Reviews

NEW OPENING: Jamaican Burgers by ‘BOOM Burger’ (22 Pics)
It’s been a long time and several popups in the making… but Jamaican Josh De Lisser has finally opened his permanent BOOM Burger restaurant under the Westway flyover in Notting Hill. With offerings including a ‘jerk chicken and fried plantain’ burger, ‘roasted sweet potatoes’ and a ‘pan fried red snapper’ burger there is no […]

REVIEW: @The_Pig_Hotel… the “Restaurant with rooms” in the New Forest (72 Pics)
A country restaurant with a hotel attached? More importantly is it worth a train journey from Waterloo to the New Forest for lunch or a quick getaway weekend for Londoners? In a rare venture into the countryside, I visited The Pig Restaurant and Hotel in Brockenhurt. The Pig Restaurant is located in Brockenhurst, the […]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: What is @NightTalesLDN like? (42 Pics)
Night Tales launched last night. This carpark based street food, multiple bar, DJ lead party is 5 minutes walk from the former Street Feast venue which also returns this week. Today I’ve been receiving a lot of questions from curious fun seekers… so here are my answers… NOTE: These pictures are ‘first cut’ and […]
![REVIEW: Seriously fucked-up cakes (@Miss_Cakehead @TheKrakenRum_UK (59 Pics) [NSFW] REVIEW: Seriously fucked-up cakes (@Miss_Cakehead @TheKrakenRum_UK (59 Pics) [NSFW]](https://wilkes888.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/dsc4033.jpg?w=100&h=75&crop=1)
REVIEW: Seriously fucked-up cakes (@Miss_Cakehead @TheKrakenRum_UK (59 Pics) [NSFW]
Opening Hours: 11h30 – 18h30 Fri 25th Oct – Sun 27th Oct Ad: The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London, E1 5LJ (map) Miss Cakehead teams up with Kraken Rum to produce a gory cake display for Halloween. Her annual ‘Eat Your Heart Out’ Halloween cakeshop always offers some real eye opening bakery from […]

REVIEW: “Bacon Naan Roll” @Dishoom’s Ltd Edt Breakfast w/@GingerPigLtd Bacon
October 07, 2013 at 09:41AM via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/fKOyc8Cc35/ LIMITED EDITION 7th OCTOBER – 2ND NOVEMBER 2013. “Bacon Naan Roll” is already a popular breakfast dish at Dishoom, London’s interpretation of a ‘Bombay Café’. Supercharge this favourite with “5 day, dry-cured with rock salt and demerara sugar then cold smoked over oak chips” bacon from […]

NEW CRONUT REVIEW: “Greggsnuts” from @GreggsTheBakers (10 Pics)
Cronuts by Gregg’s The Baker “Inspired by New York’s Cronut craze, we’ve brought this delicious treat to London for a limited time only.” It had to happen. With the media attention on ‘cronut-mania’ and their high price tag, it was only a matter of time before the high street bakers would try to replicate […]

REVIEW: #PearlDram – Pop up Oyster & Whisky Bar by @SMWSLondon (31 Pics)
CHEATSHEET: (Psst… Just want to know what you’re drinking?) Click here for the whisky listing ‘Pearl Dram’ – Pop up Oyster & Whisky Bar by The Scottish Malt Whisky Society 53 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, London, WC2H 9DG (map) The Scottish Malt Whisky Society has opened a 4 day pop-up Whisky & Oyster Bar […]

REVIEW: @FleshAndBuns “Party Flesh XXL” (45 Pics)
Flesh & Buns 41 Earlham St, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9LX (map) My first Flesh & Buns visit was a solo affair. However Head Chef and owner, Ross Shonhan, tells me that Flesh & Buns is designed to be an ‘Izakaya’, best experienced with a big group of friends tearing meat from a communal […]

EVENT: The #LondonBurgerBash 2013: Round 3 (59 Pics) @BurgerMonday
Who has the best burgers in London? The London Burger Bash attempts to answer. Twenty four burger combatants fight it out to be crowned London’s best burger and win the coveted “Golden Patty”. I went along to the third group stage to see what the fuss is all about. The London Burger Bash is […]