You’re supposed to eat your vegetables before you get dessert. At Ottolenghi this is not a challenge. For many reasons. Yotam Ottolenghi is a bit of a darling of the fancy food set. Not because his books, magazine columns and three London cafe’s constrain themselves to high end ingredients or dabble in pyrotechnics. What he […]
Eating out – London
Welcome to Espresso Saturdays. By the time the weekend rolls around, The Hungry One is in need of some distraction and some caffeine. Most people would opt for a sleep in. We have the curse of being early risers. In Sydney Saturday mornings usually involved flat whites from The Hungry One’s precious espresso machine, some […]
10 things I like about you. 1. Your coffee. There are flat whites. There are ristrettos. There’s no snobbery about wanting skimmed milk (or semi skimmed as it is here) in your latte. We realised you had some serious game when we the house espresso blend, the single origin blends that change daily and the […]
Every major meal out belongs to a time and a place. The scene: a push-the-boat-out dinner with friends. Justifications: celebrating a milestone birthday of a dear friend. Raising a glass to a recent engagement and a new job. Hidden motivation: a London chapter in a couple’s ‘quest for the best’. The season: autumn in London. […]
The Hungry One and I went on a date with dumplings. This is not something new for us. On our second date he took me to his beloved Chinese Noodle Restaurant.(NB that really is its name, not just a description I’ve afflicted with excessive capitalisation) There were grapes hanging from the ceiling and rugs hugging […]