Tipping after a restaurant meal involves an intricate web of complex economic issues and social mores. Many of us will remember the deftly articulate (and profanity-laden) discussion on the issue in the prologue to Reservoir Dogs. A less well-known alternative method of tipping was demostrated by Dick Solomon (John Lithgow to his friends) in hit-and-miss … Continue reading
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Villandry review – Poor quality and insultingly overpriced
Finding a bad restaurant in London is actually pretty hard. The diabolically bad restaurants don’t survive long in London’s commercially competitive environment and most of us have the good sense to avoid the merely awful ones, such as the tourist traps like the Angus chain of steakhouses. What’s left are the sea of mediocre and … Continue reading
S&M Cafe – British comfort food in Islington
It’s like pub food, but without the pub. Update 3/1/14 – this restaurant has now closed I love haute cuisine and fine dining, but sometimes, especially after a long day at the office, all I want is something comforting and soothing to eat. The S&M Cafe could be just the thing. The ‘S&M’ in S&M Cafe … Continue reading
★★★★☆ / Indian / South Asian
Cinnamon Kitchen review – No poppadoms here
Ignore the City boys and concentrate on the skilful, modern Indian cooking. Indian food has become so popular in Britain that it’s almost become a caricature of itself. Thankfully there are plenty of enterprising chefs and proprietors willing to innovate with the curries and grills that we’re all so familiar with and give us something … Continue reading
Tsunami review – Japanese food with style?
I’m a great fan of Japanese food, as you may be able to tell from the number of times Japanese cuisine has appeared on The Picky Glutton, if only because I can stuff my fat face without feeling too guilty about it. London has a large array of Japanese restaurants ranging from those that are … Continue reading
Byron review – a chain burger that’s actually good
I’m usually very suspicious of chain restaurants. They either serve up bland, uninteresting food or they’re just plain bad. An exception to this rule of awfulness is Byron, a growing chain of burger restaurants all scattered throughout London. Charlie Brooker at The Guardian has his own inimitable take on burgers and chain restaurants. I’ve been … Continue reading
Dean Street Townhouse breakfast review – a hotel breakfast that doesn’t suck?
I’ve detailed my ongoing quest to find a filling, yet gastronomically interesting and inventive breakfast in previous reviews. The latest breakfast place to come to my attention is the Dean Street Townhouse. The Townhouse is actually a small, boutique (i.e. expensive) hotel that also has a bar and dining room that serves all three meals … Continue reading
The Keebler Elves vs The Cookie Monster
This post doesn’t have anything to do with restaurants and is only tangentially related to food. But it’s too much fun not to post! The joke will be somewhat lost on you though if you aren’t familiar with the Keebler cookie company in the US and their elvish marketing mascots. Plus it helps if you’ve seen … Continue reading
Ten Ten Tei review – The best budget Japanese in London?
Japanese restaurants in London, especially those serving sushi and sashimi, tend to be expensive. Unfortunately, the more reasonably priced ones usually aren’t very good either <cough, Yo Sushi, cough>. An exception to this rule is Ten Ten Tei, a small restaurant in Soho on Brewer Street. The place has a ramshackle, threadbare look to it. … Continue reading
The world’s weirdest restaurants…
A small list compiled by Yahoo UK. “The Japanese are truly the most innovative in the world when it comes to creating a crazy restaurant concept. There’s the creepy Monkey-waiter restaurant in Utsunomiya, where you’re served by a monkey… in a wig… wearing a human mask.” http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3360695 Come across any weird restaurants you think I … Continue reading
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