• Food

    Sweet Couture – Covent Garden’s hidden sweet spot

    At the weekend Covent Garden’s piazza is always buzzing. Sometimes a little TOO overwhelmingly busy. So if you’re looking for a coffee and some exceedingly good cake, why not head to Sweet Couture on New Row. I was in the mood for cake. Something sweet and sickly with lots of…

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    The Joint Brixton Village: Review

    Come Friday night sometimes hitting the tiles isn’t the most appealing option (especially when you can still recall the dodgy hangover of yester-weekend), so another way to fulfil the quota of ‘I’m out on a Friday night, still cool and not an 80 year old woman’ is dinner and a…

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    Carbon Grill Soho: Review

    So I work a few shifts a week in a Soho restaurant, but after the tummy rumbling began a little too close to my shift starting for comfort (jelly legs like you wouldn’t believe!) I had to find some nosh pronto! Okay I’m definitely no saint, and I get proper…

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    The Periodic Food Shop

    Time for the weekly food shop. We all know the story, down to the local supermarket, oooh mangoes 2-4-£1, beef half price and milk £1 for 4 litres! Okay foody environmental and ethical issues have been brought to light in the media recently, with numerous angles to consider. Air miles…