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28/11/2024

***SUKIYAKI SEASON STARTS TODAY***

Really excited to be welcoming so many of you to the Japanese & Nikkei Supper Club tonight and for the next three weeks for our SUKIYAKI season!
We will be serving our signature 8-course/10-dish menu and for this Xmas session, we have a few other lovely dishes on the menu including:

- Grilled scallop chirashizushi with a spicy cream sauce
- Dango Jiru (Japanese chicken & dumpling soup)
- Seafood & vegetable tempura
- Mentaiko spaghetti
- Shiitake risotto with miso-mascarpone
- Sukiyaki beef hotpot
- Piedmontese Chocolate Bonet with our homemade Matcha ice cream
- Plus more, it is a BIG & delish menu!

If you would like to attend, there are a few remaining spaces on:

Tonight, Thursday, 28 November
Thursday, 5 December
Friday, 6 December

DM or email me (email button in profile) for more information or to book your spaces.

Now back to cooking!

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23/11/2024

***Sukiyaki Hotpot Season at the Japanese & Nikkei Supper Club***

I spent a fab morning this week cooking one of my favourite Japanese dishes with the lovely René for , but it is all hush-hush for now, more on that next week right here on IG!
It’s been SO cold this week, and at times like this I only have one thing on my mind ***JAPANESE HOTPOT***
I love serving hotpots at the supper club at this time of year, and after a long break from it due to the pandemic, I am childishly excited to be bringing it back! If you would like to get your fill of some of this hotpot-action, why not visit one of our upcoming supper club events this Winter and try it for yourself.
We have a few remaining spaces on:
Thursday, 28 Nov
Thursday, 5 Dec
Friday, 6 Dec
Friday, 13 Dec
Saturday, 14 Dec
We serve an 8-course/10-dish menu of Japanese & Nikkei cuisines and our main course will be a warming & filling Japanese beef hotpot known as SUKIYAKI + seafood & vegetable tempura, scallop chirashi-sushi, mentaiko spaghetti, shiitake risotto with miso mascarpone & more!
All our events are BYO and cost £65pp plus service. You can request your own private table, if you have a group booking of 6, 7, 8 or 12 guests.
After this Xmas session, our next events will be in April 2025 so I hope to see many of you here before the year is out!
DM me or email me at [email protected] (just click the email button above on my IG profile) to book your spaces.
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21/11/2024

What a blast 💥 and I had at ’s cookbook launch at the Italian Embassy last night!
Danilo’s new book is out now guys, and it will make a fabulous Xmas present for the foodie in your life. It is a gorgeous book by the good people and is filled with elegant and yet achievable recipes that will raise your Italian cooking game! I can’t wait to start cooking from it - first recipe will be *THAT* fabulous tiramisu with salted dolce de leche, I had 3 bowls of it myself last night, couldn’t help it.
Very touched to have my endorsement quote printed on the back cover of Danilo’s book, fame at last!
Pics do not lie (unless they are AI), as you can see, it was a packed house! It was lovely catching up with friends I had not seen for a while and many more.
Also a big shout out to some of Danilo’s food & drink partners, through whom I have been lucky enough to learn about top quality, authentic Italian ingredients over the years including
So proud of my friend - I worked with Danilo for many years through various residencies as a guest chef at my supper club. As a chef myself, I worked with dozens of other chefs, Danilo was always the coolest, calmest and most collected. He is the epitome of professionalism - super organised and friendly through the whole process, from planning to the last guest being served, he was faultless. What amazing times we had!
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21/11/2024

What a blast 💥 we had at ’s cookbook launch at the Italian Embassy last night!
Danilo’s new book is out now guys, and it will make a fabulous Xmas present for the foodie in your life. It is a gorgeous book by the good people and is filled with elegant and yet achievable recipes that will raise your Italian cooking game! I can’t wait to start cooking from it - first recipe will be *THAT* fabulous tiramisu with salted dolce de leche, I had 3 bowls of it myself last night, couldn’t help it.
Very touched to have my endorsement quote printed on the back cover of Danilo’s book, fame at last!
Pics do not lie (unless they are AI), as you can see, it was a packed house! It was lovely catching up with friends I had not seen for a while and many more.
Also a big shout out to some of Danilo’s food & drink partners, through whom I have been lucky enough to learn about top quality, authentic Italian ingredients over the years including
So proud of my friend - I worked with Danilo for many years through various residencies as a guest chef at my supper club. As a chef myself, I worked with dozens of other chefs, Danilo was always the coolest, calmest and most collected. He is the epitome of professionalism - super organised and friendly through the whole process, from planning to the last guest being served, he was faultless. What amazing times we had!
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19/11/2024

