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Cracking dinner at Mele e Pere. Real hidden gem.

Peer praise from Indian restaurant Roti Chai for Italian restaurant Mele e Pere! [via Roti Chai's Twitter feed]

For reviews and to book a table online, check out Mele e Pere's restaurant profile.

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Standing ovation for Kirazu tonight. Stunning techniques of inspired, flavourful & balanced cooking.

Executive head chef of Polpo group, Tom Oldroyd doubles up on a recent 4* review by Evening Standard's Fay Maschler of Soho Japanese restaurant, Kirazu. The secret won't be so secret before long.

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Priceless shot of Bloomberg critic, Richard Vines - food artists Bompas & Parr to be thanked. Vines tweeted

I like to be treated like any other guest in a restaurant and try not to draw attention to myself.

Made our day.

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Very definition of undersung hero.

Guardian critic, Marina O'Loughlin is a fan of Covent Garden bistro, 10 Cases. The wine specialists have just added a shop to their small restaurant. 

#Marinated

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If I wait until the sun shines to put tomato salad 2013 on the menu it'll never f***ing happen.

Cooks get frustrated about the English weather, too. Philip Howard, executive chef of 2-Michelin starred The Square, vents on Twitter this morning.

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When sea vegetables have their own Facebook page the game is up.

If you read today's Evening Standard review of Grain Store, this cryptic remark by Fay Maschler will make more sense.

Reviewer David Sexton describes the ingredient of a dish he had there, oyster leaf:

"This plant, Mertensia maritima, a member of the borage family, also known as sea lungwort, is the height of foodie fashion (...) It even has its own Facebook page. No foodie who hasn’t tried it yet is going to be able to hold her head up among her peers this summer."

Have *you* tried it yet?

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Spectacularly good lunch at [Quality Chop House]. Brilliant, careful, intelligent cooking. Massive flavours. Very impressive indeed.

Polpo boss and soon-to-be TV anchor, Russell Norman adds to the laurels of what has quickly become a favourite with the critics.

Quality Chop House has a clean 10 YAY review streak and a stellar verdict, with Giles Coren pronouncing it to be his "favourite restaurant in London".

Check out the details on our restaurant profile:

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The temporary diet dialogue

Rocket & Squash: Light late lunch: tarragon mayo, purple sprouting, Burford Browns

Hollow Legs: Are you on a diet, Ed?

Rocket & Squash: This lunch, yes. But not yesterday or before that. Not tonight nor tomorrow nor after then neither.

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Food blogger and FoodVerdicts contributor, Ed Smith, in conversation with fellow food blogger, Lizzie Mabbott, on his non-diet diet.