Since the second branch of M opened on Victoria Street it has overshadowed its elder sister in The City. Wine Bar, Raw Bar, Bar, and Grill restaurant, the site is deceptively large; like an iceberg most of it’s submerged (underground not water, thankfully!). In no way is it a cheap place, the wines are all…
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Simpson's Tavern
Simpson’s Tavern is certainly not a new restaurant; it’s an old style Victorian chophouse. It was founded in 1757 by Thomas Simpson on its current site in the City of London. So while I refer to it as a Victorian Chophouse, as that is very much what it is, Simpson’s really has its roots in…
Blacklock
Since opening a few years back in Soho (and last year in The City) Blacklock has been almost permanently packed; hardly a surprise when their Instagram feed (the modern route of marketing for restaurants) leaves you drooling. The concept is simple: meat, predominantly chops, from the grill and cocktails. It’s easy to miss the entrance…
Caramelized Red Onion Manhattan
International award-winning bartender, Rich Wood is at the forefront of modern cocktail development bringing new flavours concepts and processes to the art of mixology. His new book The Cocktail Guy features 70 of his unique recipes along side guides on the elements of a cocktail, from the ice, to the traditional mixing equipment, and modern…
Acorn Aperitivo
International award-winning bartender, Rich Wood is at the forefront of modern cocktail development bringing new flavours concepts and processes to the art of mixology. His new book The Cocktail Guy features 70 of his unique recipes along side guides on the elements of a cocktail, from the ice, to the traditional mixing equipment, and modern…
London’s Best Boozy Brunches
Breakfast on most occasions either consists of some burnt toast or tasteless yogurt: occasionally life treats you to the luxury of breakfast out, though that is almost always because of work. For those of us that are students, or night owls, we far prefer to have the extra sleep rather than a bowl of soggy…
London's Best Tartare - An Alternative List
Steak Tartare has seen a renaissance of late, but for such a simple and versatile dish it is easy to screw up. You’ll find it on many bistro, steak restaurant, and fine dining menus, including the likes of Hawkesmore, The Ivy, Zedel, M Raw and Boisdale. But for our list of the best we thought…
London's Best Burgers
It has become one of the most innovative dishes with all kinds of variations popping up, some insanely mouth-wateringly, others plain silly. Nonetheless the fact that something so simple has become the focus for such creativity is superb, and the constraint of beef for the patty has been well and truly ditched. We all have…
Homeslice: Q&A with the Masterminds behind the Creations
For a long time I have raved about Homeslice, the pizza restaurant that started as a street stall before setting up as bricks and mortar on Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden. Now it has expanded to open a second restaurant on Wells Street, Fitzrovia, a third in Shoreditch, and it’s fourth has just opened in…
Darbaar: Royal Indian Cuisine
The open secret of Indian restaurants in the UK is that most are actually Bangladeshi and, for every decent Indian restaurant, there are tens that are serving up poor quality dishes swimming in grease. On top of that, half the dishes are invented for the British market and at times the colour is artificially boosted.…