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Utopia Coffee Lounge – Southend-On-Sea
For years, dental students from Barts And The London have enjoyed month-long residential placements at Southend-On-Sea, ailing the dental woes…
Greedy Cow – Mile End
If, like myself, you’re not reduced to a headless chicken at the thought of Nando’s or Rooster’s, and you abhor…
Chi Kitchen – Oxford Street
Whenever Steak and I visit a restaurant or cafe in Oxford Circus, I find myself trapped in a perpetual state…
Toronto Special: Crave Grill House
With a mismatched, non-linear timeline and an unhealthy dose of quips and carnage, one must ask whether I unwittingly took…
Shackfuyu – Soho
If there’s one thing that irks me about the superficial world that we live in, it’s celebrity culture. The constant…
Gail’s Artisan Bakery – Southwark
Whenever someone enquires as to whether I take after my mother or my father, I usually respond with the biologically…
Sweet – Stepney Green
Since the dawn of civilisation, there has existed a single day of the year, that has struck fear and terror…
Thai Square – Angel / Islington
Usually, when it comes to making plans or choosing a restaurant, Steak is about as useful as a waterproof teabag.…
Yolkin – Covent Garden
Rarely in human history, has any individual accurately predicted the consequences of their decisions. Indeed, when I decided to embark…
Asta Luego’s – North Wembley
Having a favourite type of exam is a bit like having a favourite type of bowel disease. It doesn’t matter…
Behesht – Harrow
“So, where do you commute from?” ‘Harrow.’ “Oh. My condolences.” That tends to be my usual response whenever I discover…
Ma Plucker – Soho
If you’ve been scratching around Instagram recently, you have no doubt, by now, come across Ma’ Plucker. Fittingly cooped up…
American Pancake Recipe
As well as being a well-dressed coffee-connoisseur, (amongst other things), Uncle Cruise has a knack for producing the fattest and…
Cutter and Squidge – Covent Garden
What do you do after an incredibly rich and sugar-filled brunch at Christopher’s? Do you go home and fill your…
Maida – Bethnal Green
The best thing about being a “nobody”, is that you can visit restaurants, take photos, analyse their ins and outs,…
Christopher’s – Covent Garden
A few steps away from the iconic Lyceum theatre, lies an ornate, yet relatively inconspicuous Grade-II listed building, which, over…
Red Iron Burgers – Uxbridge
Everyone can remember the first time they came across an exceptional burger. A life-changing burger. A burger that simply altered…
Nude Espresso – Brick Lane
Navigating to any restaurant or cafe is often a straightforward affair, thanks to the saving grace of modern life that…
Alounak – Bayswater
Ask a group of people what they regard to be the best Persian restaurant in London, and you’ll receive a…
Bagels and Waffles – Whitechapel
Tick. Tick Tick. It was 2am on a Sunday night. Or is that Monday morning? I often have difficulty sleeping…
Toronto Special – Top Gun Steak
I FEEL THE NEED. THE NEED TO FEED. If there was ever a Hollywood film from the 1980s that could…
Kahaila – Brick Lane
Coffee and conversation are the two greatest instruments of human unification. Amongst the bittersweet notes of a truly good cup…
Saffron Kitchen – Leyton
New Year’s day is a day of false promises. Across the country, thousands swear that they will give up cake,…
Toronto Special – On The Bun Burgers
The British accent. It’s an obscure and poorly-defined entity that comes in a wild variety of forms, but for myself…