Category Archives: Restaurants

Modern Middle Eastern for Kosher Cravings at Delicatessen in Hampstead

Posted on 2018-07-04 by tikichris

Executive Chef Or Golan (ex-Ottolenghi Belgravia) does a bang up job serving a mix of full flavoured Middle Eastern dishes with ingenuity and flair at Delicatessen in Hampstead. Continue reading →

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Must-Eat Montreal: The Foods You Should Eat & Where to Find Them (Going Places)

Posted on 2018-07-03 by tikichris

Mix the appetite of a lumberjack with the sophisticated palate of a French chef and you’ll have a pretty good approximation of what goes into making Montreal one of the yummiest cities in North America. Continue reading →

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Berlin | Best of the Wurst | Index

Posted on 2018-07-03 by tikichris

Whether you’re looking for a cheap meat feast, an organic indulgence, or a plant-based power snack – there’s a currywurst in Berlin for you! Continue reading →

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Authentic, Local and Not Currywurst | Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-07-02 by tikichris

Among my favourite non-currywurst dining experiences were two that were just as authentically Berliner and equally inexpensive and tasty: Bäckerei & Konditorei Waldtraut Balzer and Mustafa’s Gemüse Kebap. Continue reading →

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake at Carioca Brixton

Posted on 2018-07-02 by tikichris

A recently weekend brunch visit to Carioca in Brixton was not my first. And I’m please to report the food is still tasty and portions still generous at this quaint Market Row eatery. But it was my first time to have slice of the chocolate peanut butter cheesecake. And – wow – that was a sumptuous and texturally magnificent end to a meal. Continue reading →

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Curry at the Wall | Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-07-01 by tikichris

A vegan dinner at Curry at the Wall turned out to be a suitable substitute to the rest of the street meat on offer in Berlin. Continue reading →

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Konnopke’s Imbiss | Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-06-30 by tikichris

Set beneath an elevated U-Bahn track, this East Berlin takeaway has been serving affordable street food with a kick since 1930. Continue reading →

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Witty’s Currywurst | Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-06-29 by tikichris

Organic currywurst? That’s the offer at Witty’s, the first organic snack bar in Germany. Continue reading →

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Curry 36 | Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-06-28 by tikichris

First stop on my currywurst crusade is Kreuzberg street food institution: Curry 36. Continue reading →

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Berlin | Best of the Wurst

Posted on 2018-06-26 by tikichris

Best of the wurst? It’s gotta be in Berlin! So let me share with you the tastiest recs for that most quintessential of Berliner street food: currywurst. Continue reading →

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Lunch at The World’s End Market

Posted on 2018-06-17 by tikichris

A light and flavoursome lunch was enjoyed at one of my favourite Chelsea venues for food and drink: The World’s End Market. Continue reading →

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Ceru Soho

Posted on 2018-06-15 by tikichris

Levantine restaurant, Ceru, has brought its delicious dining concept to Soho with flavoursome and fragrant dishes in a pleasant dining space. Continue reading →

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Meat | All Consumed Episode 2 | #TCTalks Episode 21

Posted on 2018-06-14 by tikichris

For this episode of tikichris Talks I’d like to share an episode All Consumed, another podcast that I coproduce with fellow food, drink and travel writer Neil Davey. It’s the second episode of All Consumed, and the topic is meat. Continue reading →

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Everything You Need to Know about Alcohol Licensing

Posted on 2018-06-04 by tikichris

For many of us, running our own pub is a dream. From ultra-modern gastro pubs, to cosy rural inns with a log fire burning in the corner, the idea of owning the perfect pub and being its loveable landlord greatly appeals. However, making it a reality can often be time consuming and confusing. Continue reading →

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Win Dinner for Two at New Ceru Restaurant in Soho – Now Open!

Posted on 2018-05-25 by tikichris

Levantine restaurant, Ceru, has brought is delicious dining concept to Soho, with a second restaurant to complement its South Kensington location. Would you like a free taste for you and a foodie companion? Continue reading →

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Honi Poke Fenchurch Street

Posted on 2018-05-24 by tikichris

Honi Poke has opened its second location in London, this one near Fenchurch Street Station. Already a fan of Honi’s original Soho site (it’s probably my favourite poke in town), I was glad to hear the new of a more easterly sister outlet – and even more so when I got invited round to for a taste. Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday St Pancras International

Posted on 2018-05-09 by Demi Perera

St. Pancras International Station turned 150 years old yesterday on the 8th of May. The station is celebrating with a series of events named Celebrate St Pancras – the people, the place, the journey to mark the occasion. The events, exhibitions and installations have been commissioned to showcase the transformation of the station since 1868. Continue reading →

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Chef Vivek Singh | #TCTalks Episode 19

Posted on 2018-05-04 by tikichris

I’ve been following the career of Chef Vivek Singh for nearly as long as I’ve been writing about food. So it was a real privilege to interview him for this 19th episode of tikichris Talks. During our conversation, Chef Singh and I talk about his new restaurant at the Battersea Power Station as well as how his take on Modern Indian cuisine helped shape how Londoners eat today. Continue reading →

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An Evening of Meat at The Vaults

Posted on 2018-04-28 by Alexandra Kalinowski

It’s not often I’m handed a scoop of chicken liver atop a savoury cone and watched as I take each bite. I don’t know whether to stare back at her, or if she wants me to smile and look away. She’s about two inches from my face and can hear the crunch as I bite through the cone despite the thumping music. We’re doing a dance, but I’m not dancing. Continue reading →

