by Kang L. on January 5, 2009
The Square official website
6-10 Bruton Street, Mayfair W1J 6PU 44 (0) 20 7495 7100
£ 35.00 set menu , £ 75.00 a la carte three courses
There is cause for abit of celebration because this is my 100th post. With that, it is only appropriate that I mark this momentous occasion with a write-up on one of London’s pre-eminent restaurants; Philip Howard’s The Square. A two Michelin star establishment, I duly avoided the set menu and blew my load on the a la menu.
The Square is not quite in the world top 50 (yet) – but in London, it’s quite highly revered. The man in the hot seat -a certain Mr Howard- was once a former apprentice of the mighty Roux Empire and he also served under the temperamental genius of Marco Pierre White. As of 2009, Philip has achieved dizzy heights in culinary terms - an artist seasoning his works with shades of French sophistication, everything about Philip and The Square screams glamour. Including the location of the restaurant in Bruton Street, tucked away in Berkerley ( ‘Bar’-ker-ly) Street which is home to luminaries such as Nobu B. and Benares.
Folks, I’m expecting fireworks from this one, you better pull up a chair.
Read the full review here…
by Kang L. on January 3, 2009
Square pie , Selfridges 400 Oxford Street W1A 1AB, 020 7318 2460
£5 per pie , £6.99 meal deal with mash, gravy, mushy peas and the whole nine yards.
The selfridges food hall is still a thing of wonder ladies and gentlemen. It’s been there for quite a while now -square pie I mean- and it’s continued to grow. Having said that, there are still only just six outlets to eat the pie which is so good, it’s square. I wonder why that is because the pies are affordable and taste really good. Maybe it’s because they are breaking too many rules. In addition to squaring the pie - they recommend you eat their pies with mash, mushy peas… and gravy.
Alright, alright, you want to see the pie don’t you?
Oh, that’s abit of a long shot, you want a close shot do you?
Before we zoom in, I was wondering if you were familiar with ‘unboxing pictures’ . Forgive me if I’m being patronising: whenever a new mac product gets released the whole web ( flikr and facebook rather ) starts clocking up bandwidth with lots and lots of pictures of customers uploading literally unboxing pictures of aforementioned brand spanking new mac product. Here is an example. They also tend to stick a ‘first impressions’ commentary on how much saliva has trickled since they opened their new toy.
I would like to apply those mechanics to this box.
Click here to see the unboxing of the square pie…
by Kang L. on December 21, 2008
london eater is the one man eating machine chomping his way through his beloved city of smoke.
You remember that song don’t you? You know, that one with Adam Levine and Maroon 5 all those years ago. The opening piano riff, the acoustic guitar coming on. I have to admit, waking up on to do a food write-up on a cold sunday morning ain’t the easiest. Especially with the holiday season knocking ’round the corner, it gets harder trying to churn out some constructive ramblings.
I was mulling over when to release this review since it was last sunday when I woke up and decided that I should do a review about breaking the fast. It would be injustice if I didn’t do one of these especially noting it’s importance in a healthy diet - as my dad used to say:
“Son, breakfast is like a gold medal. And so you should treat your three standard meals in a day like winning gold, silver and bronze. Whatever you do in life - as long as you never miss breakfast, you’ll be a winner.”
Read the full review here…
by Kang L. on December 16, 2008
I was struggling with this one. I think this will be my first non-review-review since it wasn’t my intention to make the trek out to Ealing specifically to eat here.
I wouldn’t say that I was dragged either, but for a variety of reasons, I was the self-appointed photo-man for this year’s departmental christmas do. The decision to select charlotte’s place: “It had rave reviews on toptable.co.uk”
Yeah, just so you know, toptable is supposely the gold standard for company organised lunches now.
Read the full non-review review here …
by Kang L. on December 12, 2008
Hibiscus is the highly regarded michelin starred joint maintained by Claude and Claire Bosi. The french couple arrived on the shores of england some 11 years ago and have sinced established a name for themselves here in London. Located in the posh bit between marylebone and oxford street, hibiscus has garnered an exceptional reputation and to date, I don’t think I’ve read a bad review of this place. On this occasion, I popped in for a late lunch on a very wet november afternoon. Care to join me for a yet another photographic food odyssey?
Read the full review here..
