Category Archive: London

Places in London and suburbs

Review: Khao-So-I, Fitzrovia

Chiang Mai was the first city we visited in Thailand, some fifteen years ago now. I still remember it for my first encounter with Thai food that was not from the menu of “20th century British Thai” (red, green or massaman curry and pad thai). A bowl of khao-soi in the street market, a beautiful …

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Review: Bistro Union, Clapham

Bistro Union has been on our “oughta visit” list for five years. It’s in that weird zone: 25 minutes walk away, making it feel like a neighbourhood restaurant and thus not worthy of a special trip, yet too far to walk if we just want to pop out for a bite to eat near home. …

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Review: OMA, Borough

Feels like Middle Eastern cuisine is having a big time in London, and OMA is one of the spots at the forefront of it. It’s taken us over a year to get here since we put it on our bucketlist, as earlier on it was going through that super-hyped phase where booking less than a …

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Review: Sabor, Mayfair

After a couple of false starts, we finally got around to eating at Sabor and I’m very glad we did! Showing up at 12 on a weekday turns out to be just fine now, whereas I think there was more queuing a couple of years back when Sabor was the exciting new kid on the …

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Review: The Garden Cafe, Waterloo

When it opened a few years back, the Garden Museum Cafe was voted “Best museum restaurant in the world” – a high accolade. Of course, in part that’s because museums haven’t often been known for their food offerings. The theory certainly always seemed to be: if you’ve got a captive audience, why not milk them …

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