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Kobe Beef | #TCTalks Episode 50

Posted on 2018-11-29 by tikichris

Episode 50 of tikichris Talks features an interview I conducted in while in Kobe, Japan with Mr Tetsunori Tanimoto. Mr Tanimoto is Head of Kobe Beef Association and President of Livestock Division for Hyogo Prefectural Headquarters National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative. During our conversation, he dispelled a few myths about Kobe beef while explaining what sets it apart from other products and how to know if you’re getting the real thing. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, interview, Japan, Luxury, Podcast, Restaurants, Shopping, TCTalks, Travel | Tagged #TCTalks, beef, Food, Hyogo, interview, japan, japanese food, Junko Usui, kobe beef, Kobe Beef Association, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, steak, Tetsunori Tanimoto, tikichris talks, Travel, Wagyu | Leave a comment

Kobe Beef | #TCTalks Episode 50

Posted on 2018-11-29 by tikichris

Tagged #TCTalks, beef, Food, Hyogo, interview, japan, japanese food, Junko Usui, kobe beef, Kobe Beef Association, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, steak, Tetsunori Tanimoto, tikichris talks, Travel, Wagyu | Leave a comment

Up In My Grill at The King & Co

Posted on 2018-09-10 by Alexandra Kalinowski

What started as affordable, flavoursome steaks has now morphed into a wide menu of burgers, crispy lamb belly, aubergine parma mess and short rib. And because old habits die hard, I did try all of the dishes that Up In My Grill will be serving during the two-month residency at The King & Co. Continue reading →

Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Pubs, Restaurants | Tagged BARS, beef, burgers, Cheeeburgers, CLAPHAM, Clapham Park Road, Drink, Food, hamburgers, London, pubs, restaurants, reviews, south london, street food, SW4, SW4 7BZ, The King & Co, Up In My Grill | Leave a comment

World Steak Challenge 2018

Posted on 2018-08-06 by tikichris

At the beginning of last month (4th of July actually) I got to sit in for a second year in a row as a consumer judge at World Steak Challenge, where three dozen or so expert judges convened to test and rate close to sirloin, fillet and rib eye steaks from 22 different countries and four continents. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Shopping | Tagged beef, east london, EC1, EC1Y 1BE, Food, London, Magic Roundabout, meat, old street, Shopping, shoreditch, steak, The Magic Roundabout, World Steak Challenge, World Steak Challenge 2018, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in All Consumed, Food, interview, London, Luxury, Restaurants, Shopping, TCTalks, Travel | Tagged #TCTalks, All Consumed, beef, Chef Michael Reid, Clifford Jones, Executive Chef Michael Reid, Food, Gourmet Goat, interview, London, luxury, M Restaurants, meat, Michael Reid, Nadia Stokes, Neil Davey, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, steak, tikichris talks, Travel, Vaca y Marela, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Meat | All Consumed Episode 2 | #TCTalks Episode 21

Posted on 2018-06-14 by tikichris

Tagged #TCTalks, All Consumed, beef, Chef Michael Reid, Clifford Jones, Executive Chef Michael Reid, Food, Gourmet Goat, interview, London, luxury, M Restaurants, meat, Michael Reid, Nadia Stokes, Neil Davey, PODCAST, restaurants, Shopping, steak, tikichris talks, Travel, Vaca y Marela, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Vaca y Marela | #TCTalks Episode 9

Posted on 2018-01-24 by tikichris

The ninth episode of TCTalks gets to the meat of the matter with Clifford Jones about his holistic agricultural project in rural Galicia: Vaca y Marela. In the interview, Clifford explains what makes this verdant corner of northern Spain such an amazing place for food and why beef from the region is so highly prized. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, interview, Photography, Podcast, Restaurants, Shopping, Spain, TCTalks, Travel | Tagged #TCTalks, beef, Clifford Jones, Food, galicia, interview, London, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, Santiago de Compostela, Shopping, spain, spanish food, steaks, Travel, Vaca y Marela, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Vaca y Marela | #TCTalks Episode 9

