Mayfields may be a window box of a storefront East London restaurant treasured for deftly crafted small plates of boutique produce, meat and fish. Yet there was nothing dainty about the steakburger chef Matthew Young created for the January 13th BurgerMonday,...
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Pavilion Cafe’s Breakfast Burger a Hit Out of the Park
[slider_pro id="56"] The Pavilion Cafe in East London's glorious Victoria Park is run by the team behind Elliot's Cafe. The familial resemblance is apparent in the careful construction of the Pavilion's new breakfast burger, which sits up as securely in its...
What Do You Think is Wrong with the Dalston Superstore Burger?
The bacon cheeseburger at the Dalston Superstore in theultra- cool heart of East London sure is tall. Maybe the skyscraper burger is the bar's idea of New York style. Whatever. I identified no fewer than eight serious problems with the one I ordered medium-rare. From...
Is Isaac McHale the next big thing?
Were a CV a sure indicator of a chef's potential, as only gullible restaurateurs and food critics are led to believe, then Isaac McHale would already be counting his Michelin stars. Three weeks shy of 30 and three months from running his own kitchen for the first time...
At London’s Pizza East, love is in the air pockets
Who knows why an April breeze never remains? Why stars in the trees hide when it rains? Love comes along, casting a spell Will it sing you a song? Will it say a farewell? Who can tell? Could the great lyricist Johnny Mercer have had pizza in mind when he matched these...
Hats off to Gwilym Davies – 2009 World Barista Champion
Whenever in London you can congratulate 2009 British and now World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies in person – and have a great coffee while you're at it. Gwilym pulls his award-winning shots from an espresso cart parked at the Whitecross Street Market on weekdays...