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...
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The much loved modern Indian restaurant, Zaika of Kensington (sister restaurant to Tamarind of Mayfair, the first ever Indian restaurant to be awarded with a Michelin star), has re-opened its doors with a menu of Northern Indian cuisine and a revived look to the 120 cover restaurant space. Located at 1 Kensington High Street, the reincarnation of Zaika return by popular demand with a new team with executive chef Mumbai born Sanjay Gour (previously cooked in Dubai at Verre, under Jason Atherton, before moving to The Connaught, Maze London, the Savoy Grill and Murano; working under Angela Hartn...
Read more →Up and down the country people have given up something. For most its fattening foods or alcohol; for some its swearing and others its to carry on all of the above but to perhaps do it from the discomfort of the treadmill, once or twice more often. However in London, the capital where not many of us have exactly that, the folk love to drown their too-skint-to-get-on-the-property-ladder faces into indulgent food and drink - taking away the pain, easing renters wrist and somewhat numbing tenants tendon. But removing the vices will of course send the city into a miserable melt down - which ...
Read more →If for you eating an Indian incorporates shouting at the TV screen whilst wearing your pyjama bottoms think again. La Porte Des Indes, set just back from Marble Arch, have recently turned 18, which in restaurant years is (similar to dog years) is some what of a golden oldie. The restaurant notes their culinary mainstay as "The Gallic influenced dishes representative of Pondicherry, a former French colony of India, dating back to the nineteenth century", with spice infused french plates such as Cassoulet Des Fruits De Mer, a rich seafood stew simmered in vindai spices or Poulet Rouge, shr...
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