Posted on 2018-01-24 by tikichris

The ninth episode of TCTalks gets to the meat of the matter with a Clifford Jones about his holistic agricultural project set in rural Galicia: Vaca y Marela. In the interview, Clifford explains what makes this verdant corner of northern Spain such an amazing place for food and why beef from the region is so highly regarded. Continue reading →

Tagged #TCTalks, beef, Clifford Jones, Food, galicia, interview, London, luxury, PODCAST, restaurants, Santiago de Compostela, Shopping, spain, spanish food, steaks, tikichris talks, Travel, Vaca y Marela, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

World Steak Challenge 2017

Posted on 2017-07-09 by tikichris

Best steak in the world? Here’s the answer from this year’s World Steak Challenge in London – where I got to help judge and have a taste of it and 16 of the other runners up. Last week I sat … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Shopping | Tagged beef, east london, Food, London, Magic Roundabout, meat, old street, Shopping, shoreditch, steak, The Magic Roundabout, World Steak Challenge, World Steak Challenge 2017, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Recipe: Picanha with Hemp Seed Chimichurri

Posted on 2016-10-10 by tikichris

First up from my recipes for the Tom Hixson Masterchef Challenge is pichanha with hemp seed chimichurri. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Recipes, Shopping, Tom Hixson Masterchef Challenge | Tagged beef, butcher, chimichurri, chimichurri recipe, Food, hemp seed, hemp seed chimichurri, London, meat, picanha, picanha with hemp seed chimichurri, recipes, rump cap, Shopping, steak, tikichris recipes, tom hixson, Tom Hixson Masterchef Challenge, Tom Hixson of Smithfield, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Gourmet Goat Re-Veals New Menu Item

Posted on 2016-08-05 by tikichris

Borough Market traders, Gourmet Goat, just got a more gourmet and less goaty with the introduction of a new meat on the menu: rose veal. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Restaurants, Street Markets | Tagged BBC Food and Farming Awards, beef, borough, borough market, Food, Gourmet Goat, London, Nadia Stokes, Nick Stokes, restaurants, Rochester Walk, rose veal, SE1 9AF, south london, southwark, street food, street markets, veal, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Recipe: Root Beer Chilli con Carne

Posted on 2015-09-29 by tikichris

Hungry? Here’s another Root Beer Reboot recipe – this one for a rootsy chilli con carne that’s especially excellent for upping the yum factor on a hot dog. Continue reading →

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Recipe: Chilli con and non Carne

Posted on 2013-10-25 by tikichris

Autumn is here and there’s a chill in the air. That means it’s a great time to cook some chilli on the hob! Here’s my recipe for chilli con carne – or non carne if you prefer the vegetarian option and even some tips for making a chilli Quorn carne if you’d like to go veggie but still get some meaty flavour and good dose of healthy protein. Continue reading →

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Like Sunday Lunch for a Tuesday Tide Over at West Cornwall Pasty Co

Posted on 2013-09-25 by tikichris

So I was running around all over town yesterday without a chance to stop for a meal. At one point, I found myself at Waterloo Station (en route from Mayfair to South Bank with Soho, Camden and back home to Hackney lined up after that) and went with an old reliable for my din-din on the go: a pasty from West Cornwall Pasty Co. Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Restaurants | Tagged beef, Food, food restaurants, London, pasty, restaurant, restaurants, review, roast, roast beef, street food, SUNDAY LUNCH, sunday lunch pasty, SUNDAY ROAST, WATERLOO STATION, west cornwall pasty co | Leave a comment

