Fresh appearance, same opinionated restaurant reviews Welcome to the new Picky Glutton! It’s much the same as the old one, but with a revamped appearance. The previous design, which was stark and minimalist, has served me well for the past two years but I felt now was the time for a change. The new look, … Continue reading
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Hateful restaurant website of the week – Dinings
Baffling! Website design is an imprecise art and not a science, but restaurant websites in particular seem peculiarly prone to cack-handed design. My first pick in this intermittent series highlighting dopey restaurant websites has to be Dinings. Although the restaurant itself serves sublime food, its online presence seems to have been designed by someone who’s … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Hibiscus-blogger feud
Bloggerc**tgate has gotten out of hand – both sides need to man up. If you keep track of the navel-gazing nature of the London restaurant scene, then you’ll no doubt have heard about the feud between Hibiscus chef Claude Bosi and restaurant blogger James Isherwood. The Guardian has a good summary of events, but in … Continue reading
Mr Hyde from Shortlist
New daily listings email from the folks at Shortlist If you’re a Londoner then you’re almost certainly familiar with Shortlist, the free weekly magazine often handed out (and discarded) outside your local Tube and railway station. Shortlist is launching a new daily listings digest for the busy Londoner called My Hyde. Sign up and it … Continue reading
Human meat – Wesker and Son butchers at Smithfield Market
Not for the squeamish or vegetarians I don’t have much time for marketing stunts, but the Wesker and Son pop-up butchers at London’s Smithfield Market piqued my interest. Organised by the publishers of the upcoming Resident Evil 6 video game, Wesker and Son sells meat made to look like human body parts. I managed to … Continue reading
Taiwanese blogger jailed for bad restaurant review
I’ll heading out to Taiwan later this year, so it was interesting to stumble across this news article about a Taiwanese restaurant blogger who has received a suspended prison sentence over a negative restaurant review. Although the sentence and fine of 200,000 Taiwanese dollars (just under £4,300) seems incredibly excessive, the blogger didn’t do herself … Continue reading
Coming Soon – Hawksmoor Day! Three Meals, Three Hawksmoors in One Day.
Hawksmoor-athon I’m a big fan of Hawksmoor, a series of three steakhouses, that serve up some of the best steaks and burgers I have ever had. In a bold attempt at seeing if I have any sense of pacing, moderation, restraint or self-control, I’ll be having each of my three meals in one day at … Continue reading
How to split the bill
According to Yahoo News, there are lots of factors to consider when splitting the bill. It’s like a socioeconomic minefield, but on a small silver plate: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/How-split-restaurant-bill-yahoofinanceuk-14224902.html My favourite part of the article is the bit on what to do when eating out on a date. Classy. What’s your preferred method of splitting the bill? … Continue reading
The top ten most popular London restaurants of 2011
Actually this is a list of the ten most read restaurant reviews here at The Picky Glutton, but that’s a considerably less catchy title. Naturally, this list is biased towards reviews from earlier on in the year since they have more time to gain popularity. The one startling exception is my review of Meatliqour which … Continue reading
El Bulli is closing
I’ve never dined at El Bulli, allegedly the world’s best restaurant, which saddens me greatly as the famed Spanish institution is due to shut its doors shortly. The New York Times is marking the closure of Ferran Adrià’s seminal restaurant with a look at where Spanish haute cuisine and molecular gastronomy, or cocina de vanguardia as Adrià would … Continue reading
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