Broadway Market – Saturdays

Broadway Market - Bread and buttons

London E8, London Fields
w: www.broadwaymarket.co.uk

I was too bleary-eyed to see the notice telling me that the London Overground line was disrupted for the weekend and ended up on a replacement bus that took hours to meander its way east, the smelly drunk who sat next to me with his eyebrow pierced by a rusty nail wasn’t the best appetite stimulator either.

My queasiness evaporated within seconds of getting simultaneous blasts from the buskers playing blue grass and the scent of hot truffles and mushrooms. Broadway Market includes crafts and vintage stuff but is very much all about the food – and not just any old food, this food is superior food in every way – the stalls are very competitive on this issue; Wild Beef from Devon trumpets that the dead cow they are selling is ‘More than Organic’, the mutton seller gives precise details of the age of his animals and the rhubarb I purchased had been to finishing school … ok that last bit’s a tiny exaggeration but you get my drift.

Broadway Market - Bright rhubarb

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Bangalore Express

103- 105 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8UL
t: 0207 021 0886
w: bangaloreexpress.co.uk
 

We’ve visited an Indian restaurant, again! This was sheer coincidence as we had no choice but to surrender to the hunger pangs from our stomachs. We were back after visiting an aunt in Camden and decided to take the bus instead of the tube, since we love watching the London life pass by from the upper deck.

We jump off at Waterloo and wander around trying to figure out where to take the next bus from, and come across this restaurant called ‘Bangalore Express.’ By then our stomachs were growling and without a second thought we decided to explore.

The interiors are tastefully done with pale green and white symmetrical designs, and there is also an interactive kitchen. The booths are set to resemble the insides of a train back in India, or so I thought. There are ladders to go up to the top booth and are a bit scary if you are sitting down. The waiters tactfully hold their serving trays in position while climbing up the stairs and you can’t help but cringe in fear of it toppling all over you. Nah, I’m just exaggerating a bit here, but on a serious note, I think it’s a brilliant way of saving space and accommodating more people at the same time.

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Yauatcha

Yauatcha - Baked Venison Puff

16 Broadwick Street, Soho, London
t: 02074948888
w: www.yauatcha.com

Let me start by admitting that dim sum is something of which I know little, so this write-up is purely based on taste, atmosphere, and the nuggets of expertise channeled my way by two well-versed companions. My experience so far stretches to pre-pub/bar filling-station chains, Ping Pong (I do it a disservice, it’s really quite decent), and Dim T.

We were booked in to see A Prophet at The Curzon in Soho, at the awkward time of 6:30pm on a Sunday night, so dinner had to be very early, or very late. Dim sum in China is traditionally eaten either in the morning or afternoon (not the evening), so that afternoon was the perfect opportunity to try out Yauatcha, Soho’s Michelin-starred dim sum restaurant, founded by Alan Yau, the man behind Wagamama, Cha Cha Moon, and the first Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant, Hakkasan.

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Calendar Competition has been canned

A bit of sad news today. We’ve decided to stop the Calendar Competition due to a lack of interest. I think it was a good idea, but shorter competitions like the Cornishware one are proving to be much more popular.

Apologies for those of you who entered and won’t be winning anything! We’d still like to keep entrant’s recipes on the site for everyone to enjoy.

We have a lot more ideas for new competitions, so keep checking back for those!

Wahaca

Wahaca

Park Pavilion, 40 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5FW
t: 0207 516 9145
w: http://www.wahaca.co.uk/

For those of you outside London, this is gonna be a boring, insignificant post. But I love doing restaurant reviews as it keeps me in touch with the job I miss terribly. I used to do restaurant, club, pub, hotel, boutique reviews for a living back in India.

Wahaca in Canary Wharf (SE London), owned by 2005 Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers aims at promoting Mexican street market eating. Like I have mentioned a zillion times before, I am a total sucker for Mexican grub and was pretty excited to try out this new restaurant so close to our place. I secretly hoped it would be kick-ass so I could quench my quesadilla cravings by just hopping over.

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