apart from asking me to include an evaluation of how romantic this...
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Homeslice review – 20in pizzas whole or by the slice
Is bigger always better? There are more pizza restaurants in London then there are slow-moving convoys of exchange students, so any new pizza place has to try hard to stand out from the crowd....
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Osteria Tufo review – homely Finsbury Park Italian
A cosy North London neighbourhood restaurant Until recently I’d largely become bored of Italian restaurants in London. They were either underwhelming, needlessly fussy or old-fashioned and just plain...
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Maroush V take away review – Lebanese food delivered
This review is in partnership with JUST EAT - that means they reimbursed me for this meal. But they had no foreknowledge of, or say over the content of this review I rarely eat take aways anymore,...
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Lab-grown meat: a vegetarian’s viewpoint
A new culture of beef eating? Note from The Picky Glutton: this is a guest post from The Flame Haired Squelchie, a trusted dining companion and also a wilting vegetarian oenophile who occasionally acts...
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Rub Slow Food Diner & Milk Bar review – meat and cheesecakes near Finsbury Park
Eat like a student on Stroud Green Road 121 Stroud Green Road has been a cursed address for eateries. Over the past three years or so, the site has been home to a caff, a noodle bar, a fried chicken...
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The best and worst American-style BBQ in London – ribs, brisket and pulled...
BBQ, Barbecue, Bar-B-Q, Barbeque. A rose by any other name is just as sweet. The British summer inevitably means that groups of men all across the country will be huddled around a heap of coals, trying...
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The best and worst Taiwanese buns in London – Flesh and Buns vs the rest...
Hirata buns or gua bao – by any other name they would be as sweet Updated 8/11/13 – removed incorrect information about the term ‘hirata buns’, added new background When a new dish or cuisine is...
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Smokehouse review – Islington barbecue gastropub
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire? When I surveyed the state of American-style barbecue in London, one of the most common queries was ‘what about Smokehouse?’. However, despite its name Smokehouse...
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Mamita Que Chorizo review – South American Shoreditch sandwiches for supper
Dinner time baguettes, ciabattas and buns Having a sandwich for dinner sounds like something only a slummy student might do, but having a steak sandwich from Mamita Que Chorizo is no second-best...
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Oriental Dragon review – hilarious service, good food
Fitzrovia Chinese reaches new highs and lows Restaurants in London’s Chinatown are renowned for their brusque, hurried service, but this culture of surly indifference has no geographical boundaries....
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Pizza Pilgrims Dean Street review – Soho pizza van settles down
Soho’s cheeky upstart pizza parlour Soho isn’t short of pizza restaurants, but Pizza Pilgrims has a leg up on its competition. Having started out as a street market van that’s still touring London’s...
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The Red Fort review – classy-ish Soho Indian
Dean Street’s upmarket curry house There are more than a few upmarket Indian restaurants in London, although what your extra money usually gets you compared to a bog standard curry house is better...
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