Bourbon Tasting Flights and a Steak of the Month at JW Steakhouse, Park Lane

Posted on 2013-06-13 by tikichris

JW Steakhouse at the Marriott’s Grosvenor House hotel has recently introduced a couple of brilliant new reasons to pay this fine dining establishment a visit post-haste: a series of four bourbon tasting flights and a Steak of the Month. Both these offers represent deliciously good news to be sure! However, what is perhaps even more deserving of me shouting about you making speedy beeline to enjoy is the simple fact that, as I discover during my dinner last night, everything else about this American style Steakhouse is fantastic too. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, Hotels, London, Restaurants | Tagged A JW Marriott Hotel, aberdeen angus, beef, bourbon, bourbon tasting flight, cheesecake, Drink, Food, Grosvenor House, Grosvenor House A JW Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor House hotel, hotel, JW Steakhouse, liquor, London, longhorn, marriott, mayfair, park lane, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, review, steak, steak of the month, steakhouse, USDA beef, W1, whiskey, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Recipe: Blueberry Beef Picadillo

Posted on 2013-06-09 by tikichris

Sometimes I get a crazy idea for a recipe in my head and just have to give it a try. Occasionally it turns out to be pretty good. Such is the case with this recipe for blueberry beef picadillo. A picadillo is a meat hash. Blueberry hash? Yeah, it’s a bit weird. But think of the berries as acidic and sweet flavouring along the same lines as tomatoes for a meat sauce or cranberries to be served with roast turkey and maybe then my idea won’t seem quite as bizarre. Continue reading →

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Sunday Lunch: Paradise by Way of Kensal Green

Posted on 2013-06-08 by tikichris

I don’t want to give away too much about the fantastic dining room of Paradise by Way of Kensal Green. If you’ve never been, it’s worth a bit of uncertainly for the wonderful surprise of seeing the interiors for the first time. And, of course, if you have been then you know what I’m talking about. Nice place for a drink, eh? But have you tried the Sunday lunch? It’s full-on (and filling!) and as lovely as you might expect to enjoy in such a pleasant setting. Continue reading →

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New Reasons to Love an Old Favourite: Gourmet Burger Kitchen at the N1 Centre, Angel

Posted on 2013-06-06 by tikichris

Remember when Gourmet Burger Kitchen was virtually the only place in London where you could go for a halfway decent burger? I guess such a time really wasn’t all that long ago but it seems like ancient history given all the choice we have for burgers now. I reckon GBK deserves much of the credit (or should I say blame?) for creating the conditions that led to the burger mania that’s swept London these past couple of years. And now that a number from the recent onslaught of burger joints seem to have eclipsed GBK in popularity and success, is the beefy trendsetter still worth taking a bite out of? Yeah, I’d say so. Continue reading →

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Tapas Recipe: Beef and Pimentón Yorkshire Mini Puds by Jose Pizarro

Posted on 2013-05-09 by tikichris

A few weeks back I had the pleasure sampling the results of chef Jose Pizarro and Codorníu cava teaming up to create a series of “Great British Tapas”. You can read about that experience in my write up for Blue Tomato. I really enjoyed tasting … Continue reading →

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A Beefy Visit to Smithfield Market with Tom Hixson & Co (Great British Chefs)

Posted on 2013-04-24 by tikichris

There’s a good chance that if you’ve recently enjoyed a cut of USDA Prime beef at a London steakhouse or cut into a sumptuous mound of bife de lomo at one of this town’s many Argentine restaurants, your steak found its way to your plate via Tom Hixson & Co of Smithfield Market. Continue reading →

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Prime Steak and More at Palm London (CDCLifestyle)

Posted on 2013-04-18 by tikichris

Star of the table at Palm London is the steak: New York strip, rump and boneless rib-eye to be precise. Sourced exclusively from Smithfield stalwart – Tom Hixson & Co – and grilled to perfection by Executive Chef Spencer Westcott and his kitchen, the Palm serves gorgeously marbled and tender corn fed, hand selected USDA Prime beef aged for a minimum of 35 days … But the reasons to choose Palm don’t stop with the steaks. Continue reading →