Trump is a tangerine-tinted mosquito, a bloated blobfish with a comb-over, or parasitical leech viciously sucking the life out of the free world. But a pig, he most definitely is not. Continue reading
Author Archives: Jonathan Hatchman
Restaurant Review: Duck & Waffle Local
On the way out, I notice a stack-a-box filled with innocent duck legs, awaiting the wrath of the kitchen, and want to cry. Duck & Waffle Local has its moments, but the view from the sky-high original is clearly the real unique selling point. On the ground, alas, the entire concept is simply absurd. Continue reading
Does Brexit mean Pizza is off the menu for Brits?
Since last June’s referendum Brexit has been on the lips of just about everybody – and there’s no sign of it waning any time soon. New research from The Pizza Pasta & Italian Food Association suggests that more than half of the workers in restaurants and pizza delivery businesses across the UK may have to … Continue reading
Is this the most disappointing steakhouse in London?
Like most things in life, the simplest restaurant dishes are generally the endearingly memorable. So it’s hardly surprising that the ingenuous bone marrow salad at St John in Clerkenwell has been on the menu, unchanged, for the past 23 years. In turn, when presenting paying customers with something so simple, it’s crucial that each element … Continue reading
Ceru Brings a Compelling Portion of the Levant to South Kensington
Away from the hustle and bustle of Soho, Mayfair and Shoreditch, Ceru opened at the end of last year, offering a taste of the Levant in a neighbourhood space near South Kensington tube station. “Born from a love of food, drink and sunshine”, Ceru began life as a project from husband and wife team Barry … Continue reading
Restaurant Review – The Game Bird at The Stafford
Dinner at The Gamebird proves that, divergent to popular belief, British food needn’t be bland or unexciting. Continue reading
Restaurant Review – Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill
Within his 1952 opus, The Old Man and the Sea – the final novel to be published during his lifetime – Ernest Hemingway wrote: “But thank God, they [fish] are not as intelligent as we who kill them; although they are more able and more noble.” Of all the pearls of wisdom imparted throughout the … Continue reading
