Notorious Foodie

Those baby back ribs @rokarestaurant.uk 🔥
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Hard to go wrong with the Robata at Roka. A quick, easy and consistent Japanese that I find myself coming back to quite alot mid week. The order is usually very simple. Loads from the Robata and plenty of nigiri along with the kampachi + iceberg lettuce salad. On the Robata, the beef skewers and chicken wings are the best imo. The beef is ultra thinly sliced and glazed - it develops the most amazing char and is usually still cooked to medium. Delicious. Baby back ribs are for the most part great - chunky, juicy, smokey.. everything you want in some ribs. Topped with plenty of spring onion, toasted cashews and lime. Had a couple of times they were dried out but usually v good! Anywhere that has a good grill and rice, I’m in #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Recently at @dorian.nottinghill @maxcoen_chef 🥩🔥🤤
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Some incredible new dishes on the menu at Dorian. The deep fried duck leg dipped in hot sauce was outrageously good, ultra crispy on the outside and super tender in the centre. The flavour of their hot sauce is addictive, a sort of buffalo-esque tang and creaminess with fairly mild heat. Very good. Max sent out a bunch of new rostis. The beef tartare and uni Rosti was ridiculous, as was the caviar and oyster Rosti. Something about all these delicious ingredients sat on a crispy potato Rosti just works so well. The lobster tail French toast was a total hit - grilled and topped with clarified butter, black truffle, sat on relish, lettuce and toasted brioche. What a bite. Pistachio and caviar ice cream was interesting - a wild combination that took everyone by surprise but also kept them coming back for more. It’s dinners like this that keep Dorian in my list of favourites. Bravo chef! Knockouttt #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Delicious plates from @chishuru 😮‍💨
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Finally got to eat at Chishuru! It’s the newly awarded, 1-Michelin starred, modern west African restaurant in Fitzrovia. A lovely space set on ground and lower with just a handful of tables, all of which were full. The three-course set menu here is a great option to give you a full taste of Adejoké’s cooking style. Ultra flavoursome plates that were right on the money in terms of flavour. Hearty, warming and packed full of layered spices. The crispy lamb belly bites with hot pepper relish were phenomenal. I had to order another plate after taking just one bite. These things were perfectly cooked - ultra crispy on the outside with a beautifully tender and juicy centre. Super rich, smokey and spicy but very well balanced with the punchy pepper relish on top. So addictive - couldn’t recommend ordering these enough. Firmly added to my list of favourite bites this year. For main, opted for the charcoal-grilled guinea fowl and jollof rice. Like chicken and rice, but elevated in every way possible. The guinea fowl had a lovely char and smokiness to it. A real depth of flavour in the skin through to the meat. The side of jollof was the perfect pairing - each individual grain coated in the slowly simmered sauce and retaining some bite. Solid spot! Elevated African comfort food #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Arroz de Marisco @lisboeta.london @nunoviajante 🔥🇵🇹
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A lovely lunch at Lisboeta. The menu here is really interesting. It showcases the very best of Portuguese cuisine, using a unique combination of ingredients to yield new types of flavour and depth. The carabinero prawn and cuttlefish rice was the star dish for me. Stunning red prawns, lightly cured and served with the most velvety smooth risotto-style sushi rice. A big focus on ‘wet’ rice over dry here, where Nuno is able to pack in layers upon layers of complexity from the stock through to toppings like their lardo. The confit duck rice was great too with shredded pieces of the confit duck leg scattered throughout the rice. Loved the grilled XL carabinero with sweet potato bread and homemade piri piri. For me the empanadas were a little dense and dry - I think they were crying out for a sauce of some kind, or even more fat in the meat mixture. Flavours were great but texturally I wasn’t sure! For dessert, the Maria biscuit cake with coffee and ice cream - sensational. Cleaned this one up with ease, beautifully presented too #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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Grilled bread of dreams @mountain.restaurant @tomos_pp
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A few of my favourite dishes from Mountain. That raw sobrassada with honey, is just amazing. Rich, spicy and with welcomed spice and sweetness - a magical combination of flavours. The pumpkin fritti was great. An ultra light and bubbly batter. Grilled bread, essential. Went for the Dover sole and wood-fired rice for main. Always good in here.. #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️ Less

