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anyone been to soif lately? [London]
funnily enough we are going to Trinity tomorrow night with Soif penciled in for Thursday. Think we will give it a shot. Thanks for all your help! Will report back.
Eating Itinerary, May 2012
the dogs a a very different vibe from Rhubarb, it's informal and kitsch whereas Rhubarb is formal. I think the dogs and some cocktails might be a nice change of pace..
Eating Itinerary, May 2012
hello, sorry just re read your post properly! I really like Martin Wishart so that would be my first choice for Edinburgh, and also a meal at Kitchin. Castle terrace is also getting good reviews although I have not managed to eat there. No 1 at the Balmoral is good also. For small plates with good vibe try the Dogs and the Bon Vivant round the corner does good old school cocktails. I didnt like 21212 and thought a rhubarb was ok.
Doh, you are eating at Martin Wishart at loch Lomond so might not want to give him all your money, same goes for Kitchin and Castle Terrace as both affiliated to Tom Kitchin...
anyone been to soif lately? [London]
Hello, thanks for replying. We have already been to Brawn and liked it. We went with a friend, ordered far too much and left feeling rather corpulent! Are they very similar menu wise then?
Eating Itinerary, May 2012
Hi I agree with Harters if you have transport better to eat in Glasgow, than Loch Lomond (other than at Martin Wishart).
As for Edinburgh if you can get a reservation have lunch at Kitchin rather than Rhubarb, myself and some friends had lunch there in October and although the setting was lovely, the food wasn't anything special.
anyone been to soif lately? [London]
Hello, we have our London trip coming up soon and have a table booked at soif amongst other places? We really like the look of the menu and were just wondering if it's worth the trek from Islington.
Thanks.
Post 10pm Eats in Glasgow, City Centre?
I have been thinking about this some more and think you should scrub my previous ideas. if you are willing to walk a bit or get a taxi then Asia style on st georges road will be open at that time. It's very good. It serves a mix of Malaysian and Cantonese dishes. Very good roti canai, salt and pepper prawns etc.
I have only been to Jamie's Italian once for lunch, it was passable but I had a couple of cocktails elsewhere so that always helps!
Post 10pm Eats in Glasgow, City Centre?
hello, that's a hard one. 3 of the places I was going to suggest shut at 10pm. I think your safest bet is the Jamie's Italian which is actually only diagonally across from Queen st station across George Square or Anatolia a Turkish restaurant. I have not been but my friend has, they eat out a lot so it's a safeish bet and it's open till 1am.
Post 10pm Eats in Glasgow, City Centre?
Hi what day of the week? where exactly will you be?
Cosmo caixa- anywhere good to eat nearby
hello Aleta, thanks for responding. yes, I did mean Pinotxo, excuse my typo. I had wondered about Asador most reviews tend to rave about the lamb dish they do. I am trying to p,an a trip that will be fun for our son but also allow us to eat well. I am therefore trying to find good spots near the aquarium and the parks etc.
Thanks again
Business Lunch in central Glasgow
I know people who have been to Brian Maule recently and were happy with the food, it's formal and you would have space to discuss things. Other places you may want to consider are two fat ladies city centre and guy's in merchant city, although I have not personally eaten there. I like the Italian cafe in the merchant city, but it's usually busy at lunch time, although maybe less so during the week..
Business Lunch in central Glasgow
hello, it depend on what you call central Glasgow. the Rogano and Brian Maule are both in the city centre and Stravaigin and the chip are both in the West End. Only a very short cab ride away. How formal or not do you need it to be? The first two are more expensive, stravaigin is quite informal but very good food. The chip is in between. How much do you want to spend and does it matter wht kind of cuisine? What day will it be?
trinity vs medlar and other questions! [London]
hello, as it turns out our friends can't meet us Thursday so we had to do some shuffling about. As a result our schedule looks like this
wednesday lunch- Byron
dinner- trinity
Thursday lunch the Wolseley
dinner bar bouloud but am now thinking of Bistrot Bruno Loubet as have heard good things about it not just from Zuriga1 but also my sister.
Friday lunch Bull and Last
dinner Hawksmoor Guildhall in the bar to try the beef rib sandwich and have a burger and cocktails
Saturday friends wedding but then Gilbert Scott at night for a drink
Sunday Cay Tre for lunch
Mishkins for dinner
am really looking forward to our trip!
Cosmo caixa- anywhere good to eat nearby
Hello, just planning our trip and plan on going here one of the days so just wondered if anyone knew of anywhere in the area either for a bistronomica take on lunch or tapas. We have been to Paco Meralgo, Pintxo, El Xampanyet, Tapa24so any kind of tapas traditional or modern. We really like Embat.
Thanks!
heron pub- Thai, is it open?
great, thanks for the info. Am looking forward to gving it a try.
heron pub- Thai, is it open?
