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Noodles with lamb at Silk Road in Camberwell.

Over the past couple of years, I have spent quite a bit of time in London. My boyfriend was based there until recently, so I would go for visits pretty frequently. It took some time to get used to the city, its size, transport and weather, but eventually London grew (more…)

This week on Scatti di Gusto, I wrote about the great lunch deals that can be found at some of London’s finest restaurants. Dine in the lap of luxury without breaking the bank. Eat at Michelin star rated and critically acclaimed restaurants for £19.50-50. More on Scatti di Gusto…

I promise this is the last post about The Big D. For the past three weeks, I’ve been banging on about this fantastic meat patty available only during the month of February at Byron locations in London (at O’Shea’s of Knightsbridge year-round). It’s become somewhat of an obsession (perhaps the result of living in planet earth’s worst burger city?). Whatever the reason, I reviewed The Big D for the Serious Eats’ “A Hamburger Today” blog. You can read the play-by-play of this great burger on AHT.seriouseats.com.

Foods achieve cult status when they are simple, addictive, and delicious. 99.9% of the time they are also fried (the other .1% they are Nic Roome’s madeleines. Such is the case for (more…)

Last week I visited The Fat Duck. What can be said about Heston Blumenthal’s three Michelin-star rated restaurant that hasn’t already been said before? Absolutely nothing, really. I would have to be very clever or make up something completely outrageous to be novel. (more…)