The Queen’s closest Thai restaurant, unlike Buckingham Palace, is simple and fuss-free. The Mango Tree boasts a prime spot in the city, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Victoria train station and Green Park. Despite its ritzy location, the place is laid-back with no formal attire required. It’s a Friday night and the place is buzzing, with a mixed bag of guests feasting away. An Indian family sits behind us while a group of students gaggle away on a table to our right. One thing that is reflective of the area, is the price. Most mains hover at more than £20, while the starters are around ...
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We could hear the throng of a party next door and a sign signaled there were karaoke rooms upstairs. I'd ventured to the unsuspecting Thai Silk restaurant nestled behind Southwark underground station. It felt like I'd been transported to somewhere outside of London as I wandered into the cavernous barn-like eatery. It was a Tuesday night but the place was surprisingly quiet, a couple sat in one corner of the room, two girlfriends sat in another and a lone diner sat to my left. The staff were refreshingly smiley as we took a perch close to the front door. Given the frigid temperatur...
Read more →Absurd Bird is the type of place you go to with unadulterated cravings. Buttery fried chicken, fluffy waffles and tender wings drenched in tongue tingling buffalo sauce. Recently extending its offering to a new Central London branch, Absurd Bird aims to fulfil the hype of its Shoreditch counterpart. Cosier and with a decadent cocktail bar in tow, the underground eatery boasts of deep southern cuisine, cocktails that pack a punch and friendly, attentive staff. With exclusive offerings to its Soho menu such as the Waffle Cone with Popcorn Chicken that use only ethically sourced, hormone-free po...
Read more →It felt like the first real cold day in London, where a slight chill permeated my spine. What better way to mark it, I thought, than a good old Sunday roast. I ventured to Oslo Hackney to check out their meaty offerings. Located in a former railway station just by Hackney Central Overground, this is a unique space, boasting exposed brickwork, high ceilings and a laid-back vibe. Immediately on walking in I was struck by a quiet calm; warm lighting, the gentle natter of diners and jazz rifts filling the air. Oslo's Sunday lunch menu features a rump of beef, roast half chicken or b...
Read more →Jidori is a new Japanese yakitori restaurant launching in Dalston on 1st December 2015, founded by Brett Redman (who recently opened The Richmond in Hackney to great acclaim) and Natalie Lee-Joe. At hundreds of yakitori joints across Tokyo – especially down the notorious Memory Lane in Shinjuku – chicken skewers are traditionally grilled over open coals, and Jidori brings the hugely popular Japanese street food from Tokyo to east London for the first time.
Read more →This September will see sexy Sylvia, queen of the mother hens, and ruler of the Ma’ Plucker roost, swap her Deep South digs for a cosy coop, on Beak Street. Bringing London’s poultry-loving boys and girls, just what they need, Ma’ Plucker will serve up the very breast (see what we did there), Southern chicken, served three ways. With a side serving of R&B, a hefty portion of soul, and sauces, Ma’ Plucker is sure to be the golden egg of chicken stops.
Read more →Love is in the air this week at The Rum Kitchen in Notting Hill.... and not just love for you or I... the love is for chicken.
Read more →With all this talk of bigger and lower fat birds (that wear tinsel boas) the humble chicken could have easily taken a back seat this season. Yet still plucky as ever, this thankfully is not the case at Chicken Shop.
Read more →Taking on London with a pronged attack, the Cabana team are come at us from all points of the compass. Starting in the West (Sheppard’s Bush Westfield), then swooping in at the East (Stratford Westfield), and then scattering across Wembley and Covent Garden, they have now planted their latest edition in Upper Street, Islington. The founders, Jamie Barber and David Ponte have intended the space to be a glance into modern Brasil. Interior architect Alex Michaelis (of Byron and Pizza East), has kept continuity from site to site with their trademark “up-cycled” denim seating (hand-made in Brasi...
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