Review #9 – Mélange, Crouch End
Steak-frites? Oui, monsieur!
The Soane Museum
With an idle hour or two between teaching and meeting a friend at St Pancras I found myself wandering down to Somerset House, drawn by the lure of coffee at Fernandez&Wells and art at the Courtauld. Walking through Lincoln’s Inn fields I noticed that for once there was barely a queue outside the Soane Museum.…
Review #8 – Sergio’s, Fitzrovia
Old school Italian with old skool choons.
Review #6 – The Booking Office
Slow breakfast in a big room
Review #5 As U Like It, Petts Wood
Ham, mustard, tea. All good.
Review #4 – La Fabrica, Stroud Green Road
A Spanish gem in Finsbury Park. Yum.
Review #3 Wahaca Charlotte Street
In a cattle station on Charlotte St we get some Mexican food.
Review #2 – Devran, Harringay
A one-two of snooker and kebab on Green Lanes. Jimmy White would be proud.
Review #1 Wright Bros. Soho
A brief muse on the changing status of the oyster from working class staple to high end luxury.
Restaurants of 2016
In 2013 I spent a year conducting a (rather self-indulgent) experiment. I realised that I’d got stuck in a rut of eating in the same places all the time. Which seemed a waste given that in my local neighbourhood alone there are enough restaurants to not have to eat in the same place twice over…
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