Meat seems to be a trending name in London with Meat Liquor and Meat Easy having already grabbed a good steak, and then along came The Meat People in Islington, a small and retro outfitted restaurant, that mostly prides itself on being a steakhouse, and I was probably the only person who decided to go in for a fish dinner! In that, was my mistake and downfall! Who goes to somewhere called Meat People and orders fish? A hungry and not very alert chef, apparently. Then again, even my negroni was too sweet! I mean, it’s a negroni, the simplest of all cocktails! Anyway….
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March 17, 2012
The Meat People Islington, London
March 17, 2012
Trishna: Marylebone, London
Having walked by Trishna many times in Marylebone (most notably for dinner at Roganic) and having missed going to its original form in Mumbai, and then nearly going, but not, I finally made it one afternoon. Being one of the quieter Indian restaurants ticking away in London, its Mumbai counterpart is anything but short of renown, serving fare from the south west coastal regions of the subcontinent, or a distance of a few thousand kilometres and a vast and varying culinary style. With it’s short, yet enticing array of dishes, picking a few isn’t as easy as one might hope as the possibility of one’s eyes being larger than their tummies is quite a risk.
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March 17, 2012
Ceena: Fleet Street, London
Whilst not having made it to Korea just yet, I was lucky to have had grown up with a lot of Koreans in school. If there is one word I could use to sum them all up into a group, it would be ‘food’. Everyone of them was a certified foodie, adept at cooking all manner of noodles and each bringing with them, their mums special creations. It was thanks to them, and especially my roommate for many years, that I learnt of the wondrous thing that is kimchi. What I remember most about it is that it really had the most intense smell and that it lingered around for days after it was finished. Proper kimchi, fermented slowly, stinking to high heavens, tasting of the heavens too! Unfortunately, I have yet to come upon a London restaurant that serves kimchi worthy of its name.
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March 17, 2012
Hakkasan: Hanway Place, London
If I had to make a bad pun, I’d say Hakkasan is not a Kiwi dancing in Japan (but I didn’t say that). After a grand meal at Gold Mine, the urge to try something upmarket in the Chinese contingency led us to the long standing and well known original Hakkasan, started by the legendary Alan Yau (Yauatcha, Busaba Eathai, Wagamama, Sake No Hana, amongst others). Once down the eerily grey and quiet staircase, the restaurant itself greets you with a sleek and bustling surprise, winding you through the labyrinth of tables and dim lighting. The menu gleefully boasts an array of temptations without extending into a voluminous collection of paper (always a good thing!)
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