Mangosteen

A great little restaurant off Carnaby Street in buzzing Soho, serving authentic Thai. As I love tod mun pla (Thai fish cakes), they serve as my benchmark to measure and compare different Thai restaurants. Mangosteen’s tod mun must be one of the best in London. They’re perfectly squidgy with all the blended flavours of fish, [...]

New Taj Mahal

This tiny Indian restaurant on Shepherd’s Market serves good food but I do wonder how a restaurant here keeps going, as there’s only space for about 20 covers at a push. And, on a Friday night – when you’d expect it to be busy – our party of three was seated immediately.

Best pre-theatre dining – London

I was recently asked to recommend a good restaurant to take visiting family to, before a Saturday night outing to the theatre. Somewhere nice enough to take parents, that would be reasonably priced and a bit different from your average restaurant (with good food, of course)…

Maroush – Sidi Maarouf

I was heading over to London’s Marble Arch area (west Oxford Street) to meet a friend the other evening and trying to eliminate some of the endless dining opportunities available to us, as I walked. There’s so many great restaurants in W1 it had the potential of being a long drawn-out decision. Luckily, I found I had a craving for spicy turkish sausages and grilled halloumi cheese, and I was walking in the direction of Edgware Road (Lebanese Central) after all…