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Midweek Dinner: The Hill, Steele’s Village

By on May 2, 2012 in Drink, Food, Midweek Dinner

It doesn’t seem so long ago that the Load of Hay was a boarded up, gravely threatened pub location boasting little more than former glories and occasional squat parties. Yet its successful resurrection as The Hill is actually now near on a decade strong. From those early gastro-boozer beginnings, the latest incarnation of menu and [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Eat Zone

By on April 17, 2012 in Midweek Dinner, Takeaway

Sometimes only Hainanese Chicken Rice will do. Or at least that’s the case if you are my Singaporean Missus, recovering from a cold on a blustery midweek night, feeling one’s distance from the equator in a rather soggy Kentish Town. This dish, of poached chicken served with fragrant rice, cucumber, fiery chilli sauce and a [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Lord Stanley, Camden

By on March 28, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner

Priced out of NW5 – oh, the irony! – our petite new wood-floored office is just over the fast-flowing river of Camden Road into N7, and a butt’s flick from this classic boozer. Contributor Mark Williams recently raved about their Sunday lunches, but we’re enjoying the food here so much we thought we’d give you [...]

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Review: Mumbai Street Food at Hazraj, Kentish Town

By on March 8, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner

Catch her off-guard, and Mrs Kentishtowner will slyly admit that her favourite hobby is to epater les bourgeois. And she has awarded Hazraj, a low-key diner on Fortess Road specializing in Mumbai street food, an exceedingly rare 9/10. These two facts may, or may not, be related. Hazraj is unassuming, for sure, but its intriguing [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Bar food at Quo Vadis, Soho

By on March 7, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner

Some of you may have had a relationship with Quo Vadis, on Greek Street, over the years. Mrs Kentishtowner, in jocular mode, compares it to a handsome hunk she banged in her twenties, dumped in her early thirties, and is now enamoured with once more (and therein lies the story of a marriage). Anyway, what [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Chicken Shish at Meze Ocakbasi

By on February 29, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner

In the light of E.mono and Lahore Masala mania we thought we’d tempt you kebabrazeee folk to try Meze Ocakbasi on our very own vibrant Crescent. Yes, we’ve talked about this place before, but only recently have we started to eat in, armed with a cost-cutting BYO bottle of red. The above shish, which comes [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Oxtail Stew at The Vine

By on February 22, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner, Midweek Dinner

We’ve eaten a couple of times at The Vine again recently, and are happy to report that, after the odd hiccup last year, it seems to have found its stride, and is road-blocked now at weekends with buggies, wine-gulping parents, and ankle-biters of various sizes and volumes. Above is our favourite seasonal dish: beautifully slow-cooked [...]

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Midweek Dinner: Is 10 Greek Street Soho’s new hotspot?

By on February 15, 2012 in Food, Midweek Dinner

This mouthwatering plate was served to us at 10 Greek Street, yet another little candle-lit joint in Soho, with the vibe of a Ducksoup or Polpo. It was a little quiet, it’s fair to say, but then the rain was coming down outside – and the place has only been open a week. But we [...]

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