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Samarqand located in beautiful Marylebone is a slice of Central Asia in London. You can relax in a modern, eclectic interior and enjoy cuisines from countries like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, as well as influences from Central Asia’s neighbouring territories of Russia, China and Mongolia. The food at Samarqand is Central Asian themed but with a with a modern … Continue reading Eat My Words – Samarqand -Djamil Kurbonmamadov
Last my week my Fiancée and I were shouted dinner by some old friends (to celebrate our engagement). They had asked us to pick the restaurant and we had given them a few (wallet friendly) choices. They decided that we were selling ourselves short and booked us at Tom Aikens Kitchen at Somerset House. Aikens empire is rapidly expanding out from his two starred self titled eatery in Chelsea and I was excited to finally get a chance to try some of his cuisine. Continue reading Toms Kitchen – Somerset House Review
This week we had the chance to speak to Jemima Bird from the Tragus Group.
Tragus is the operator of some of the UK’s biggest restaurant brands including Café Rouge,
Bella Italia and Strada. It is also one of the UK’s largest casual dining groups employing over 7,300 people and serving more than 21 million meals in over 285 restaurants, that is a lot of steak et frites!! Continue reading Eat My Words – Jemima Bird – Tragus Group
The Best of British Web Competition aims to inspire small hospitality businesses to make the most of their online presence and make the most out of doing business online. The competition is part of Google’s continued efforts to help small business get online for the first time. Surprisingly around 40% of small businesses in the … Continue reading The Best of British Web Competition
Mien Tay is packed pretty much every night of the week. That’s saying something for a restaurant that only accepts cash, has rushed, bordering on rude service, no PR or meal deals and that sits on a high street notorious for its terrible eateries. So why the crowds? The Food! Continue reading Mien Tay Battersea Review
The search is now on for the UK’s top pubs in the Publican’s Morning Advertiser’s Great British Pub Awards 2011. It’s the time of the year again to enter The Great British Pub Awards 2011. The awards presented at the Park Lane Hilton, London on the 8th of September are a fantastic way to show … Continue reading The Great British Pub Awards 2011
Rene Redzepi’s neo-Nordic Noma, has once again claimed the top of the prestigious S.Pellegrino , World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, which was presented in London this week. The awards, produced by Britain’s Restaurant Magazine, were unveiled after voting by a world wide panel of 837 chefs, restaurateurs, journalists and “gastronomes” who rated Noma’s leadership a … Continue reading Noma Top of The World, Two Years and Running
Hafez Restaurant, established in 1983, is one of London’s first and most authentic Persian Restaurants. Their cuisine is a fusion of ancient Persian and Modern Iranian techniques. Head chef, Farshid Ziafat, has been at the heart of the restaurant for 25 years; his passion for great food is the key to Hafez’s long standing reputation … Continue reading Eat My Words – Farshid Ziafat – Hafez
Adam Byatt, though still a young chef has been around for a while. Honing his skills under Phillip Howard at ‘The Sqaure’ he went on to own and run the wildly successfull ‘Thyme’ in Clapham. Thyme received the kind of reviews chefs only dream of and Adam decided to relocate it from Clapham to the West End, which … Continue reading Eat My Words – Adam Byatt – Trinity Clapham
KOPAPA ( Maori for a gathering, to be crowded, or a building to store food) is New Zealand’s father of fusion Peter Gordan’s latest venture. Situated in the booming Seven Dials area of Covent Garden (near recently interviewed Dishoom) it is an all day eatery serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks seven days a week. Not surprisingly Kopapa … Continue reading Eat My Words – Leigh Harnett