***Mid-Week Recipe Ready in 15mins***
Mackerel divides opinions - I love it for its rich flavour and Omega 3 fattiness, though many find these very qualities not to their palate. You can make these work for you though in this recipe with an umami-laden, lightly sweet and tangy glaze of soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and honey. The contrast works a treat, a quick mid-week dinner ready in 15 mins!
GRILLED MACKEREL IN SOY SAUCE & BALSAMIC GLAZE
- 4 mackerel fillets, pin-boned, skin on
- 2 tbsp EVOO
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- Freshly ground black pepper
For soy & balsamic glaze:
- 60ml Japanese soy sauce
- 60ml balsamic vinegar
- 60ml dry white wine
- 20g honey
- 30g unsalted butter, room temperature
1. Pin bone fillets, score skin, season with EVOO, garlic & pepper.
2. Make the glaze by adding all the ingredients expect the butter to a small pan, stir well, bring to boil, reduce by 1/3 until syrupy, add butter & mix to emulsify, turn off the heat.
3. Grill the mackerel for 3-5min or until flesh is cooked through and skin is blistered.
4. Top mackerel with soy & balsamic glaze and serve.
***SAVE*** this recipe, grab some mackerel fillets on your next supermarket visit, and try this out, most of the other ingredients are store cupboard essentials which you should already have.
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16/11/2024

On our last Autumn supper club date on Saturday night, while having a few post-service drinks with the volunteers, it dawned on me I had not got out of the house since Wednesday morning when I came in with the week’s food shopping! I had welcomed and fed over 100 diners that week on their night out, but forgotten to get a bit of fresh air myself, ah the joys of WFH!
So I made a mental note to get-out more 😂 and so glad we headed to in Haggerston today - I admit, it is just a 10-min walk from me down Regent’s Canal on Kingsland Road, so a neighbourhood resto, and what a find!
We loved the Japanese flavours in ‘s cooking - kicking off with their now legendary Japanese Milk Bread with white miso & mushroom butters (£7.50), it was soft, fluffy & sweet covered in a delectable honey, butter & sea salt glaze, delish!
Next up, we had a fab Japanese inspired steak tartare (£14) with soy mayo, sesame, shiso and cep crackers.
But the star ⭐️ starter was the brined and smoked sea bass (£13), with fennel, apple, salted radish & sesame milk. *THAT* sesame milk was the nectar of gods - with dashi, soy and sesame, it was brimming with flavour.
Confit salmon (£32) with autumnal vegetables including fig, radicchio, & Jerusalem artichoke, had also confit egg yolk and a lip-smacking juniper beurre blanc.
Pork belly with a teriyaki glaze (£30) was incredibly soft, one could eat it with a spoon, served with a crispy potato terrine, and a side of hispi cabbage, coco beans & prawns.
Plums, Sichuan ice cream, lemon cake £11 was a divine dessert as was the chocolate cremeux, miso caramel, hazelnuts, pear & cocoa nibs £12 - the kind of desserts worth every single one of their calories!
Wines start at £45, we chose an American Riesling by Firestone, Santa Barbara, California 2021 (£65), it had citrus and mineral on the nose, rich, long and concentrated on the palate.
There is a set menu of £45 pp, served for lunch and dinner, for 3 courses, or £70pp with wine or sake pairing. There is also a 6 course set menu with wine or sake pairing at £110 pp. Highly recommended!
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15/11/2024

