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Bilbao City Break

Posted on 2023-05-07 by tikichris

Last month, I took a quick solo city break in Bilbao – the largest city in the Basque Country and an excellent destination for great food and amazing art. I’d been to Bilbao a couple of times before and fully … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Bars, Coffee, Drink, Food, Museums, Restaurants, Spain, Travel | Tagged Amaren, Art, Bar El Eme, BARS, Basque, basque country, Baster, Bilbao, Cafe Iruna, coffee, Drink, Food, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, museums, spain, steak, steakhouse | Leave a comment

Best Restaurants of 2018

Posted on 2018-12-11 by tikichris

There’s one list left in my Best of 2018 series, and it’s a doozy: best restaurants of the year! Continue reading →

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Bar + Block Steakhouse, King’s Cross

Posted on 2017-02-06 by tikichris

A good steak in a smart place, that’s the gist of what’s on offer at new King’s Cross steakhouse, Bar + Block. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Bar + Block, Bar + Block Steakhouse, Bar and Block, Bar and Block Steakhouse, Drink, Food, king's cross, king's cross station, London, N1, N1 9AA, restaurants, reviews, steak, steakhouse, wine, York Way, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

8 Great Gin Bars in London (OneTravel)

Posted on 2014-06-17 by tikichris

Gin. It’s a London thing. So it’s no surprise that this city has some of the best bars to drink it. Here’s a look at eight great places to enjoy an elbow bender with the infamous Mother’s Ruin. Read my … Continue reading →

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Win a Free Dinner for Two and Celebrate Benihana’s 50th Birthday

Posted on 2014-06-12 by tikichris

Famed Japanese teppayaki restaurant Benihana turns 50 this year. With its unique offering of quality food served with a side of kitchen theatrics in a glamorous setting, Benihana is one of the most fun ways to dine in London. Keen to experience a delicious meal with a few thrills and a lot of laughs? Here’s a chance to celebrate the famous Japanese steakhouse’s half century of success with a free dinner for two at one of its three London restaurants. Continue reading →

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Dixie Detours: Sweet Shoals Music

Posted on 2014-03-03 by tikichris

Before our visit to the Muscle Shoals area of Alabama, I never would have imagined the music of Aretha Franklin could resonate even more with me than it already did. Goosebumps on top of goosebumps – how’s that gonna happen? But there I was standing in Studio A of Fame Studios in humble little Florence, Alabama where the mighty diva recorded such classics as Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, and something clicked in a deep and soulful sort of way. In the few days since Kemey and I checked out the Shoals, listening to Aretha’s songs has been coupled with an even deeper and more satisfying feeling than before. Continue reading →

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Best London Restaurants – 2013

Posted on 2013-12-26 by tikichris

To say I ate and drank well this year does not begin to describe how delectable 2013 was for me. Both in London and beyond, I had the pleasure of experiencing some of the best meals outside the home I’ve ever eaten. Here’s a list of the ten London restaurants I enjoyed visiting the most over the past 12 months along with a few extra honourable mentions. Keep an eye out for more posts over the coming days listings my favourite London cheap eats and pizza places, as well as the ten best restaurants I visited outside of London this year. Continue reading →

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Excellent Steaks and More at Gillray’s Steakhouse & Bar, County Hall

Posted on 2013-11-08 by tikichris

A recent visit to Gillray’s Steakhouse & Bar at The London Marriott Hotel had me enjoying finely crafted cocktails and tucking into an amazingly satisfying mega-steak dinner. Here’s a quick report on what made my meal so special along with details on how you can dine with a discount if you tell ’em tikichris sent you. Continue reading →

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50% Off All Steaks at MASH Steakhouse in London (CheapOair)

Posted on 2013-10-22 by tikichris

To celebrate its first birthday, Danish steakhouse MASH is to offer all their steaks at half off their regular price from Sunday the 3rd to Thursday the 7th November. For these five days only, diners will be invited to indulge … Continue reading →

Posted in CheapOair, Food, London, Restaurants, Travel | Tagged brewer street, charles smith, cheapoair, Food, fundraiser, London, London blog, MASH, no bull, restaurant, steak, steakhouse, Travel, W1, W1F 9ZN, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Win a Free Signed Copy of Chef Neil Perry’s Rockpool Bar & Grill Cookbook

