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Posts Tagged ‘Bethnal Green’

About a month ago I was lucky enough to go to Viajante, which (as you can see from my review) was an incredible experience. I was ecstatic that it had set up camp just 10 minute’s from my doorstep, and had already started concocting another ‘celebratory excuse’ to go back… …So, imagine my absolute horror [...]

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Recently I told a long lost friend that I was living in East London. He looked at me, eyes brimming with pity, and asked whether I’d had to eat many jellied eels. If he wasn’t being deadly serious, I wouldn’t have been so shocked. But he was. The East End has been shackled with a [...]

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It’s said that London’s the most unfriendly city in the world. Sometimes I’m inclined to agree: fights to get onto the tube (and then eerie silence once you’re squished inside). A total absence of anyone with the time to give you directions when you’re lost, and very few “have a nice days” from busy waitresses. [...]

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A big congratulations to Brawn for winning the ‘best newcomer’ at Tatler’s 2011 Restaurant Awards last night. ….I’m lucky enough to live 5 minutes walk away, and ate there before it became too cool to get a table. The food was extraordinarily good, the waitresses were so nice, and it wasn’t too pricey - a [...]

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Admittedly it’s not a food-related post but I wanted to share with you what I came across when I was walking home yesterday: The Tweed Run. An excuse for 400 people to get dressed up and take to the streets of East London in “a metropolitan bicycle race with a bit of style” – classic!

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