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Shi Yang Culture Restaurant, Taipei : Yoda would eat here.
Photography by Kang L
January 22nd, 2012 Happy Chinese New Year folks, it is the year of the majestic fire breathing dragon. If you’re thinking about children, good luck with your dragon babies. My wishes to you are: 龙马精神, 阖家欢乐, 万事如意. To kick off the new lunar year, we travel to the hidden path within the mountains of Xizhi, Taipei. Where gravity [...] Read "Shi Yang Culture Restaurant, Taipei : Yoda would eat here." more

Lung King Heen, HK : The Tourist Attraction.
Photography by Kang L
January 21st, 2012 Yay, I visited the world’s very first 3 Michelin starred Chinese restaurant. First things first, check out the much advertised view from the Four Seasons Hotel restaurant (let’s face it, this is the view that has won it the coveted third star) : Hong Kong has long been considered the gastronomic jewel of South East [...] Read "Lung King Heen, HK : The Tourist Attraction." more

Chez Bruce : The Old Guard.
Photography by Kang L
January 10th, 2012 … I write to you as I lie on the blackened brown beach in Brunei. It overlooks the oil rigs just off the coast that fuels the economy of this tiny Sultanate on the Northeast coast of Borneo Island, and behind me, my parents’ backyard. Happy new year LDN. I am technically still on my [...] Read "Chez Bruce : The Old Guard." more

Burger & Lobster: … & Cocktails!
Photography by Kang L
December 23rd, 2011 This is the only time you’ll see the food menu, because these three items are quite literally all they serve. After Hawksmoor successfully ported the America’s favourite summer roll to the El Smoky last year, it was only a matter of time before the Russians would follow. Well it took them a while, but the [...] Read "Burger & Lobster: … & Cocktails!" more

Pizarro : Extremadura’s favourite son.
Photography by Kang L
December 18th, 2011 At last, José Pizarro’s diptych is finally complete, and you know what, it’s mighty fine work. The restaurant took a while to finish – it’s at least a month late, and the private rooms are still awaiting the finishing details – but it finally opened, and my my, is it going to be a smashing [...] Read "Pizarro : Extremadura’s favourite son." more

My favourite 11 places to eat in 2011.
Photography by Kang L
December 12th, 2011 AKA …where Kang spent most of his moolah this year. The time has come to reflect on what’s been yet another crazy year of restaurant collecting. Just when I thought the burgeoning number of openings in 2010 were overwhelming, 2011 came and smashed 2010 out of the park. There was literally something new to try [...] Read "My favourite 11 places to eat in 2011." more

Union Jacks : The kid finally done good.
Photography by Kang L
December 9th, 2011 Who comes up with all this fiction just for a restaurant? This is the persuasive language Oliver’s people have generated for his latest project: “Ours is a union of ideas, traditions, and of people.” “Where wood-fired flatbreads meet great British flavours.” Lookintomyeyeslookintomyeyes. What’s with the wonky name – why not just call it Union or [...] Read "Union Jacks : The kid finally done good." more

Lucky Chip Revisit: The best burger in London.
Photography by Kang L
December 3rd, 2011 My food writing invariably boils down to a caricature of self-indulgent cliched hyperbole or superflous self-doubting and pointless debate of what food should taste like. Given the circumstances, I sincerely believe this is the best thing between buns I’d yet come across. But first let us be properly acquainted. Reader meet Lucky Chip’s weekly burger [...] Read "Lucky Chip Revisit: The best burger in London." more

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Thanks to everyone who’s been visiting this site, I know it’s still alot of WIP, but I’m slowly and steadily adding more content now. The aim is to try and post something every other day in a different category. So my plan looks alittle like this so far:

  • Day 1 - Restaurant Review
  • Day 3 - Review a bottle of wine -
  • Day 5 – a ‘just food’ post
  • Day 7 - a post about a food shop/wine shop
  • Any additional post – perhaps a quick recipe for the hectic working person?

Its not all set in stone yet, but in my mind that’s kind of how I see things going forward.

Where is the wine?

yeah I know, I know, there’s no stuff on wine yet – I am working on it, good news is that I’ve stocked up with some pretty interesting bottles and am preparing a few posts on some of the more interesting places to buy wine around london, so fear not, the work is being carried out in the background!

Basically, I’m aiming for the weekend to release a few posts to launch the wine section. So do keep coming back for that.

Big things will happen on Sept 30th.

I was recently contacted by a company to discuss the possibility of me helping out on a new and exciting travel website that will open its doors to the public at the end of the month. Discussions were cool and I really like the ideas they’ve got.

So, if all things go well, you’ll see me writing about food somewhere abit higher profile too! More info to follow as things inch closer and closer to that day.

Give me a little and I give you more

I hope you guys enjoy reading the posts. You know, this blog is really meant to be a hair-down, relaxed and personal way to discuss food, wine, restaurants in London. Food is abit like an adventure you know, there are so many stories behind them, especially the people who run the places. I mean, just a simple ‘how did this place get started?’ usually makes for rather interesting conversation in itself. And if you’re a bit like me, you’ll enjoy the good stories.

Imaphotographer     

I’m trying my best to show food in the best light I can. All the photos are taken with my brand spanking new Nikon D40, with a sigma 18-125mm zoomer. My favourite is the photo of the cheesecake (on the banner). It was taken in a cafe in Chelsea.

I’m not that great a photographer. I’m horrible at composing shots..just the number of times I’ve managed to piss my friend off while I’m taking pictures of her, I mean, I could make a nice tree in the background seem like its growing out from the top of her head! Needless to say, I’ve not pointed a camera at her for a while now.

Although I must say that I am learning, starting to figure out the golden triangle to tack sharp pictures: aperture/exposure/shutter speed. 

Lets not forget the godsend that is adobe photoshop and the excellent ‘The Digital Photography Book’,both vol 1 and 2 by Scott Kelby. He writes in a really clear way, 1 tip or shot per page. Really cool book for any budding beginners (such as me).

Yeah, so please do critique my shots and let me know of ways to improve them, so then it can help me make things better for you.

Ok that’s it for now, back to more food posting.   

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