In the meantime, the guest posting competition with the super duper grand prize of £50 is now officially done. Over the past couple of weeks, fellow food bloggers have helped me prop up very edible guest posts on London Eater and I am eternally grateful to the foodies who chipped in. As today is finally the 11th of March, all the guests posts will now go into a voting poll. The name of the game is very simple: just vote for your favourite one of any of the eight guest posts  and I’ll pass £50 to the blogger with the most votes via paypal.

The poll will be open until 30th of March and the blogger with the most votes on that date will be £50 richer.

Not sure which one tickled your fancy? Keep reading for a quick summary of the guest posts:

1. A gen.u.ine feasting at Ambassade de L’ile [full post here]

 By Kian of Gen.u.ine.ness and it was a tour de force visit to Ambassade – the two star spot which has polarised opinion from London critics and bloggers alike. Kian said:

Amuse bouche was amusingly (sorry for the pun) served on a turf of grass. First, baked clam served in its own shell accompanied with brunoise vegetables and truffled butter. The tiny morsel of clam laid on top of a finely diced mirepoix and then topped off with a small dollop of truffled butter foam. The sweetness and slight brininess of the clam was highlighted by the grassy, tender vegetables.

2. Forays of a Finance Foodie into Chung Shin Yuan [full post here]

 This one comes from the Finance foodie and her visit to Chung Shin Yuan for a very Taiwanese breakfast. Athena said:

I figured since I was already awake, I might as well go to brunch (plus, I didn’t want to be known as “Anti-Social Athena”). When we arrived on scene, we found half of Boston’s Asian population had already beaten us. Luckily, we bribed an elderly Chinese couple ahead of us in line with a couple of kumquats and managed to nab a table at first seating.

3. 5 star foodie tucks in at The Inn [full post here]

 The five star foodie articulated this very charming write up about her visit to The Inn at Little Washington. She said:

We chose a fine Burgundy to marry with the menu’s winter flavors. Opting for the Domaine Hudelot Baillet “Les Cras” from Chambolle-Musigny, this wine tastes of delightfully concentrated bright fruit, rare for Côte de Nuits, while rich and well balanced, and thus perfectly suited for the courses to follow.

4. Chewing on the real Texas BBQ experience at the County Inn [full post here]

 The fourth entry is a very chewable entry by Hillary of the Chewonthat Blog and is a truly authentic Texas BBQ experience. Hillary said:

I ordered the beef brisket platter pictured at the top of this post and David ordered a combo of ribs, sausage and beef brisket pictured above. I’m no barbecue expert but the beef brisket was some of the most tender and tasty beef I’ve had in a long time. You could see the red smoke lines in the meat and to top it off, they doused it in their delicious barbecue sauce. I’m told Texas barbecue is infamous for the amount of sauce they use – and that’s just the way I like it.

5. Eating green and white worms in mud with The Food Site [full post here]

 This fun post is not really about actual worms in mud , rather it’s about a great Malaysian dessert made from glutinuous rice. Foong runs the excellent Food site and she says:

You know, we Chinese are a superstitious lot but when it comes to food, almost anything goes. The Chinese are known to eat anything that moves except for vehicles so when we talk about eating worms, whatever the colour, it is not really all that unusual. If the Chinese thinks eating animal penises can make them more virile, you don’t even want to know what else they eat for other so-called unproven medicinal values.

6. Fifty four miles separate me and some food for friends. [full post here]

Not only is this write up about a vegetarian restaurant, this post also only has one picture in it and the focus is on evocative writing. Jude – one half of fifty four food miles says:

Yup. But what if one (hypothetically speaking) comes to FfF with a soon-to-be ex boyfriend, in a last ditch attempt to rescue the relationship? What if one comes to FfF with one’s estranged father who has never expressed any attempt to be involved in one’s life until now? It wouldn’t so much be Food for Friends then, would it?

7. Thring for The Light with Oliver. [full post here]

 Thring for your supper! is one of my well liked blogs and I think that Ollie’s got great prose to go with great taste. In this post, he’s bashing the Light and says:

Some might argue that food isn’t the point here: the owners want an easygoing menu for pissed clubbers to nosh before a boogie. That being so, why open a restaurant at all? Why conceive a menu that can only be enjoyed – and even then, I have doubts – while drunk? Who would pay money for that kind of experience? And what kind of chef would work in such a place?