Posted on 2013-09-06 by tikichris

Neil Perry is one of the world’s top chefs. When he’s not in the kitchen at one of his seven Australian restaurants, cooking up a storm on TV or working as lead consultant to Qantas Airways, Neil somehow manages to find the time to be an author. Keep reading for your chance to win a signed copy of his Rockpool Bar & Grill book. Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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“Menu Relief” at MASH

Posted on 2013-03-12 by tikichris

Feeling a little second tier as a foodie and a London blogger, I finally made it to MASH for the first time last night. Definitely worth the wait, I enjoyed my special “Menu Relief” dinner of a three courses, including MASH’s signature steak and cheesecake, for £50 with £20 of the proceeds going direct to Comic Relief. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged brewer street, charles smith, comic relief, Food, fundraiser, London, MASH, menu relief, no bull, no bull syrah, red nose day, restaurant, restaurant review, review, steak, steakhouse, syrah, W1, W1F 9ZN, wine | Leave a comment

MASH Offers Special Menu Relief Fundraiser Monday 11 March

Posted on 2013-03-05 by tikichris

Combining its informal Danish style eating and drinking with plush and comfy experience of a “modern American steakhouse” for a noteworthy cause, MASH restaurant will host a special foodie fundraiser dinner this coming Monday (11 March) to celebrate Red Nose Day’s new Menu Relief initiative. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged brewer street, comic relief, fundraiser, London, MASH, menu relief, red nose day, restaurant, steak, steakhouse, W1, W1F 9ZN, wine | Leave a comment

Wine of the Month: Sophie’s Reserve Rouge 2011 – House Red at Sophie’s Steakhouse

Posted on 2013-01-27 by tikichris

One aspect to my lunch at Sophie’s still stands out as exceptional: the house red. Sophie’s Reserve Rouge 2011, IGP d’Oc is a great wine. At £4.75 for a 175ml glass and £16.95 for a bottle it’s great value too. A blend of Syrah and Grenache created by the restaurant’s “own team”, I liked it from the first sip and thought is was an especially smart and easy drinker to go with red meat. Good ‘n’ juicy with a medium body, it’d be a nice one to drink on its own if slipping into Sophie’s for an evening at the comfortable (and I hearing ridiculously popular) bar. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine, Wine of the Month | Tagged chelsea, covent garden, Food, french wine, fulham, fulham road, grenache, house red, house wine, IGP d'Oc, red wine, restaurant, restaurant review, review, sophie's reserve, sophie's reserve rouge, Sophie's Reserve Rouge 2011, sophie's steakhouse, steak, steakhouse, SW10, SW10 9QH, syrah, WC2, WC2E 7DB, wellington street, wine, Wine of the Month, wotm | Leave a comment

La Patagonia: Bife de Lomo Love in Camden

Posted on 2012-08-19 by tikichris

If you like your steaks bloody and your Malbec bloodier, this is the place for you. Beef is top quality; I loved my mega-chunk o’ bife de lomo (200g of Argentine fillet – £21). And, the handmade chorizos a la pomarola (£4.50) rock. During my visit last week, a glass of the punchy house Malbec (£4.50) – Colonia, Finca la Colonia, Bodegas Norton – seemed to size up both the home made sausages and my fillet perfectly. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged ARGENTINE, ARGENTINIAN, BIFE DE LOMO, camden, CAMDEN HIGH STREET, CAMDEN TOWN, LA PATAGONIA, London, MALBEC, MORNINGTON CRESCENT, new restaurant review, NW1, NW1 7JE, restaurants, steak, steakhouse, wine | Leave a comment

Perfectly Grilled Meat and More at Argentine Steakhouse A La Cruz (CheapOair)

Posted on 2011-10-20 by tikichris

Perfectly Grilled Meat and More at Argentine Steakhouse A La Cruz CheapOair, October 20, 2011 Being situated in the villagey neighbourhood of Clerkenwell – home to some of London’s oldest and most celebrated pubs, a few nearby Michelin starred and … Continue reading →