Grilled bavette with peppercorn @bistro_freddie 🔥🇫🇷
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A lovely lunch at Bistro Freddie. Such a nice dining room with every table full and the open kitchen in full swing. Ordered a bunch of things from the menu. Standouts for me were the bavette with peppercorn sauce and the beer battered monkfish with curry sauce. So much depth in the peppercorn sauce and a lovely crust on the beef. Monkfish was ultra crispy and carefully prepared. Delicious curry sauce, spicy and bright, worked beautifully with the crispy fish. Very tasty flatbreads too, with the garlic and Comte being my favourite. Least favourite dish had to be the chicken and wild garlic pie. For me, really underwhelming - a very watery, almost soupy consistency to the filling and it lacked the flavour and unctuousness I think a pie like this needs. Order their comte croquettes too + their sticky toffee for dessert, was great. A lovely new bistro and solid wine list! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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The best tempura and udon in townnn @koyalondon 🤤
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There’s few things quite as satisfying as the tempura and udon at Koya soho. The jumbo prawn tempura here is spectacular. They manage to create an ultra light, crispy and bubbly tempura batter that has a glass-like crunch. These things are fried till golden and the prawns are just so flavoursome and juicy. I like to sprinkle with sichimi, then throw all the condiments into the shirodashi, dip and eat. Delicious. The udon are freshly made each day too, ultra thick and bouncy with the most amazing chew. The texture is, for me, what makes these the best in London. Very similar to what you would find at a good udon place in Japan. Go here for some of the best hot and cold udon bowls around along with the most perfect tempura #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#london #tempura #londonfood #londonfoodie #londonfoodguide #londoneats #londonlife #soho #japanese #japanesefood #noodles #noodle #udon #soba #prawn #prawns #eeeeeats Less

Incredible dumplings from @kinkally.restaurant 🔥😍
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Fitzrovia’s all new Georgian inspired restaurant with a focus on Khinkali - twisted dumplings filled with either beef, lamb, pork, seafood or vegetables. Ultra chewy and satisfying to eat with decadent fillings and luscious sauces. They’re almost like soup dumplings, with the correct technique here being to bite a hole, drink the juices and eat. Delicious little morsels bursting with juices. My favourites from the khinkali were the Wagyu with peppercorn plum sauce + the pumpkin with Gorgonzola and amaretto. Clever flavour combinations and lovely presentation. The restaurant itself is pretty cool, loved the interiors and vibe, everything about it is carefully curated from the music through to the cocktails and bar. Make sure you order their rabbit pate, romaine lettuce salad and gurian beetroot too. The sides and small plates are not to be missed! Loved the dried persimmon, salted caramel and mascarpone to finish #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#london #londonfood #london🇬🇧 #fitzrovia #khinkali #dumpling #dumplings #finedining #michelinguide #michelinstar #georgia #georgian #asianfood #londonfoodie #londonfoodguide #eeeeeats #russian Less

Bone-in Txuleta Ribeye @litamarylebone @lukeahearne 🔥🥩
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What a dinner from the all new Lita in Marylebone. The focus here is on live-fire cooking, with a mix of incredible meat, fish and vegetables each having some sort of lick from the flame. The bone-in ribeye was incredible - perfectly cooked and served with a rich and complex beef jus that was still somehow quite light in consistency. The yellow fat caps were well rendered and melted into the jus beautifully. The star dish here for me has to be that tuna though.. just insane. I ordered three plates of it - @atunrojofuentes bluefin, corno peppers, corriander and capers - honestly incredible. It was so fresh with a real kick of balanced acidity and umami. I did a recipe last year with this tuna, it really is the best! Couldn’t get enough of the dressing. The duck ragout was another stand out - slow cooked and pulled duck leg, in a nicely reduced sauce and al dente strozapretti, topped with a mountain of parm. For wine went with a 2016 Clos Rougeard which was a great match for the beef. A solid new addition to the neighbourhood! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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A few bits from Beijing with @waldorf_astoria_beijing #WaldorfAstoriaPartner 🇨🇳🥟
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Another great stay with @waldorfastoria in Beijing. There are two sides to this hotel, the modern building and the Hutong Courtyard, which is connected via an underground passage. Super traditional Ming-Dynasty style decor and incredible features - it feels like you’re in a movie set - a really unique property. Had lunch on the first day at Brasserie 1893 with @chefmandelaz who has just taken over the restaurant. His yellowtail crudo with apple and dill oil was phenomenal. Will post some more bits from dinner at their Michelin-starred Chinese Zijin Mansion too. Incredible Cantonese cuisine with modern flair #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#beijing #china #breakfast #breakfastofchampions #breakfastideas #breakfasttime #breakfastclub #morning #wakeup #dimsum #mondaymotivation #dumplings #chinesefood #chinatown #finedining #brunch Less