Looking puffy and a tad grubby but feeling very grateful for all the amazing care I received from everyone at the Hospital in London.
I am lucky the is my local hospital and over the years I have had both of my hips replaced in 2018 & 2020 and now 2024 plate & pins removed from a not-so perfect surgery in Sumatra, Indonesia in 2022 when I fell while trekking and fractured my wrist. So incredibly grateful that the NHS could put this right!
These experiences at the were very humbling to me - I have always been amazed and touched by the care, kindness and good humour I encountered here from all the nursing and healthcare staff - these guys work so hard and do such an amazing job.
I had healthcare staff from all over the world helping me - some lovely folk from Spain, the Philippines, West Africa, Malaysia, South Asia and more.
It saddens me to hear that a lot of Brits feel that immigration has not benefited this country, though judging by my experiences in the last few years , the NHS would not exist without the wonderful contribution from all these foreign labourers.
The very last person I spoke to was from the Philippines. She kindly waited with me until could pick me up at the reception desk, she told me that she’d been in the UK for just a year, she was finding it really hard as she missed her son, her family and the Philippines very much. How incredibly amazing I thought that someone would give up so much to come and help us here. A BIG thank you from me! 🙏
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30/04/2024

Thrilled to have been asked to create a recipe inspired by the Cherry Blossom Season 🌸 for this month’s Ocado Life Magazine!
To view and recreate my recipe for Cherry Madeleines, scroll 👉 👉👉 for all the details, and let me know how you get on. All ingredients found online at of course.
Alternatively, visit the page for the recipe - https://www.ocado.com/webshop/recipe/Cherry-Madeleines/252882?selectedCategories
Thanks for the opportunity, everyone on the team has been an utter delight to collaborate with. 🙏

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07/03/2024

Japanese & Nikkei Supper Club + Volunteers Needed - Thursday to Sunday, 4-13 April 2024 -

03/11/2023

Japanese & Nikkei Supper Club + Volunteers Needed - Thursday to Saturday, 7-16 December 2023 -

08/09/2023

Japanese & Nikkei Supper Club + Volunteers Needed - Thursday to Saturday, 26-28 October & 2-4 November 2023

07/03/2023

Innovative dumpling restaurants & have gone the extra mile by not only offering a few vegan & veggie options, but rather, introducing an entirely NEW vegan & vegetarian menu, we simply had to check it out.
PIC 1 – from the veg menu, our favourite dumplings were:
🥇– Vegan bun was fluffy and light, filled with carrot, cabbage, water chestnut & truffley Chinese 🥟mushroom (£5.90);
🥈– Mushroom green curry dumpling had chilli, bamboo shoot and tofu (£5.90), and was delicately spicy;
🥉– Black pepper tofu dumpling was equally delicious and spicy with edamame bean and carrot (£5.90).
🥟 – Curry potato bun (£5.90), we were tempted by the double-carbs here but to us, it lacked a kick of curry flavour.
And then on to our favourites & must-orders from their regular menu:
PIC 2 – 🐷 Salt & pepper spare ribs, pepper, garlic, chilli (£8.90), these are possibly the best Chinese ribs in London, so so good.
PIC 3 – 🍜 Dan Dan noodles topped with minced pork, sesame sauce, chilli oil, Sichuan peppercorn (£12.50) – fiery and full of flavour, this is a dish we always order at Baoziin. They now have a vegan version of this using pickled mustard greens instead of pork.

PIC 4 – 🍤 Gong bao prawn stir-fried with cashew nuts, Sichuan peppercorns and chilli (£18.90) had a great freshness, spicy heat and aroma from the Sichuanese peppercorns.
PIC 5 – 🍚 King prawn fried egg rice with sweetcorn, carrot, and spring onion (£13.90) had plenty of wok-breath, it was gentle yet beautifully seasoned.
PIC 6 – The entire veg menu in all its glory.
I only scraped the surface of ’s new veg menu, so can’t wait to go back and try more of the other options, if only I could resist their & 😂
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23/01/2023

Happy Monday folks!
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21/01/2023

