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Restaurants

Nosh served up around the world.

R&R in Europe: 48 hours in Brussels

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Two hours from central London to Brussels? Amazing food, gorgeous architecture and some great art? Why had I never done this before? Friday A bit of wandering around to get our bearings before dinner at a down-to-earth brasserie recommended by the Independent, one of the myriad seafood places off Place St. Catherine – paper tablecloths, [...]

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London restaurant review: Nozomi (SW3)

Do you have baselines for trying out new restaurants? Those dishes that, if they get just right, you’re an instant fan and will come back to try everything else on the menu? Mine include a classic champagne cocktail, scrambled eggs on toast and the perfect black and blue steak. For Japanese restaurants, my must-get-right-dish is [...]

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London restaurant review: Saf (EC2)

I really did want to like Saf (here on Urbanspoon). My contrarian instincts extend to my own opinions too, so that a gourmet vegan restaurant that seemed like the very sort of place I should detest, actually might have been a perfect counterfoil for my sausage-eating tendencies. I wanted to put all my preconceptions aside [...]

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London restaurant review: Aubaine (SW3)

Went to this cute bistro for lunch on Wednesday – it’s so welcoming with its patio doors thrown open to the pavement, big mirrors and distressed wood tables. We were greeted by smiley and efficient waiters bearing a toothsome bread selection (they have their own bakery at the front) and seated on a table that [...]

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Restaurant review: Bond St Lounge @ Townhouse, Miami Beach

Bond St Lounge 150 20th St Miami Beach, FL 33139 If you’re going to pick a time and a day to see a restaurant with a bar/loungey vibe in its best light, I’m guessing a random Monday at 7pm isn’t it. This also isn’t the kind of restaurant you want to go to when it’s [...]

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Restaurant review: Doraku, Miami Beach

Doraku 1104 Lincoln Road, South Beach, Fl 33139 (305) 695 8383 www.dorakusushi.com I just can’t get enough of this little place on the Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. I love it so much that I have the pdf of the menu saved in Evernote, and I’m systematically working my way through it, meal by meal. [...]

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Restaurant reviews: Seafire, Nassau; Rosa Mexicano, Miami

In my (not so) humble opinion, I reckon that one can accurately measure the health of the economy by the number of waiter-sung “Happy Birthday” moments in a certain type of restaurant over the course of any one evening. This rule, let’s call it Zoë’s Index of Disposable Wealth Demonstration by Means of Public Humiliation, [...]

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Gastrocard: Vancouver restaurant reviews

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I’m just back from two weeks travelling in Canada which I absolutely loved – a beautiful country, laid back people and so much to see and do. We started out in Vancouver – gorgeous, green and on a human scale, seeming to merit all its plaudits as the world’s most liveable city. I ate some of [...]

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