Hello, anyone been recently? I had read on a blog that they had shut in November for a variety of reasons.
Also, anyone been without an accompanying Thai friend? I unfortunately dont have any !What's it like ordering and can you get the other menu easily enough?
trinity vs medlar and other questions! [London]
hello, Limster, you like the Bull and Last don' t you? Just had a look at the menu, it looks great. I think that with all the burgers we will be eating that I might pass on meat liquor and go there instead!
trinity vs medlar and other questions! [London]
hello, thanks for your suggestions.
I had never thought of Lebanese, and it's certainly something we can't get up here (like many other cuisines). We like Malaysian food though oddly enough there is a decent place here ( Asia style) that serves good roti canai and nasi lemak etc so although it would be right up my street I think we would have to use our meals for something we can't get here.My husband really likes Mexican and we tend to cook at home, again as there are no 'authentic' Mexican places up here ( I know some people will say there are none in London either) so if you rate Casa Morita then it's worth a look into. Thanks!
trinity vs medlar and other questions! [London]
Hello, I am looking for some help please.
Just to give a bit of background, we visit London twice a year from Glasgow and are planning a trip at the end of March. We will be staying in Islington and plan to go to Byron, CayTre, Hawksmoor and the Wolesely for lunch, primarily as these are all places we have been to before, with our now, 2 and a half year old son.
I need help to decide our dinners. We won't have our son with us and for one of the meals there will be 5 of us.
Places we have eaten at before are
The Square
RHR
Marcus Wareing
The Ledbury
St John
hakkasan
Roka
Harwood Arms
Maze
Claridges
LaTrompette
Goodman
Hawksmoor
Cay tre
Vietnam Grill
bob bob Richard
The Providores and tapa room
Moro
Tayaabs
Delhi grill
This is not an exhaustive list but gives an idea of what we have tried. Since having our son our eating habits have changed, we no longer are able to tolerate sitting for three hours for tasting menus and our stomachs seem to have shrunk. We find small pates are good and we like our cocktails and seem to prefer less formal environments than before.
So my questions are:
1. has anyone been to both Medlar and Trinity? The menus look similar but I don' t know if that holds true for execution. For us Trinity would be easier to get to but we would make the effort to go to Medlar.
2. Any suggestions for the group meal? As a group we have eaten at La Trompette, Hawksmoor and Goodman. I was thinking of Bar Bouloud as I like the menu but have not read great things about the service. I am hesitant about this choice and almost tempted to make it Hawksmoor again or would Medlar be an option? We have a friend who lives in Clapham so he might join us for the Trinity meal, and we could do Medlar as a group of 5...
Other dinners we were thinking are Meatliquor and Mishkins for the other two nights. Both are a bit trendy for my liking but we do like our burgers and cocktails.
Any other suggestions for any of the dinners would be greatly appreciated. In fact if there was another toddler friendly option that served good food for one of the lunches we could then do Hawksmoor for one of the dinners instead..
Sorry if the post is a bit garbled. Thanks!
Eating/drinking at Eleven Madison Park bar
Hello, Kathryn, I have always thought of you as knowledgeable but your post proves you are a mine of information. Thank you for taking the time to provide such a detailed response
I shall definitely look into the ones you mentioned in addition to our old faithfuls.
Eating/drinking at Eleven Madison Park bar
Hello, it's been a few years since we have been in New York and we are fortunate enough to be able to come back in mid November to celebrate my birthday. On previous trips we have lucky enough to eat at Per Se, Jean Georges, EMP, Le Bernardin as well as other equally tasty, but less fancy places.
As we get older (mid-30's) our stomaches seem to have shrunk and we are no longer able to find room for tasting menus and we also seem to prefer less formal dining experiences, so much so that we have sat at the bar by choice the last 3 times we were at Le Bernardin. We also really like our old school cocktails, and Pegu, PDT, Death and Co are places we intend to return to.
In short I was wondering what the menu at the bar at EMP is like? It would seem they have a good reputation for cocktails now and it might be a good opportunity to combine some excellent food and drink. Can you order off the main menu? What is the experience like?
Thanks in advance.
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Per Se
10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010
Jean Georges
1 Central Park W, New York, NY 10023
Le Bernardin
155 W. 51st St., New York, NY 10019
Hotel in Scotland with the best food?
Yes, we were lucky to get married there, I agree. It really was the perfect place, and they (Anita and Gary) made it special. I can't imagine many places would try so hard to accommodate our requests, we splashed out and got winter truffle and Gray came round the table and shaved it directly on top of our risotto!
Hotel in Scotland with the best food?
Breakfasts at the Witchery- we usually go with the standard continental. The coffee is good, the juice fresh but pastries and fruit a bit disappointing. French yoghurt. It could probably better considering the price of the room.
