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The Jones Family Project

02/03/2017 by .
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A 70s-style bar awash in greenery portrays The Jones Family Project as a probable purveyor of right-on clean eating.   But appearances deceive; huge hunks of prime rib, rumps of hoggett and primeval pork tomahawks are what drive  traffic to this serious Shoreditch steakhouse after sundown.

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Glorious Galvin At The Athenaeum

01/03/2017 by .

The Jugged Hare. A wonderful City of London Institution

09/01/2017 by .
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The Jugged Hare, a City of London institution at any time of year, really comes into its own during game season.

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Lotus Indian restaurant – Now Closed

16/12/2016 by .
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Lotus Indian restaurant , two minutes from Charing Cross, breaks the rule which says an ethnic restaurant close to a mainline station is likely be inauthentic at best, a tourist trap at worst.   In fact this multi-award-winning eatery is up there with the best Indian restaurants in London, as good as the several with a Michelin star this reviewer has dined at.

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Eneko at One Aldwych

30/11/2016 by .
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Eneko at One Aldwych is a restaurant whose arrival should have been heralded with trumpets.   Here’s a chef who not only boasts three Michelin stars, but has been soaring steadily up the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for the past three years. 

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Brasserie Blanc. St. Albans

08/11/2016 by .
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The good people of St. Albans should know a thing or two about fine food, after all, the High Street is awash with well known upscale restaurants. So when my waiter at Brasserie Blanc tells me “50% of our customers are regulars” I think to myself, “if that isn’t a sign of approval, I don’t know what is.”

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London Steakhouse Company City

03/11/2016 by .
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There was once a time when Middlesex Street was called Petticoat Lane and the area was intensely poor. Times have changed and these days Middlesex Street is awash with restaurants and bars and the feeling is intensely well to do. The London Steakhouse Company City sits proudly in the centre of all this looking very much at home here.

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Mestizo Mexican Restaurant

28/10/2016 by .
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London is short on Mexican restaurants which deliver the real thing, rather than the dreadful Tex-Mex experience. I’ve travelled extensively in Mexico and adore the street food so I’m looking forward to trying Mestizo, situated between Warren Street and Camden Town.

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La Fosse Restaurant. Awesome foodie heaven in Dorset.

20/10/2016 by .
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 Here, in the southern county where so much fine produce is grown, the picturesque hamlet of Cranborne fields La Fosse, a restaurant with rooms designed to delight gourmet guests.

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Avani Indian Restaurant, Radlett Herts

19/09/2016 by .
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The word is that nearly 80% of Indian restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi. So when I hear about a new restaurant in Radlett specialising in Mumbai cuisine, naturally I want to know more about the Avani Indian Restaurant.

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