Archive for March, 2009
The Czech meal: Czechoslovak National House
Ever since Daniel moved to West Hampstead there’s been talk of eating at the nearby Czechoslovak National House. Based in a large detached house on West End Lane, it’s been home to London’s Czech émigrés since the late 30s, and (so Daniel would have us believe) became quite a hotbed of espionage in the [...]
Bonus meal: Circus Eats
A few weeks ago I posted about the special tasting menu unveiled for two nights at Stratford’s Circus Eats in honour of the East festival. Described as a modern East End seven course meal accompanied by specially-chosen international drinks, it looked like a great event. But it also looked like it would be crazy for [...]
The Georgian meal: Tbilisi
Meals like our meal at Tbilisi are exactly the reason we started this blog. The food was maybe the most unpredictable we’ve tried so far, and the wine, coming from a country that claims to have invented the drink, was just as interesting. Plus, the presence of a few new additions to our group of [...]
Roundup: Lebanese mezze and eating East London
- Allegra McEvedy’s account of eating her way through Lebanon reminds me of why Lebanese is so high on my list of potential next meals. I thought I knew Lebanese food, but I hadn’t heard of many of the dishes she describes–like man’ousheh, muhammara and ‘boiled brains with lemon’. Here’s hoping a few of them [...]
