aka Kang’s Living Restaurant Guide version 4. Released to the wild in April 2012. Read V3, V2 and V1. This list is put together to record the restaurants I love and would revisit. No guide is ever definitive, and this one is far from it. It is as transitional as the restaurants which rise and fall through the years. I do however hope you’ll find this (quarterly to bi-annual update) useful and a pleasant read in planning your next meal in the city. This list is organised into the following categories : Personal Favourites ; British ; Special Occasions ; Easy Occasions ; Asia ; Coffee and Else Classy restaurants, Institutions and ‘Fine Dining’ : £60 – £100 pp Bistros, Wine Bars, Gastropubs : £45 pp Post-Polpo, Tapas, Diners : £20 to £40 pp Burgers £7 to £20 There couldn’t be a wider spread of choice to dine out these days. The relentless rate of ‘quality’ restaurant openings seems to have slowed down in 2012. Generally speaking, I feel that newer restaurants are headed toward better value for money rather than to challenge for macaroons. Le Critics Marina O’Loughlin for Metro Fay Maschler for Evening Standard AA Gill for The Sunday Times Jay Rayner for the Observer Guy and team at TimeOut London Restaurant Bloggers Miss GT and Mr B at Gourmet Traveller Critical Couple XXX at Bellaphon The Epicurean
Yes, I do and while London has a notorious reputation for being an expensive place to dine (and by the way, it really is), I do think that out of the several thousands (I think it’s 8000 restaurants in London, but I ain’t sure) there are more than a few gems out there which are great places to eat. I usually answer this question with the questions: what is your budget and what kind of cuisine? And since no two sets of tastebuds are really ever the same… believe you me, that’s one of the on going dilemmas I have in my very dramatic life as a foodblogger because I’d like to be writing truly objective reviews, but how do I know if my taste buds jive with yours? Ah well, can’t please everybody I suppose – but I do try. So today is finally Friday and that means I’m going for a lunch (wee!) and it will be posted on Tuesday. It’s been about three weeks since I ate out in London so I’m really looking forward to it. Speaking of lunches, I’d go to these ones for something affordable and tasty: 1. Wild Honey for the £ 17 three course set, in old bond street. 2. Hummus Brothers for really chunky beef stew and…. Hummus, in soho. 3. Hache for the great chopped steak burgers and awesome grilled
This is the first article you are reading on this website (or it isnt, but just go along with it anyway ) . You’re from beyond the shores and wondering what we Brits eat , or perhaps you’re just a little out of reach from the Big Smoke and have always wondered why city wide boys (no, I’m not one.) throw their money away feasting on overfed snails. Well, forget everything you read, instead let me take you on my quest for culinary indulgence in the year of 2008, in the city of smoke and in search of that dish
the union chilli burger This is the beginning of the search for the top burgers in london. It’s no real secret that burgers have slowly been devouring the capital in the past few years and I think it’s only appropriate for me to highlight some of the burger bars which are ever-present around town. On this outing, I chose to try five places: Gourmet Burger Kitchen – the original posh burger bar now serving buffalo. Burger Shack- smollensky’s take on the ol’ bun. Hamburger Union – One of the few which serves a steak burger. Hache Burgers – Self anointed connoisseurs and aspiring to be the best. Byron Hamburgers – proper burgers and nothing else. Who has the best beef? Which bun can soak up the most juices? Which one serves the biggest shakes and just who exactly serves the best burgers in london
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