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Author Archives: pickyglutton
Eating my way around the Isle of Skye with a pitstop in Edinburgh
This Scotland-focussed article is a break from The Picky Glutton’s usual London-based coverage. Continue reading
Namek Mandi review: private dining Pashtun-style means scoffing a whole lamb
Rather than hog a whole hogget to yourself, bring some mates and tupperware with you to Tooting. Continue reading
Acme Fire Cult review – smoke but no fire in the backstreets of Dalston
Vegetables finally get the barbecue treatment… or do they? Continue reading
Food writing jealousy list 2022
The words that I wish I had written over the past year. Continue reading
Plaza Khao Gaeng review – a trippy taste of Thailand on Tottenham Court Road
The punchy restaurant hidden away on top of a food court. Continue reading
Lahpet West End review – a taste of Burma in Covent Garden
I challenge you to try the salads, fritters and fish dishes at Lahpet and think that they are in any way inferior to anything from anywhere else. Continue reading
Sarap Bistro review – going whole hog, Filipino-style
Pigging out with the Filipino restaurant that moved from Brixton to Mayfair Continue reading
Club Mexicana review – a wretched vegan impersonation of Mexican food
The whitewashing at this Kingly Court restaurant is royally screwed up. Continue reading
Taco Bell review – whitewashed Mexican-ish fast food comes to Woolwich
For most British people, their only knowledge of Taco Bell will be from the infamous scenes in Sylvester Stallone’s mildly diverting 1993 sci-fi yarn Demolition Man. In the dystopian future setting of the film, Taco Bell is apparently the *only* restaurant left in the world following the ‘franchise wars of the 1990s’ (as Sandra Bullock’s character explains with a straight face) before inexplicably pivoting to fine dining.
While clearly meant as a cheap joke for American audiences of the time, Taco Bell – like many other fast food franchises – is really a transformational pivot of another kind. Continue reading
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