‘Patience’ & ‘Luck’ are 2 attributes that epitomise the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. And heaven knows, we need both in abundance in 2023!
So to up my chances here & ring in the CNY in style, I made a beeline for the iconic in Hanway Place. This year’s 8-dish menu is IMHO the best one yet since I first visited in 2001:
PIC 1 - Auspicious ‘Lo Hei Prosperity Toss’ octopus salad, w/ yuzu plum sauce, pomelo, carrot & shiso was refreshing, light & wonderfully textured.
PIC 2 – ‘Happiness’ dim sum trio – (1) glorious seafood dumpling (2) XO scallop & prawn shumai (3) rabbit carrot puff were exquisitely made, super fresh & light.
PIC 3-4 - Cherrywood smoked roasted duck, carrot & kumquat chutney came in a dramatic smoke-filled glass dome. Ultrafine crackling skin & tenderest duck were simply heavenly w/ the sweet astringency of kumquat.
PIC 5 - Steamed John Dory w/ enoki & okra was again spot on. I loved the fish but it was the mouth-watering combo of brown butter & black bean that made up its luscious sauce that transformed the dish.
PIC 6 - Stir-fried Wagyu beef, nian gao (CNY sweet rice cakes), shimeji & golden squash was another highlight. Those buttery morsels of Wagyu were sensational w/ a hint of Sichuanese pepper.
PIC 7 - Treasure ‘Poon Choi’ is a traditional CNY Cantonese one pot, multi-layered dish that signifies abundance & prosperity – here w/ fat choi, lotus root & seed, stuffed bamboo pith, smoked tofu, shiitake mushroom, this was rich & w/ wonderfully earthy flavours.
& beetroot-fragrant rice, sweetcorn, fried shallot – light & delicious, wa treat w/ the more substantial courses.
PIC 9 - The Lucky Rabbit was an exquisite dessert of black sesame mousse w/ raspberry compote & sumac sorbet, accompanied by a Tuzi Tail, a heady cocktail of Hennessy XO Cognac, carrot, lemongrass & white chocolate foam (£28).
PIC 10 – So what do you wish for in this CNY of the Rabbit beyond the obligatory AirFryer? 😂
’s CNY menu is avail. until 07/02/23 & is priced at £128pp excl drinks.
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19/01/2023

Magnifique & refreshingly affordable French cooking by Chefs Chris & Jeff Galvin. We had many of the French classics on the menu & we were so HAPPY:
PIC 1 - Roast rump of lamb, asparagus, morels in green sauce (£33) was perfectly cooked, pink, soft and delicious.
PIC 2 – From the appetizers section (Petites Assiettes) we had the fabulous, Tarte Flambée Alsacienne (£9.50), paper thin pastry topped with crème fraiche and bacon lardons. This was one of the highlights of our dinner, a must order.
PIC 3 – The creamiest of mushroom croquettes with aioli and shavings of Parmesan (£6).
PIC 4 – For starters, super fresh and plump ½ dozen Porthilly Oysters served with shallot vinegar, bread & condiments (£18).
PIC 5 – A meaty and sweet terrine of rabbit, bacon and prune served with celeriac remoulade & pickles (£10.50).
PIC 6 – Our 2nd main was the house rib-eye steak with frites & Beurre Maître D’hôtel (£35). I simply cannot “not” order steak & frites in a French bistrot, and I was glad I did as ’s was a very fine specimen!
PIC 7 – A medley of roasted carrots (£4.50) to accompany was all we needed without bursting at the seams.
PIC 8 - Apple Tarte Tatin with Crème Fraîche (£8) was as good as it gets on the flavour front though on presentation, I’d’ve preferred mine as a whole mini-version rather than a slice of a larger tarte.
PIC 9 - Lemon posset, blackberries, vanilla shortbread (£7) was creamy, tart and refreshing. Posset is one of my go-to desserts at home, easy to prepare yet so satisfying. My kind of cooking.
PIC 10 – The restaurant has its own Rasteau label, ‘Galvin Rasteau 2019’ from Domaine La Soumade in Rhone (£49). A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre, which worked a treat with our meal.
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16/01/2023

