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I'm London-based food critic and author Daniel Young, the young behind young&foodish. My mission is to first seek out the best, from carbonara to burgers, pizza to steak frites, and then bring great people together at events showcasing my top discoveries. Sign up for one of my upcoming events and join a community of people as passionate about food as you are.

30 Jan
BurgerMonday Ben Spalding Pop-Up
Ordinarily we'd have to gather at a fine restaurant to experience an acclaimed chef ‘s takes on comfort classics. But young&foodish once again lures a rising culinary star out of his comfort zone and into ours. For one Monday night only Ben Spalding of Roganic will set up shop behind the flat-top griddle of Andrew’s greasy spoon to put his signature on a burger. SOLD OUT
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6 Feb
BurgerMonday Pop-Up with Honest Burgers
What's the difference between the Honest Burger and the Honest+ Burger Tom Barton and Andy Bardsley are preparing this pop-up? All I can reveal is that the + version is very similar to the original prepared daily at Honest Burgers of Brixton Village, only bigger and different. MORE INFO
10 Feb
FriFriday Pop-Up with Banhmi11
For the inaugural FryFriday pop-up London street food stars Anh Vu and Van Tran of Banhmi11 want to overcome the image of deep-fried food as bad food. By marinating chicken wings, spring rolls & seabass before frying them and serving nuoc-mam-based dipping sauces, fresh herbs and salads as accompaniments they hope to convey the charm and lightness of Vietnamese cuisine even with a fried-only menu. BOOK NOW
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CoffeeSaturday Falls Back in Love With Cappuccino

When one great London coffee shop dared another great London coffee shop to park its espresso cart on its premises everyone’s first thought was smackdown. But the docking of Flat Cap, as Notes Music Coffee mobile units are known, at Prufrock Coffee on London’s Leather Lane was the main event of a “friendly” pop-up I organised to celebrate the release of Katie Parla’s Rome For Foodies Dining App and welcome back an old and much maligned favourite from Italy: the traditional cappuccino. [Read More...]

Is it Kosher for Mishkin’s Not To Be Kosher?

Most of the grievances from the kibbitzers of Covent Garden boil down to Mishkin’s authenticity deficit. The latest theme restaurant to get the Russell Norman touch (think da Polpo, Polpetto, Spuntino) is less the great Jewish deli they wished it to be than the Jewish-themed cocktail diner the big cheese of small plates willed it to be. Forget gefilte fish: the most criminal oversight, given the concept, is a drinks menu with no borscht martini. [Read More...]

Ted’s Steamed Burger Does What it Says in the Tin

There’s no arguing Ted’s Restaurant‘s steamed cheeseburgers are world famous. Not since the circa 1959 burger joint was featured in George Motz‘s Hamburger America, the book as well as the film, and on the TV show Man v. Food.

But convincing family members that Ted’s had been worth the schlep to Meridien, a small city in central Connecticut about 100 miles northeast of New York? No such luck. Laurie, Bill, Aaron and Viv Youngandfoodish were all put off by the dense, monochromatic, flavour-challenged burger meat. So was I. [Read More...]

For Fab Desserts It Helps to Know a Little German

Truly fabulous desserts are very much like German in their construction. You put small words together to make bigger better words, such as: