London Archive

Galvin La Chapelle next to London’s Spitalfields Market does it right. Everything from the starters to the Calvados is perfect every time. I am partial to their desserts, however. This blueberry soufflé with coulis and milk ice cream was equal (more…)

There is something wrong with me. It is not yet 10:30 a.m. and I am already flipping though The Hawksmoor’s Flickr Photostream. I’m obsessed with it. I want triple cooked chips right now! And the steak and lobster makes me want to cry. I could (more…)

Flat White on Berwick Street in Soho (London) serves a pretty spectacular cup of coffee. Their signature cup, the flat white, is defined as “an antipodean style coffee which is served as a strong shot of espresso served in a small cup with (more…)

What’s better than meat? Raw meat, of course. And this beef carpaccio at Goodman in London’s Mayfair district is proof. The luscious pink flesh was studded with coarsely ground pepper corns and blanketed with thinly shaved parmesan. Basil (more…)

I love a good burger but they are nearly impossible to find in Italy. In fact, the only one remotely worth mentioning was served at the American Academy in Rome on the Fourth of July. Thankfully, London is the burger capital of Europe, so an (more…)

Who would have thought that octopus, beans, and ricotta cheese could harmonize so perfectly. Throwing out the old Italian rule never to mix seafood and cheese, Chef Francesco Mazzei of L’Anima in London combines these three (more…)

I have just returned from London where I shamelessly gorged myself on all sorts of delicious and magical foods. I certainly didn’t achieve all of my culinary goals, but I did put a good dent into my interminable list of places to eat before I die (more…)

Technically called “New Tayyabs”, you can call this famous (and justifiably so) Pakistani restaurant in East London just plain Tayyabs. The “new” bit refers to its expansion from its original 1974 dimensions. Regardless of the added (more…)

Yesterday I indulged in another stellar fish and chips plate at the Greenwich Union. It was so crispy, meaty and juicy. I’m pretty sure this is what the Food Standards Agency had in mind when they decided to crackdownon the UK’s most famous dish.

Yesterday I had one of the best lunches maybe in the history of mankind at Galvin La Chapelle. This converted Victorian school chapel next to Spitalfields Market in London serves impeccable French dishes like lasagne of Dorset crab in a velouté of (more…)