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Homegrown Produce

Sometimes you find gorgeous things in places you least expect: like this tomato plant, which was hiding amounts all the flat-packery at Ikea. A mere £5, and this beauty has produced the sweetest, reddest little tomatoes for us. Amazing to just harvest a few, cut them in half, toss them […]

Banh Mi Bay

Hailing from Sydney I am spoilt for choice when it comes to cheap, fresh, delicious Vietnamese food. After dropping into the Thornbridge Tap Takeover at The Craft Beer Co in Clerkenwell this afternoon, I needed a nosh. My google search of what was nearby and worth it returned Banh Mi […]

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Discovering Kombucha

Kombucha. You’d be forgiven if you thought it was a type of Japanese theatre. It is in fact, a refreshing a delicious fermented tea drink, and now that it’s on my radar, I can confirm it will be staying. After sampling Equinox Kombucha at the industry show Imbibe, a few […]

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Blacklock

After a recommendation from a lady in one of my dim sum classes the other week – “If you like meat, go to Blacklock” – I did. You indeed have to like, nay, love meat to make the trip here worth it, as this chop house is all about serving […]

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The Grey Horse

Sometimes you get your nails done by a surly woman who ironically works at a salon called Happy Nails… and sometimes while you’re at said merry salon with sullen manicurist, your eye catches a blackboard outside a nondescript looking pub across the road, which reads “Winner Ribstock UK Short Beef Ribs”… […]

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Burger & Shake

In the rather unhappening little nook of Bloomsbury, I have passed a couple of times, Burger & Shake, and made the decision it needed to be explored. With its retro aesthetic and menu consisting of amazing sounding burgers, chicken wings and alcoholic shakes, it seemed I was in for a […]