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Chicken Pad Krapow

We’ve nicked this simple Thai Chicken Pad Krapow recipe from John Whaite’s ‘A flash in the Pan’ cookbook, we fell in love with the dish as soon as it hit our lips. It couldn’t be any simpler to prepare and cook, bursting with flavour, it leaves a tingle on your lips from the heat of the chillies. John’s version is not the authentic recipe, and we’ve made similar style Larb dishes before, but we…

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Larios on the Beach Restaurant, Miami Beach

For our last night in busy South Beach, without a prearranged booking, thumbing through the local restaurant guide, we fell upon Gloria Estefan’s South Beach flagship – Larios on the Beach– and thought why not, who doesn’t love a bit of Gloria? Slightly apprehensive that we could call and get a table so easily for the same evening, we didn’t have great expectations, at best it would be a giggle,…

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The Sir Richard Steele "Pub to Go"

The Sir Richard Steele “Pub to Go”

Ell, a born and bred North Londoner, has seen his fair share of local pubs come and go with the whims of fashion and the in-crowd. Nowhere more so than in Steeles village, Haverstock Hill, once home to the achingly trendy and celeb packed Haverstock Arms and equally notorious Hill. But whilst they may have come and gone, remaining steadfast is the Sir Richard Steele; a little less salubrious but…

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#dinner #Haverstock Hill #lunch #NW3 #Pub food delivered #Pub to Go #Sir Richard Steele #Steele Village #Takeaway #The Steele pub

Prime 112 Restaurant, Miami Beach

En route for our pre-COVID holiday to Blue Waters Resort in Antigua we made a fleeting pitstop in Miami, staying at the National Hotel, one of Miami’s original Art Deco icons on South Beach. We naturally did pre-holiday research for places to dine and restaurant Prime 112 (Prime One Twelve) consistently came up as another icon and a must go-to restaurant. Having hosted everyone from Oprah to…

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#miami #Miami South Beach #Prime 112 restaurant #restaurant review #restaurants #steak restaurant

The National Hotel, Miami

Miami’s archetypal South Beach Art Deco hotels started popping up around the 1930s and still continue to attract an upscale crowd who long to laze around their famous pools that line the seaside thoroughfare…names like Delano, Raleigh and Carlyle proudly share their status with Hollywood legends Gable, Monroe and Bogart. The National, which opened in 1940 and was designed by architect Roy F.…

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#Art Deco hotels #Delano #hotel review #hotels #Hotels with infinity pools #Miami cabana hotels #Miami hotels #Miami South Beach #The National Hotel

Japanese Garlic Fried Rice

This delicious Japanese garlic fried rice recipe has become an Elldrew favourite during lockdown. We prefer to make too much so that we have leftovers but, be warned, it’s garlicky, but like any dish, you can reduce the amount of garlic if you plan on kissing anyone that night!

To make any fried rice you need to use day old rice that has been stored in a sealed dish in the fridge over night –…

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#Asian cuisine #dinner party menu #food recipe #fried rice #home cooking #Japanese garlic fried rice #lunch #simple recipes

Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant, New York

Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant, New York review

Chinese Tuxedo is a cool, hip, happening Cantonese style restaurant set in a two-story former opera house on Doyers Street in the heart of Chinatown; the venue was once the headquarters for the notorious Tong (gang) wars that took place in the early 1900s. We say hip and cool because as you enter Chinese Tuxedoyou are greeted with a very different crowd of diners and staff than our previous night…

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#Asian cuisine #cantonese #Chinatown #Chinese Tuxedo #Manhattan #New York #restaurant #restaurant review

TAO Downtown Restaurant, New York

TAO Downtown Restaurant, New York review

New York is a melting pot of cuisines, and never more so than in the Meatpacking District where you can find a French café nestled next to a hot dog cart around the corner from a Mexican Taqueria. During our recent stay at The Maritime Hotel we found ourselves craving Pan-Asian food, thanks to the tempting room service menu from Tao Downtown, conveniently located underneath the hotel.

