Matthew

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Date registered: 11 September 2011

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  1. Review: Row on 5, Mayfair — 5 February 2025
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  3. Review: Heaneys, Cardiff — 13 January 2025
  4. Review: Crispin, Clapham — 22 December 2024
  5. Review: Cinnamon Bazaar, Covent Garden — 13 December 2024

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Review: Sushi Atelier, Fitzrovia

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London, Restaurant Reviews

10 October 2020

Nigiri sushi

I have a new favourite sushi place, and it is Sushi Atelier on Great Portland Street. Okay, it’s a bit more expensive than your typical London sushi place. But on the plus side, it felt a lot closer in quality and detail to eating sushi in Japan (which I’ve been lucky enough to do a …

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Review: Kaneda-Ya, Holborn

Categories:

London, Restaurant Reviews

15 September 2020

Kaneda Ya

London is such a sponge for soaking up the best in the world. And if it’s a rainy night in winter, and you need a quick and deeply satisfying meal in a short time, you can’t do much better than a bowl of Japanese ramen with some exceptional broth. So it’s lucky that the West …

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Review: Moor Hall, Lancashire

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Fine dining, Michelin, Rest of UK, Restaurant Reviews

15 September 2020

Herdwick

This is our first big splash-out meal since lockdown began, and we’ve kicked off with a truly great one. But I want to start by applauding all the front of house staff in all the restaurants around the country. I hate wearing a mask for 30 minutes to do a supermarket shop. I can’t even …

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Review: Stockwell Continental, Stockwell

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London, Restaurant Reviews

15 September 2020

Aubergine parmigiana bites

We stop in here for lunch as it looks inviting. It’s a cheerful looking no-frills room decorated with Italiana and simple furniture. It goes back a long way too, all the way back to the bright yellow pizza oven. We have various antipasti, one pizza to share, and a small glass of wine. Allow me …

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Review: Caractere, Notting Hill

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Fine dining, London, Restaurant Reviews

6 September 2020

Pappardelle

Caractere was our last meal out before lockdown began, and I lost the urge to post reviews while every restaurant in the country was closed. But it was written, so it’d be a shame not to finally put it up. Especially as Caractere was aces. And so… I gotta congratulate the folks at Caractere for …

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