8. Dining on the Riverwalk with Hillary for one last time. [fulll post here]

 And so we have come to the last entry. This is Hillary’s second post and it’s about a cool texas bistro that does fresh guocamole in front of the diners eyes. Hillary says:

They use fresh avocadoes, fresh orange, and fresh limes. We were told some people just come and order like 8 orders of guacamole, no joke. It actually  was pretty darn addicting, but we stopped at one – we knew we had to save room for the rest of our meal.

Thank you Ollie.

Thank you Hillary.

Thank you Athena.

Thank you Kian.

Thank you Jude.

Thank you Foong.

Thank you Nathasha.

And finally thank you for continually reading London eater and also for reading my fellow foodie blogger’s blogs. We appreciate your kind attention and cannot wait to deliver more (and more) delicious content for ya. So keep coming back and we’ll keep serving them up. Hope you enjoyed this little series of guest posts, do vote for a favourite and I’ll see you back here again same time tomorrow for some sushi train bingeing.

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What is Metrotwin.com?

It’s a spanking new website which provides lists of exciting places/stuff to do in both New York and London. It’s backed by BA.com and is a kind of promotional tool to encourage people to fly that route. All the content is provided by the bloggers who are signed up as content partners with them and the idea is that independent locals will have the low down on the very best hidden gems in the city.

How to get a free holiday to New York?  

All you need to do is surf on to Metrotwin.com and register with them before 15th January 2009 and you will be eligible for the competition to win a pair of economy return flights to New York and three nights in the Plaza NY. Conditions apply, see here for the details.  

It’s completely free to register and when you do, you’ll be able to create your own lists too. It’s a cool website, and you can go and read some of my recommendations on it. I’m KangatLondonEaterdotCom on Metrotwin, register now and you might be on your way to New York very soon!

I love reading restaurant reviews. Perhaps this comment from Heidi of Savory tv summarises it most succinctly:

“Now you know I live nowhere close to London, so why am I reading a London restaurant review? Because I love your writing! And I get to live a bit vicariously through you, living the glamorous restaurant visiting life.”

That’s exactly what I feel reading my favourite foodblog reviews ( Hi Helen ) , which is why I decided to build London Eater. And now, I’m giving you the chance to post your own restaurant review here. Everyone can enter (yes, that means you) and you have the chance of winning a prize amounting to the princely sum of £ 50 if you do.

Here’s what you do to win

1. Eat out
2. Write a review about it (no obscenities please)
3. Must be at least 250 words in length. ( can be as long as you want , my record is about 2000 words )
4. Include at least one picture of your meal
5. Make it quirky, interesting, awe-inspiring and apply all your writing skills
6. It can be a review from anywhere on the globe so long as you ate something
7. Email it to me at kang.leong [at] Londoneater [dot] com
8. Deadline is 14th Feb 2009, Valentines day
9. Are allowed to make as many submissions as you like
10. Have fun writing it !

What I am looking for

You can review any eatery you like, whether a café, restaurant, a food hall, an experience, a one off , as long as you ate something and it is an experience which you think people might find interesting reading. I’m looking for something amazing , wacky or just damn good. For inspiration go to my links page and read up on some of the wonderful food blogs there. For my stuff, head on over to my restaurant reviews page.

If you’re a blogger – this is an incentive for you to guest blog here ( that means you Gourmet chick and Burger Blurb) … and win £50.

I’m accepting submissions right now and the deadline is 14th Feb 09.

How the winner will be decided

Depending on how many I receive, I’ll pick 20 of the best ones and post it between the dates of 20th February through to the 7th of March 2009.

On the 9th of March, I will pull all the reviews into a voting poll and keep the poll open for 2 weeks until 23th March 2009 so you can log on and vote on what you think is the best of the lot, the person with the most votes, wins £50.

I know £50 aint exactly much, but it’s all I can afford at the moment. It’s coming out of my own pocket so please do make it interesting, quirky, exciting, well written, funny, witty, be yourself and above all, have a bit of fun with it.

The reason I’m doing this

I’m going away for a short while in February, instead of leaving this virtual podium vacant, I thought I’d turn the spotlight over to you. This just proves how much of a lazy bugger I really am. It’s only the second day of the new work year and I’m already planning a holiday in February. If you need more details, don’t hesistant to email me at kang.leong [at] londoneater [dot] com.

I’m looking forward to receiving riveting stuff ! So what are you waiting for? 50 easy pounds, start writing now

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