Cuizine

From all the culinary media I have been consuming recently, from what friends who’ve been out there have told me, they were lecturing us about craft beer and the burgers were served pink, YOU HAVE TO GO and from the craze for American food trends (burgers, hot dogs, BBQ) in London. It became clear to [...]

Expectations are a big part of dining. If I’m going to a pop-up restaurant, I’m expecting a slightly shambolic dinner party with better-than-usual food and a convivial environment from the sheer experience of it. If I’m paying £70+ for three courses I’m expecting something that’s going to blow my head off with tastebombs and waiters [...]

  Luca’s Italian is a food stall situated among the bustle of Ridley Road market in Dalston (the market that inspired  Eastenders’ market but in reality has a bunch more character.) Their make authentic, delicious Italian food, and their main USP (for now) is meatballs, available with a choice of seasonal sauces, plus proper polenta [...]

WELCOME TO LEYTON. WELCOME TO OCEANO. WELCOME TO (NOT LONDON).  So I spend some of my time cycling around the lesser known areas, or less glamourous parts of East London. Mainly Im trying to excercise but I also have a thing for bleak suburban or industrial/urban dropout ares (hence my love for Detroit). Make no [...]

I travelled to Slovenia recently with my girlfriend Liv, and in my research for the trip (reading Lonely Planet), one of the first things I read about was an equine eatery named Hot Horse. It’s apparently a true favourite with the locals and renowned enough to be mentioned in the wikipedia entry for Horsemeat. I [...]

Hey y’all. So me and my better half made our way back to our respective sunny/cold-as-hell home towns back in the States for the holidays. It was the first time we had made it back to the USofA in a year and 2 months since we moved to the bloody ole. Needless to say we [...]