Tao…

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#Manhattan #meatpacking district #New York #Pan Asian #restaurant #restaurant review #Tao Downtown #Tao Uptown

The Maritime Hotel, New York

Perfectly placed in the heart of the Meatpacking District, this nautical-themed landmark hotel, originally built in the late 60s as the headquarters for the National Maritime Union, was transformed into a boutique hotel in 2003. If you’ve been to that neighbourhood then you may well have noticed the Maritime Hoteltowering above its neighbours with its distinctive porthole windows and white-tiled…

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Les LaLanne Pop-Up Installation, Miami

We were fortunate to come across a tropical garden and immersive art experience taking place in Miami, at the Raleigh Gardens, which is part of the iconic Raleigh Hotel (one of the many art deco hotels on the infamous South Beach strip, closed for renovation at the time).

The temporary public art installation focused on the works of Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, known together as Les…

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#Claude LaLanne #Francçois-Xavier LaLanne #French art #Les LaLanne #sculpture

Blue Waters Resort & Spa Hotel, Antigua

We’ve held off posting any holiday or restaurant blogs whilst we all suffer through the global COVID-19 pandemic, but oddly, after nearly eight weeks of lockdown, working from home, with nowhere to venture for a break or night out – everyone’s new normal – one’s mind starts to reminisce about all the amazing places we’ve had the opportunity to visit and eat in. We were lucky enough to squeeze in…

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#Antigua #beach resorts #Blue Waters #Caribbean #holidays #hotel #resort #spa hotels #summer

Korean Bulgogi (BBQ Beef)

This has to be one of Elldrew’s favourite Korean dishes; it’s simple to prepare, even simpler to cook, and is packed with delicious flavours. Say hello to Korean Bulgogi.

A popular dish in Korean, with Bulgogiseen on most Korean restaurants’ menus, this dish is made up of thinly sliced beef soaked in a mouth-watering marinade, quickly fried at high heat to lock in those flavours, ready for…

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#BBQ beef #beef bulgogi #dinner #food recipe #home cooking #korean #lunch #recipe

Lemon Basil Pasta

When it comes to a simple, delicious, Spring/Summer pasta dish, our go-to is Lemon Basil Pasta. Once you’ve incorporated the base ingredients, suitable with most types of pasta, you can pimp your dish and add in your other favourite ingredients (ours is tomoato and rocket). It really is a quick, very easy vegetarian pasta that works perfectly with warm bread (if you want to make the lemon basil…

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#basil #fast dinners #home cooking #lemon #lunch #pasta #pasta recipe #recipe #spring #Summer pasta

Amazonico Restaurant, London

If you find yourself wondering why you’re in a rainforest setting, in the heart of Mayfair, then you’ve probably stumbled into Amazonico. One of London’s latest restaurant openings, Amazonico is the first outpost of the Madrid celeb hangout of the same name. With no expense spared – not on the location; not on the impeccable staff uniforms and definitely not on the restaurant itself – Amazonicois…

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#amazonico #dinner #london #London restaurants #lunch #Mayfair #restaurant #restaurant review #trendy london restaurants

Festive Restaurant Feasting 2019/20, London Style

Wow, we can’t believe that this is our 6th annual festive restaurant feasting roundup! For reasons both professional and personal Elldrew were a little quieter on the blog front in 2019, but don’t let that deceive you into thinking we haven’t continued to eat our way around London; and no more so than during the traditional season of bulking. With a new year’s resolution to blog more in 2020,…

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#amazonico #Brasserie of Light #casa pastor #Coal Office #Dean Street Townhouse #festive dining #German Gymnasium #london #London restaurants #Yauatcha

Morso Restaurant, London

So no one has ever told us about Morso, an Italian restaurant on our doorstep in St John’s Wood, serving up seasonal small plates, handcrafted fresh pasta and delicious desserts as well as authentic Italian wines and innovative grappa cocktails!

We were lucky enough to recently dine here and whilst the venue is small, we felt a little squashed on our table – there were four of us – the food…

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#italian #London restaurants #Morso #NW8 restaurants #pasta #restaurant review

Kanishka Restaurant, London

It’s odd to think of heading to a restaurant for a curry dinner during summer, but as the season started to draw to a close, looking for some quiet from the tourist season madness, Elldrew ventured off to Indian restaurant, Kanishka, located in the heart of Mayfair.

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#Indian #Kanishka #London restaurants #restaurant review

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