The site for people who eat like a pig and drink like a fish
The Shiori is a tiny Japanese restaurant tucked away on a Bayswater side street. It’s the latest incarnation of the (even tinier) Sushi of Shiori at 144 Drummond St NW1, which is now a shop selling Japanese ceramics. Kyoto-trained Chef Takashi Takagi is in the kitchen at The Shiori and specialises in kaiseki dining. Kaiseki [...]
I love the wines of France’s Southern Rhône. The hot weather and terroirs there are capable of producing wines with incredible levels of fruit, alcohol and power. However, they are also capable of producing wines of incredible elegance and finesse. Both were on display recently at a tasting of Château de Beaucastel, one of the leading producers of the [...]
There’s not much that’s better to eat than a rose veal loin chop. Rose veal is the ‘ethical’ veal that we should be eating. We should be eating it because its very tasty. We should also be eating it because it’s from young male cows, the unwanted product of dairy farming, that otherwise might be [...]
This is one of those recipes where you need to be a bit brave. Leaving pork ribs to cure and ferment at room temperature for a few days sounds like a recipe for hospitalisation. But it’s a dish from Thai food maestro David Thompson, which tells you it’s going to enhance, rather than limit, your [...]
