We pass by this Peruvian restaurant many times and have no desire to go in because it looks dark. And it’s dark. Fake orchid in the bathroom. Our server is a middle-aged lady who’s the best, appears and disappears on the dot.
… we’ve
Wild ceviche
Rib spring roll
Crab cake
Parihuela
Chick spring roll
All are delicious, especially the crab cake, and appetizingly presented. The Oxford Landing and Broadbent are similar in taste and yummy. The Schott Zwiesel glasses have water stains. The on-the-house cancha corn kennels, plantain, and green sauce are delicious: thank you.
3.5, probably will return – this was my rating in 2022, and I forgot to post. It was a rainy day, and we came in from the back.
Today, it’s a sunny Friday evening. Everything looks bright and lovely. I was wondering why everything seems familiar, especially the bar and lockers by the front desk.
We ordered four appetizers / small plates:
~ Eggplant
~ Falafel
~ Calamari: is flat
~ Burrata
All are good, with pretty large portions. If I remember correctly, their eggplant is the most shapely, and the red sauce is kind of the first too. However, I don’t care for the dark, sweet sauce. The raw walnuts taste raw.
I like the falafel the most, especially the pinky pickled turnip (?) — please correct me if I’m wrong.
… so the old me left my cc there. They’ll send back to me on Monday – thanks K!
A pleasant and comfortable seafood restaurant offering good service, decent food, and perfectly presented dishes.
We’ve
– crab cake: really good w/o remoulade sauce
– calamari: ok
– baked oyster: fine, but hardly any oysters
We arrived early, at 4:30, due to the nursery. The bar is busy, but the restaurant is empty. Both house wines are excellent, especially served in Reserve by Libbey. The food is rather bland, but I’m very glad to see the teardrop peppers (also known as Sweety Drops or Biquinho peppers – Amazon), which I’ve had a lot of in Greece recently.
The lighthouse painting is classy. They’ve Peking Duck Wing: but I didn’t order because of tariyaki sauce.
Although most Chinese restaurants serve dumplings, this one specializes in them, nearly exclusively. However, their dumplings have no folds, like 2D, and are flat. The folds give the dumpling three-dimensionality, making it more appealing. The interior is simply red and simple.
This is one of my go-to places for XLB (soup dumplings). They’ve upgraded to this location, which is just a few doors down from their original shop. This is larger and has a high ceiling.
I actually had DTF (Din Tai Fung) at their London location in Selfridges two nights ago and decided to try it again. I ordered their regular XLB and noted the following:
– The size is larger than I remembered.
– The skin is thin.
– The soup is plentiful and clear.
– The meat is well-prepared.
Overall, it’s still my favorite spot, now in a more spacious environment.
I visited at 10:30 AM, and they weren’t busy at all. From the waiting area at the lower entrance, I could see they are likely busy during lunch and dinner times.
Twinings is a marketeer of tea and other beverages, operates in this very spot (City of Westminster) since 1706.
I’m a tea drinker and prefer loose-leaf tea. In the US, it’s mostly tea bags.
This narrow story is very straightforward: both walls are filled with products – bags and loose leaf. Tasting is held in the back, and they sell classes and hot tea to go.
The founder, Thomas Twining (1675-1741) was an English merchant. The brand’s logo was created in 1787, is one of the oldest unchanged British commercial logos in continuous use in the UK.
The store entrance was commissioned by Richard Twining, found’s grandson. The two Chinese figures represent the origins of tea in China: at that time, almost all tea came from China via the East India Company. The golden lion is a nod to grandpa’s original dry tea and coffee shop, which was called the Golden Lyon. The lion is lying down as a sign of respect to his grandfather.
Its modern or global headquarters are in Andover, Hampshire, UK, and Rutherford, New Jersey, for North America.
We stopped at Fortnum & Mason at the Royal Exchange for a quick coffee and tea before heading to the airport.
The tables are for lunch meals; we’re quarantined to the bar -:). Americano coffee is strong, and my gunpowder tea is yummy, as usual: full-bodied, tastes with a hint of smokiness.
I haven’t had gunpowder 珠茶 for a while. It’s a type of Chinese green tea, named for its tightly rolled, pellet-like leaves that resemble gunpowder. They grow in Zhejiang province; it was one of China’s earliest exports. Twinings likely imports it. AI: ‘珠茶是一种产自中国浙江平水茶区的绿茶,因其外形细圆紧结、宛如珍珠而得名. 又称“绿色珍珠”或“贡熙茶”. 它色泽乌绿油润, 滋味醇厚鲜爽,香气馥郁持久,曾是清朝时向皇帝进贡的贡茶,也是中国最早出口的商品之一.’
It’s located inside the old Royal Exchange, featuring a soaring atrium that makes it very attractive, and surrounded by high-end stores, such as Tiffany & Co.
Fortnum & Mason was an department store, located at 181 Piccadilly in the St James’s area of London, established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason.
