Since it’s opening, Frenchie Covent Garden has been one of my favourite places in London. It’s set lunch is one of the best, and best value, menus on offer in London. Frenchie is the London out post of Greg Marchand’s Paris based restaurant Frenchie, where it’s had a huge impact on the city’s food culture…
Frenchie - London's Best Set Lunch Menu
Frenchie is a bright shining star among the slew of great openings on Covent Garden’s Henrietta Street. Set up by Jamie Oliver’s head chef at Fifteen Shoreditch, Grégory Marchand, it marks his return to London from Paris, and the opening of a London branch of his Parisian restaurant, also named Frenchie. Not a vast site,…
A Filthy Filthy Burger
For all the fancy burgers out there, an much as I and many of us love them, at times all you want is a filthy greasy finger licking burger of the purest variety where the juices run down your arm. Sure you can go to somewhere like Bleecker and order one of the best such…
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…
The Alternative Guide to Greenwich
Ask any native Londoner which side of the river is better and you’ll instantly get a definitive answer (as well as the obligatory slagging off of the other side). I am a south Londoner born and bred, so naturally I think it’s best. But generally speaking it doesn’t have the best rep – Donald Trump…
La Bourse et la Vie
La Bourse et La Vie may not be one of the most well known restaurants in Paris, at least as far as tourists from London are concerned, but it is one with pedigree. After ten years of running Spring (sadly just closed – it was superb) American chef Daniel Rose has opened up La Bourse…