It has been at least a year since I last visited Great Queen Street, a restaurant which I frequented in 2008. Still signage-free and firmly offline, the low profile hasn’t kept No.32 from becoming the establishment it is today. Owned by chef/writer Tom Norrington-Davies, he has made 32 a name for its nameless self by serving slick food with a decidedly British feel, revered all around and critically acclaimed, and I love it too. Afterall, I thought their crabs on toast was the very best thing I ate in
Hello folks, I am officially back from my month long vacation, trust you have applied yourselves positively while I’ve been away. My yearly visit to the folks is always enlightening if perspective bending though this is the first time in eight years that I went home in time to celebrate Chinese New Year. I’m carrying alot of holiday weight right now, five kilos to be exact, heavy stuff. Astrologists are predicting a gold rush this year and have interpreted the year of the Metal Tiger to be one made of solid gold. Bling. I had originally intended this post to be the closer to my run of unofficial Chinese New Year write-ups and was suppose to coincide with Chap Go Meh – the fifteenth day of the new Lunar year – the same day which also marks the end of the Chinese New year festival… but other more pressing commitments had ensured a five day delay – building websites still doesn’t quite pay the rent. I had spent most of the time travelling between Brunei, Singapore and Taiwan, the latter was where I decided to spend my money. I have good reason to stuff myself silly and I filled my schedule with pit-stops to restaurants which served something representatively local – like a crash course into the native cuisine. It’s all well and good that we have so many restaurants
Thank you to the 46 foodies who have voted in the favourite cuisine poll so far. If you haven’t voted yet, you can join in the fun here or if you scroll down, you’ll see it on the right hand side bar. I’m keeping the poll open indefinitely for the time being. So far, the favourite cuisine (s) are tied with Italian and Japanese both with 8 votes each. The next favourites are Spanish, Chinese, Indian & mediterranean each with 4 votes. French & Brit (Yeah!) food get 3 votes , Thai with 2 and German, Korean & Vietnamese all with 1 vote. 3 of you said ‘none’ and I suspect it has alot to do with the ommission of Mexican from the list ………. ………so that’s why I’ve decided to add Mexican to the polls! It is very refreshing to see that no one chose fast food as their favourite, the allegations of a modern society in love with nasty foods – according to my completely unofficial poll- is so far unfounded. As I’ve said, I’m keeping the polls open indefinitely ( so please vote ! ) and it’ll be interesting to see if a new favourite cuisine emerges. For now , there is a 34% chance that you are craving either Italian or Japanese food. Did you enjoy reading this post? Why not subscribe to my feed updates for free. Alternatively, You can subscribe via
The man is almost too beautiful to be a chef. As we ended the meal, I told our waiter to give our...
Happy Chinese New Year folks, it is the year of the majestic fire breathing dragon. If you’re...
Yay, I visited the world’s very first 3 Michelin starred Chinese restaurant. First things...
… I write to you as I lie on the blackened brown beach in Brunei. It overlooks the oil rigs...
This is the only time you’ll see the food menu, because these three items are quite literally...
AKA …where Kang spent most of his moolah this year. The time has come to reflect on...
Who comes up with all this fiction just for a restaurant? This is the persuasive language...
My food writing invariably boils down to a caricature of self-indulgent cliched hyperbole or...
