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    January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

    Tale #88 BAO

    I had a lot of different feelings about Bao: excitement about trying it; anxiety about the queue; anger whilst I was in the queue not to mention soaked to the bone (it was pouring); relief at being given a table and finally satisfaction and delight. The anger I felt in the queue was not due to […]

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    October 18, 2015May 5, 2016

    Tale #87 Kitty Fisher’s

    Ironically my job in restaurant public relations is what has kept me from writing about restaurants. The frequency with which I have been eating out has been so high, it has been impossible to document all beastly adventures. Instead of writing about all the restaurants I have eaten at in the past 6 months since […]

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    April 19, 2015April 27, 2015

    Tale #86 Pujol

    The list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants is one of those things I read every year, think “wow” I’d really like to eat at some of these, and then move on because I know I don’t have $300+ to blow on one meal, even if it will be the best meal of my life. I […]

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    March 13, 2015March 29, 2015

    Tale # 85 New Orleans: Cochon Butcher

    In New Orleans, the food is never too spicy, catfish and biscuits for brunch is totally normal, natural disasters are commemorated in sugary cocktail concoctions, and local food is to be honored and revered. While New Orleans is a place that has always taken its food seriously, it’s not all Creole and Cajun delights (although […]

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    December 23, 2014

    Tale #82 Torrisi Italian Specialties

    About a few days after making reservation at Torrisi, news broke that the restaurant would close on January 1st and re-open as a 15-seat fine dining restaurant with a brand new name — lucky timing eh? Not that Torrisi’s eighteen-seat joint is any easier to get into than this 15-seat place will be but, whatever. The […]

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    November 24, 2014

    Tale #81 Smorgasburg

    I’m not going to engage in a full-blown “New York vs. London food markets” rant (although I would enjoy doing that ever so much), however, in an attempt to be fair and reasonable, I will say this. There are a lot of fun and interesting markets in New York City: the Union Square farmers market always […]

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    November 16, 2014March 16, 2015

    Tale #80 ABC Kitchen

    It has taken me so long to write this review that I have actually been to this restaurant twice now. I could spin this to make it seem like I wanted to be really thorough and check out the place a second time to write a truly accurate review but, I’m not going to bother. I’m lazy […]

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    October 9, 2014December 23, 2014

    Tale #76 Szechuan Noodles & Sugar Snap Peas with Sesame

    When the beast was a wee little one growing up in suburbs of New Jersey, there was a Cooking Studio at the local supermarket where kids could learn how to cook, and parents could drop them off there for hours at a time and earn some respite. One summer the Cooking Studio entailed a whole […]

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    September 28, 2014November 3, 2014

    Tale #74 Barnyard

    Before the beast left London in a painful transatlantic migration (we’ll discuss that in the forthcoming Tale #75), a friend was whinging to me that she was getting bored of the restaurants in London. Things weren’t tasting ‘special’ anymore. Perturbed by the notion that this could even remotely be true, I suggested dining at Barnyard, […]

May 2, 2016

Tale #89 Lyle’s

January 11, 2016January 11, 2016

Tale #88 BAO

October 18, 2015May 5, 2016

Tale #87 Kitty Fisher’s

April 19, 2015April 27, 2015

Tale #86 Pujol

March 13, 2015March 29, 2015

Tale # 85 New Orleans: Cochon Butcher

February 9, 2015October 18, 2015

Tale #84 Barraca

January 11, 2015

Tale #83 Dell’anima

December 23, 2014

Tale #82 Torrisi Italian Specialties

November 24, 2014

Tale #81 Smorgasburg

November 16, 2014March 16, 2015

Tale #80 ABC Kitchen

November 3, 2014December 23, 2014

Tale #79 The Breslin

October 29, 2014November 3, 2014

Tale #78 Root & Bone

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