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Chang Sensory Trails 2018 | 12 May | Last Days of Shoreditch

Posted on 2018-04-27 by tikichris

Chang Sensory Trails to Shoreditch to “deliver the unexpected” through a multi-sensory experience centred around Thai food, art and music taking place 12 May from noon to 10pm at Last Days of Shoreditch. Continue reading →

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Olso Takeovers at Oslo Hackney

Posted on 2018-04-21 by Alexandra Kalinowski

Mondays just got a whole lot better. DrinkUp.London have partnered with Oslo in Hackney to host what they call Oslo Takeovers. To cut a long story short, that means £6 cocktails. Continue reading →

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The Tapas Room | #TCTalks Episode 18

Posted on 2018-04-19 by tikichris

The 18th episode of tikichris Talks features an interview with Chef Paul Belcher at the bar of The Tapas Room in Tooting Broadway Market. During the quick session at the bar we chat about Spanish food and wine, the end of his Donostia Social Club in Brixton, his second Tapas Room opening soon in Deptford and more big news. Continue reading →

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Win 23-Piece Anne-Sophie Pic Box from Sushi Shop

Posted on 2018-04-15 by tikichris

The Anne-Sophie Collection from Sushi Shop features some of the most delicious sushi I’ve ever had the pleasure to eat. So it’s a pleasure to announce my team up with Sushi Shop for this competition offering the chance to win a box. Continue reading →

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Yuu Kitchen Executive Chef Jon de Villa | #TCTalks Episode 17

Posted on 2018-04-12 by tikichris

Episode 17 of tikichris Talks has me visiting one of my absolute favourite London restaurants, Yuu Kitchen, for a conversation with its Executive Chef, Jon de Villa. During our quick chat, Jon and I chat about his culinary background, Yuu Kitchen’s Pacific Rim cuisine and new menu featuring a range of super flavourful Filipino dishes. We also talk about the stall Yuu Kitchen plans to open at Spitalfields Market at the end of April. Continue reading →

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Eat Puglia | Index

Posted on 2018-04-09 by Judith Schrut

Here’s an index for quick reference to all of Judith Schrut’s posts in her Eat Puglia series. Continue reading →

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Vijay’s Bar & Lounge, Lokhandwala, Fitzrovia

Posted on 2018-04-08 by tikichris

Stylish Charlotte Street Indian Restaurant, Lokhandwala, has launched Vjay’s Bar & Lounge: a “speakeasy” above its main dining room. Continue reading →

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Eat Puglia | Trattoria Terra Madre, Alberobello

Posted on 2018-04-07 by Judith Schrut

Terra Madre (Italian for Mother Earth) is a bio-organic farm-to-fork restaurant, one of a growing number of such eateries taking Italy’s culinary imagination by storm. It’s set in the traditional trulli village of Alberobello, with the restaurant itself made from four beautifully restored trulli cones. Continue reading →

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Joanna’s in Crystal Palace Celebrates 40 Years with Vintage Specials Menu

Posted on 2018-04-06 by tikichris

40 years running and still going strong, Joanna’s in Crystal Palace is celebrating its four decades of delicious dining by showcasing some of its original and locally preferred dishes. Continue reading →

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The 8 Places for the Best Burritos in San Francisco (Going Places)

Posted on 2018-04-05 by tikichris

On a mission to experience the biggest, baddest, and most bodacious burritos in the world? San Francisco is top choice for most chowhounds seeking to call it a wrap on where to enjoy this most delicious of Mexican dishes. Continue reading →

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P.F. Chang’s Asian Table, Great Newport Street

Posted on 2018-04-02 by tikichris

If you’re on the hunt for a fun place to eat where flavour and efficiency matter more to the occasion than finesse and fuss, P.F. Chang’s should fit the bill. Continue reading →

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Eat Puglia | Pescaria, Polignano a Mare

Posted on 2018-04-02 by Judith Schrut

It so happens that Polignano has many seafood restaurants, and choosing where to dine can be  really difficult. We decided to follow the locals. And they were flocking to Pescaria. Continue reading →

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Kinky Ping Pong

Posted on 2018-04-02 by tikichris

Dinner and a show with a one-minute stroll? Here’s a great date night idea: dim sum and drinks at Ping Pong Covent Garden followed by catching a performance of Kinky Boots just round the corner at the Adelphi Theatre. Continue reading →

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Eat Puglia | Trattoria Il Brigante, Monopoli

Posted on 2018-04-01 by Judith Schrut

It was our first morning in the bright sunshine of Puglia– leaving snowbound Britain a few hours before on a crack-of-dawn budget flight from Stansted– so I was understandably eager to savour and set my teeth into the local cuisine. Continue reading →

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Mahiki Kensington

Posted on 2018-04-01 by tikichris

I hadn’t been to a tiki bar in ages (a sad thought for a fella going by the online moniker of tikichris). So the invite to take a tipple and nibble at Mahiki’s new(ish) Kensington outpost was welcomed with a readily returned response. Continue reading →

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(Northern) California Dreamin’ | Monterey Bay

Posted on 2018-04-01 by Judith Schrut

Judith Schrut spends the final part of her Northern California holiday chasing butterflies, sampling chowder and admiring marine life on the glorious Monterey Peninsula. Continue reading →

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