Hotel in Scotland with the best food?
Sorry, also meant to say that my sister-in-law got married at Torridon and the food again was very good and rooms quite contemporary, we stopped in on Inverlochy on the way back down for the very good value lunch deal. We were the only people there, lovely environment, very refined food using best of local produce.
If funds and time allow I would do a tour of West Coast stopping at all the places I mentioned as they are all beautiful, with stunning scenery and very good food that makes use of local produce. You are lucky, have a great trip!!
Hotel in Scotland with the best food?
We got married at Ardanaiseig, and picked it not only for the beautiful location but for Gary Goldie's cooking. We are foodies and Gary let us create a 7 course wedding 'feast' which was excellent and certainly a highlight of the day (apart from the ceremony of course). Glenapp is lovely and very Scottish, the food is very good and I believe it's got it's star back. Knockinam Lodge, down that way is also very good and has some historical importance. I also think Monachyle Mhor is very good, lovely rooms and very good but I wouldn't do the drive at night (single track, loch on one side ditch on other) . We like staying at the Witchery for birthday's etc but we don't eat there as so many very good places in Edinburgh. we usually go to Martin Wishart or Kitchin, are trying Castle Terrace at end of month.
Glasgow and Edinburgh recommendations?
Glasgow- Stravaigin fusionish using scottish produce, Cail Bruich- modern scottish, mother india cafe- indian, piece-great sandwiches , la valle blanch -french, asia style-malaysian, two fat ladies at the buttery-fish, crabshakk-fish
Edinburgh- martin wishart for michelin dining, kitchin the same, wedgewood- fusionish scottish, grainstore-trad scottish, the dogs-offal small plates.
they all have websites.
Need reccomendation for Indian restaurant (Glasgow and/or Edinburgh)
I think Mother India Cafe in Glasgow is very good. It is more authentic than the other chain Indian restaurants (ashoka etc) and as you order a number of smaller dishes lends itself to sharing and trying more dishes which is what a normal Indian meal at home would be like. The dishes are still reasonable in size. Banana Leaf round the corner is much more low key and does good paper dosa but you can't really sit in.
late report barcelona trip august.
Hi really sorry it's taken so long but here is a potted version of our trip. As usual the food was great.
We had breakfast at Pinoxto each morning, the chickpeas, mushrooms and xuxos were had and were very good, the xuxos particulalry, I could have had three!
We had a small snack and glass of wine at Bar Mut, the ventresca tomato salad was not as good as I remembered it to be, but I love the interior of this place so much, that I will always try to go back.
Our first big lunch was at Cinc Sentits. The setting is lovely and calm as before and the service very attentive.
We had -
maple syrup shot
“pa amb tomàquet”
- “ajoblanco” with cherries,
- foie gras “coca” with glazed leeks
- wild red mullet with creamy basil rice
- Iberian suckling pig with apple or pyrnees filet mignon with truffled potato gratin
- Artisanal catalan cheese
- Pre dessert -- variations of citrics
- Warm chocolate mousse with olive oil ice cream and shattered “coca” bread
Given I have eaten here about six times by now, I have had quite a few of the dishes before, and although they were still of very high standard the novelty had worn off. I still find this way of eating foie gras to be my favourite as the texture makes the richness more bearable, the ajoblanco was interesting with little cubes of cherry and a creamy milky texture, the red mullet ok but not my favourite fish, the suckling pig was good as before and the apple a classic companion but the crackling was too hard is such as thing can be?! I didn't have cheese but my friend did and I think in comparison to cheese courses here, she found it a little disappointing but was glad to try some new cheese.
The mousse could have been a touch sweeter as the high cocoa content made it quite intense, but thats a personal preference.
That evening we had tapas at Paco Meralgo, trying quite a few dishes: pan amb tomate, padron, two types of prawn, solomillo, veal pepito, veal stew, lovely garlic chanterelles.
i really like the food here, and though it's not to everyones taste I will return.
Next lunch at hisop, again service was very attentive and we had an English speaking waitress. They were very accommodating and allowed us to order what we wanted
black rice with octopus and squid-very tasty, excellent texture
john dory with parsnips- again very good, perfectly cooked fish
suckling-pig with porcini and perigordini- again another excellent dish, this was better than the pig at cinc sentits but could have done with something like apple to act as a foil.
pistachio with lime- not what we would have chosen but our waitress convinced us and it turned out to be very good- a souffle that tasted like rice pudding which to me is a good thing!
dinner was tapas at El xampanyet where we had jamon, olives, anchovies, artichokes, sunblush tomatoes and garlicky potato bombas. All very good
Then on to La Plata which was disappointing, we had not very good botifarra, the pescadito were tastless, the tomato salad good.
Will rite about embat tomorrow.
