Tag: food

Restaurant Favourite: Railroad

1. We visited one of our favourite Hackney restaurants at the weekend, Railroad on Morning Lane. It’s small, very cosy and serves up the most delicious dishes – each course offers three options; they really do meat so well, slow-cooked lamb and rare steaks, always a veggie dish too. We arrived at half seven when…

Bombay Cafe Dishoom Opens in Shoreditch

I haven’t been to the Covent Garden Dishoom but I sure wanna try out the newly opened branch on Boundary Street in Shoreditch. Based on Bombay’s Irani cafes – opened by Persian immigrants; during the 60s there were nearly 400, now less than 30 remain – the menu also comprises dishes inspired by Bombay street…

O-Food: Nordic Pop-Up Fish & Vegetarian Sandwich Bar In Shoreditch

I always longed to be the kind of girl who could survive on a croissant and coffee a day – all inspired by Jean Rhys’s short stories detailing the waifishly chic existence of beautiful lost girls in Paris – but the reality is what you really need is a good sandwich, and one that is as healthy…