Notorious Foodie

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

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

Notorious Foodie x @chimi - Paris Fashion Week dinner 🕶️🌚🖤
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A very fun night hosting dinner with Chimi at @sugaarparis on the 29th Feb for PFW. Thank you to everyone who turned up and partied with us all night long! A night to remember 🚀🙏🏽
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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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Steak au poivre @bistrotpaulbert 😮‍💨
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An amazing lunch at Le Bistrot Paul Bert. A bistro of dreams with classic Parisian interiors and a menu to keep you coming back for more. They serve everything from their famous steak au poivre to their insane croque-monsieur loaded with seasonal truffles and the Dover sole meunière. The filet mignon au poivre was excellent - perfectly cooked. So tender, well rested and flavoursome. The sauce was thick and glossy but loose enough to enjoy and dip the crispy frites maison in to. Plenty of black pepper to bring the heat. Dover sole was good but not the best I’ve had - needed more lemon, butter and sea salt. The ouefs au plat à la truffe noir was delicious. Sunny side up eggs, with a truffled cream sauce underneath. Gooey rich egg yolks and an amazing bite all together. This place has real charm and top quality food to match for a classic French bistro. They only use the very best ingredients and so you can expect the freshest rotating plates alongside the classics #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#paris #parisfood #parisienne #parisian #parisfoodie #france #bistrot #bistro #steak #steakdinner #steakaupoivre #filetmignon #tenderloin #eeeeeats #finedining #parisfashionweek #parisstyle #truffle #truffles #paulbert Less

Steak and potatoes @mountain.restaurant @tomos_pp 🥩🔥
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An outstanding dinner. Congrats to these guys on their star - the food and service was excellent all round. This was my second visit and definitely my favourite so far. Opted for the black Angus beef sirloin cooked over Woodfire - a beautiful piece of meat from the one and only @mr_txuleta . Lovely yellow fat that was nicely rendered and really tasty thin slices of beef. I always order a side of beef jus to go along with the potatoes here or at @bratrestaurant - it’s a magical combination. Deeply flavoured and rich. Service was top - the waitress knew the menu and ingredients very well and the sommelier was excellent too, suggesting this fresh Chenin when the one I ordered was sold out. Had a number of other dishes and some fish for main also but will follow up with part 2 separately. Worth a visit! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#london #londonfood #londonfoodie #londonfoodguide #londoneats #londonlife #eeeeeats #steak #grill #beef #steakdinner #woodfire #finedining #michelinguidefood #txuleta #basque #sansebastian #eeeeeats #michelinstar Less

Lamb hotpot @devonshiresoho @mcmoop @ashleypalmerwatts 🚀🫡
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One pub, four stories and three dining rooms. The new kid on the block delivered on all fronts. It’s pub food done correctly. The majority of main plates here are centred around their Woodfire grill on the first floor - I’d try and reserve in here if you want to catch the grill action. All three dining rooms share the same menu though. In terms of the food, you’ll find no over-engineering or complicating here - it’s a menu of classics that are well executed. Food you want to eat in a pub that actually hits the mark on flavour. All of the baking and dry-ageing is done in house with a big butchery in the basement. My favourites of the night were the Iberico pork ribs and the bone-in ribeye. The bite sized ribs were so good I ordered three more portions - charred, sticky and beautifully soft. Falling off the bone with nicely rendered fat and a sweet glaze. The 850g ribeye arrived with a lovely crust and perfect medium rare temp. The beef was buttery soft. Good marbling and funky, beefy flavour. Green sauce was the winner for me. Brawn toast didn’t love, not quite my taste but nicely put together. Lamb hotpot, yum. A lovely stewed lamb filling with carrots, onions and nice lamb jus with crispy scalloped potatoes on the top. Sticky toffee for dessert is essential - top tier. Place is heaving, good vibes will be back for sure - a lot more to try #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#london #londonfood #londonfoodie #londonfoodguide #pub #devonshire #devonshiresoho #soho #londonlife #hotpot #eeeeeats #pubfood #guinness #irish #irishpub #steak #london🇬🇧 #londoncity #woodfire #grill #grilling Less

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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Grilled brill @leos.london @pep_belvedere 😍
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A very delicious dinner at Leo’s. This local charmer on Chatsworth road is worth a visit. It’s a retro-styled Italian diner and @pep_belvedere really knows what he’s doing. I had one of the most amazing dishes here which I’ll save for a separate post - probably one of the tastiest plates I’ve had so far in 2024. Other than that, I had their white lasagne, tagliolini with porcini butter and black truffle and the grilled brill. All three were beautifully prepared. The white lasagne was creamy and al dente with a rich layers of tender pork ragu and spinach throughout. A perfectly caramelised, crispy top. Delectable. The egg yolk tagliolini, made in house with the most vibrant colour and firm texture. Fragrant and tasty. The brill was tender and sweet, with a viscous and tart lemon butter sauce - v good. A super casual and pleasant atmosphere with great service and knowledgable staff! If only there were more spots like this! #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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#london #eastlondon #hackney #lasagne #lasagna #pasta #italian #italianfood #diner #truffle #fish #brill #eeeeats #finedining #seafood #pescatarian #healthy #pastalovers Less