Where do I even start with ? We simply LOVED our Portuguese meal there. *Save* this post + GO to if only for their ‘garlic prawns’ in an exquisite bisque-like sauce so good I couldn’t stop grinning, trust me, you will thank me. Our meal in its entirety:
PIC 1 – Garlic Prawns (Gambás a la Guilho £15.50) – grilled, meaty prawns in a sensational sauce, do have plenty of bread to mop up every bit of it!
PIC 2 – 3 fab Petiscos (small eats) - veg tempura w/ (£6.50), croquettes de Alheira Portuguese sausage (£7) & salt cod fritters (Pataniscas de Bacalhau £7).
PIC 3 - Sea Bass & Mussel Feijoada (£15) was another highlight – slow-braised white beans (feijao) & mussels topped w/ a crispy seabass fillet. So good.
PIC 4 - Bacalhau à Brás (£8.50) - ‘Coz it ain’t a Portuguese meal if you haven’t ordered bacalhau, so trust me again and order this beauty of shredded salt cod, potatoes & eggs.
PIC 5 - Pork Neck & Bifana Sauce (Porco com Molho de Bifana £13). The Bifana is Portugal’s iconic sandwich made of slivers of pork dripping in sauce, served in a baguette. The sauce is made from the juices the pork is cooked in, w/ vinegar, garlic & tons of paprika. ’s was a sophisticated version of the Bifana yet delicious & sans carbs.
PIC 6 - Duck Rice w/ Crispy Skin (Arroz de Pato Malandrinho £15) – as scrumptious as it sounds, how could I say no to duck rice?
PIC 7 –’s cheese selection (£13) came w/ homemade tomato jam & bickies, the cheeses were all Portuguese and made from raw sheep, goat & cow’s milk.

PIC 8 - Obligatory Pastel de Nata w/ cinnamon ice cream (£5) + Abade de Priscos Pudim (£7), a rich Portuguese crème caramel made from tons of egg yolk & pork (!). A real treat w/ Churchill’s 10 year-old tawny (£10).

PIC 9 – Churchill’s White Port Tonic (£8) + a few glasses of vinho from ’s extensive Portuguese wine list, defo got us in the mood.

PIC 10 – The amazing Executive Head Chef Nelza Leal who v patiently answered all my Portuguese foodie questions during a busy service. The chef’s counter is the place to be folks!
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12/01/2023

An exquisite meal , their 6-course tasting menu at £70pp is a real gem. At a time in London when any bit of raw fish in lime juice claims to be a ‘Ceviche’, ’s menu took me right back to my travels in Peru and reminded me of the real deal. The 6-course menu in all its glory:
PIC 1 – Hand-Dived Scallop Tiradito - gorgeously presented in a rich Parmesan tiger’s milk, plantain purée & coriander. Wow.
PIC 2 - Otoro Tuna Nikkei – so happy to see a Nikkei entry on the menu! Charcoal black shiso tempura topped with raw tuna, shichimi mayo, micro red amaranth & lime was so good.
PIC 3 - Ceviche Clasico - stone bass (corvina) in a super vibrant, mouth puckering tiger’s milk with choclo corn, sweet potato, red onion & red chilli. Just how it should be!
PICS 4-5 – Octopus & Prawn Causa a la Mesa – seafood with Botija olives, a sweet, acidic & savoury Cervichera sauce of mayo & lime, avocado, tobiko caviar & tomato topped with a Causa of yellow Peruvian potato & Aji Amarillo, pressed at the table.

PIC 6 - Secreto Iberico Pork a la Brasa – tender & creamy Iberico pork cooked in a charcoal oven served with Andean purple tubers, topped with a Peruvian Tari Sauce (mayo, coriander, lemon juice, Aji Amarillo) and finished with a dusting of smoky Aji Panca powder.

PIC 7 - Pear – poached and served with purple corn, pineapple & a refreshing lime sorbet. All good although at the end of a sensational tasting menu we were crying out for some carbs e.g. Picarones (wink-wink).
PIC 8 - My top rec is to go for the £35pp wine pairing option. I normally steer clear of pairing options as they’re not great VFM, but ’s was excellent value & really elevated our meal. Kicking off with Peru’s national cocktail Pisco Sour (which on its own is £12) this was followed by 5 glasses of great Peruvian, Spanish & French wines. If you’re on a dry month, still or sparking water is only £2 per head with unlimited refills.
PICS 9-10 – the very elegant décor .
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