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London small plate seriesSeptember 24, 2020May 21, 2026

The Dairy – Chicken liver mousse, Peach sorbet, Cherry bake well

Exactly thirteen months to the day today! What a day this was! Started with reggae brunch celebrating a friend’s birthday. Let me tell you something, I have never been to a reggae brunch before but boi! I am for sure going to the next one! It is a whole Vibe.

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London small plate seriesJune 30, 2020May 22, 2026

The Elephant – Pop up delight by Simon Hulstone

There is something about the last days of summer that we all love. That last of the summer feeling, on roof top bar, drinking cider and basking in the sunshine. We were experiencing an Indian summer back in 2017 and loving it. We decided to play tourists for the day (as one does) and ended up in John Lewis, Oxford street.

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London small plate seriesMay 30, 2020May 22, 2026

Hâm – An introduction featuring Quail and sirloin beef

Hâm an old English word meaning ‘homestead’ or more loosely ‘home’ is our local restaurant in Northwest London. We have been here on several occasions because their breakfast, brunch, is darn good but never tried any other menu’s.

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London small plate seriesMay 12, 2020May 19, 2026

Rabbit, London – sweet cured Grouse, scallops & caviar

Having a meal at Rabbit was the best way to end a good day. We had spent majority of the afternoon in the Saatchi gallery to see ‘beyond the road’ exhibition and it was so dope – immersion of sound, light and space.

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London small plate seriesMay 8, 2020May 21, 2026

Dehesa – red wine chorizo, chilli prawn in squid ink and pork belly

Dehesa! where the food is inspired by Spanish and Italian cuisine meaning the food is going to be colourful, flavourful and wholesome. A place, where after sampling the starters, you know you must have a few more dishes because the food is that good!

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London small plate seriesApril 21, 2020May 21, 2026

Sticky Mango – a little taste of South East Asia

Some of my friends still don’t understand why I spend hours eating a meal which they opine not to be filling very satisfying either.So, I decided that ever so often I would treat my sceptics to food adventure and here we are!

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London small plate seriesApril 11, 2020May 21, 2026

Boqueria – where hand carved Iberian cured ham is a must!!

Our first visit to Boqueria was 3 years ago. Gosh, three years already! I still remember that Friday evening, Neal and I were not sure, no, let me rephrase that, I was not up for going out. Why? Well WINTER! Listen, I am from the tropics, I don’t do cold well lol.

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London small plate seriesApril 4, 2020May 19, 2026

Santa Maria Del Sur – the best steak in London, PERIODT!!!

I have thought about the controversy this blog title might stir, but, yeah, I said what I said! Santa Maria Del Sur serve the best steak in this London Streets!

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London small plate seriesMarch 31, 2020May 21, 2026

Social wine and tapas – mangalista pork, peppers and peanut butter parfait

Social wine and tapas is a wine shop and tapas place owned by Jason Artherton. This was our first introduction to Jason Artheron’s menu and let’s just say, we were hooked.

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LondonFebruary 5, 2020May 15, 2026

Salon – Coffee, Chocolate, Amaretto

FEBRUARY! universally known as love(rs) month if valentine’s day is your thing! And no! I am not being a sour puss lol! I just think there are other things that make it a unique month. It is the shortest, albeit, the coldest month of the year. Plus, payday comes round quick no?

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LondonSeptember 21, 2019May 19, 2026

The Square, London – Scorpion fish, Beeswax, Grouse, chocolate and hammer

Lisbon was awesome but it is good to be back home. How are we? It has been an eventful September so far, doing the most with friends and family. I took my dear friend to a boodle fight aka kamayan

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LondonJuly 28, 2019May 21, 2026

Petrus by Gordon Ramsay – flavour at first bite

Hi Garmavsfood family! How are we lovely people? You guys out there enjoying summer? Eating, drinking and living your best lives? Well I hope you are. North Sea jazz festival was freaking brilliant!

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LondonJuly 6, 2019May 21, 2026

The Clove Club – Anniversary lunch featuring Wiltshire trout, Aylesbury Duck, Hereford beef and English Strawberries

Hellooo July! Gosh time is flying by real fast. It seems like we just come back from our break in Sorrento but that was back in May! How you guys doing? We have gone past the half way mark for the year and its five, 5 months to Christmas …

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LondonMay 11, 2019May 7, 2026

Sabor – boiled Octopus and suckling Pig?

Spring has sprung (hopefully), the weather is changing and as we eagerly await the return of summer, we decided today was a good day to have a random food adventure in our beloved city.

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LondonApril 7, 2019May 21, 2026

Elystan Street – duck egg in mayonnaise, chocolate bar & truffle to go!

Hello Garmanvsfood family, we are slowly getting into warm(ish) months! How we all doing? First quarter of the year gone, less winter blues and more spring and summer vibes yes?

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LondonFebruary 16, 2019May 21, 2026

STEM by Neo – Chef’s Table: wholesome food extraordinarily cooked

Is it me or the run up to Valentine’s day gets more manic each year? I mean we’ve barely gotten the Christmas decorations down and the next thing is RED everywhere!

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LondonJanuary 12, 2019May 21, 2026

ROGANIC – 4 is not too many!

The first food adventure of 2019 is ROGANIC! You know that saying – ‘‘two isn’t enough, third time is a charm but four too many’’? Well, I’ll tell you now, this does not apply to any restaurant belonging to Simon Rogan!

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LondonDecember 21, 2018May 19, 2026

Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London – Jury still out on this one

The first time I heard of Heston Blumenthal was via the BBC series called Heston Blumenthal: in search of perfection in the early 2000s. At the time I was not that much of a foodie and focused on university

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LondonDecember 15, 2018May 19, 2026

Pollen Street Social, London – magic Chinese box & ice cream = GENIUS!

Its 10 days to Christmas! Where did the year go? We both cannot wait for Christmas break to just relax, spend time with loved ones and hopefully not binge on too many chocolates ha!

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LondonOctober 20, 2018May 19, 2026

The Ledbury, London – Bantam’s egg is no ordinary egg!

Hey guys, how we doing? It’s October folks! Autumn is upon us, but we still feel the love of summer in the air. Summer ’18 has been glorious! Your girl still has not had the need to put on her tights since end of March?! Come through sunshine!

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