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Sammy’s Roumanian Steak House, NY

Food.By Mark — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:57 +0000

Sammy’s Roumanian, located in a basement on Chrystie Street in the Lower East Side for over 34 years, is a New York institution. Jugs of schmaltz, rendered chicken fat, are on every table and the restaurant has the feel of a recreational room with walls adorned with college memorabilia, postcards from visitors and photos of [...]

Daddy Donkey’s “Ultimate Guacamole” recipe revealed!

Food.By Mark — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:53:26 +0000

I am lucky enough to work only a stones throw from Daddy Donkey where fellow blogger and friend LondonEater and his missus have been raving about their burritos. Slow cooked fast food, with delicious guac! And I’m please to be able to present to you their recipe. Next Monday, February 8th, Daddy Donkey owner Joel [...]

Wikio UK Gastronomy Blogs February 2010 Top 20 Preview

Food.By Mark — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:53:18 +0000

I was kindly asked by my friend LondonEater to post a sneak preview of the Wikio February 2010 rankings. The rankings are updated monthly and are compiled based on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs, taking into account, links found in the RSS feed, while blogrolls links are not accounted [...]

Oporto: Born in Bondi and now in London

Food.By Mark — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:50:49 +0000

I’m not a fast food hater. Despite being processed, homogenised and generally bad for you, I am more frequently than not quite partial to it. I’d had Hungry Jacks in Australia but I’d heard only recently heard about Oporto from Catty. So when passing through Victoria Train Station, it was convenient to meet up with [...]

Shopsin’s General Store

Food.By Mark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:19 +0000

I turned up at Shopsin’s for breakfast at opening time. Hidden in one corner of the almost 70 year old Essex Street Market of the Lower East Side, the diner is decked out in the style of an old time general grocery store. The Chef-Owner Kenny Shopsin perched himself with his paper on the a [...]

Ranoush Juice, London, W2: Cheap, delicious lebanese food

Food.By Mark — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:45:25 +0000

Upon moving my blog to this website, I’ve come across over 30 drafted reviews in various states from a couple of words to ones like this one, which was complete. So this represents my notes from a visit in April 2009 and a more recent visit in the last three months. Ranoush Juice is part of [...]