Not refering to Mark but a meat feast of a restaurent, located at the opposite end of the Kings Road towards World's End. The simple Red Exterior has tables outside in summer and leads into a cosy bar with tables upstairs. However the appeal of this place can be found downstairs where every night at 8.30pm live singers come on to serenade the guests stuffing their little cheeks.

I managed to wean myself of the usual ribs and chicken and tried the fillet mignon which is unusual for me as I rarely eat beef. Mark explained to me something along the lines that the 15 0z New York Steak would not be as good as the 12oz Fillet...... Quality over quantity..... and I am glad I listened to him. It was fantastic but I think next time I will go for Medium as Medium Rare is a bit too bloody for my pallet. Cyn had the same and a Pina Colada which was very smooth. I have had the prawns before but I was not that impressed with the Seafood.

Markey tried the ribs and had himself a nice dessert. The nice waiter even popped a candle on it for him. Mark was particularly happy with the candle and the Hoff next to him. (Knight Rider Season 1 ;-) ) or maybe it was his idol in the picture above.

Well for a cosy night in with lots of meat this is your place.....

Alfie

OK so it's not often you would ever go to an English restaurant. To be quite honest apart from "fish and chips" or "pie and mash" I'd be hard pushed to tell you what an English restaurant would serve. Because of my partner being Japanese I often find myself eating chunks of raw fish, cooked fish, whole fish with heads on, fish paste, bowls of rice, strange pickles all washed down with miso soup and did I mention fish? Don't get me wrong I love Asian food, but sometimes I crave for something less.... fishy and ricey I suppose. Finding a western restaurant that we both like is difficult!

Actually it's not quite fair to call this an English restaurant as it's classified on London Eating as "Modern European" and there is a strong French influence. We discovered the place when walking past one evening, it was really busy and looked so warm and inviting that we booked a table for the next evening. Hidden in a side street in Soho, Andrew Edmunds is a good place to take a few friends, eat excellent food, drink fine wines and talk rubbish for a few hours. The atmosphere is cosy and intimate and is also perfect to visit as a couple. The largest table seats six so avoids noisy groups and although you could describe it as sophisticated, it's certainly not pretentious. The place is small, which adds to the atmosphere and the place would be ruined if they decided to expand.

The menu is hand written and is changed on a daily basis. They don't have a web site, they don't book more than a few weeks in advance (although you do need to book) and the wine list is enormous. You can go for wines from around £10 a bottle right up to £100 if you are feeling rich. The food is reasonably priced, with a starter costing around £5 and main costing around £10 to £15. Last time I visited I had room temperature steak with horseraddish creme fraishe and the time before (pictured) I had lamb with mashed potato. Both dishes were excellent and this Restaurant has never let me down. I can't remember the full name of either of the dishes but in my defensece I did drink a whole bottle of wine both times.

I would be very surpriseded if you didn't leave this restaurant full, drunk and very satisfied. Just don't go and ruin the evening by drinking lager and dancing to loud music in some awful gay bar :-)

http://www.yoshino.net/
http://www.yosushi.co.uk/

SUSHI HIRO 1 STATION PARADE EALING COMMON W5 3LD 020-8896-3175 EALING COMMON

Gili Gulu
50-52 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9EP Map
Cuisine: Japanese
Telephone: 020 7379 6888


I have recently got into the whole Sushi thang, not that I am a connoisseur I just put the tasty morsels in my mouth and chew (slowly) to savour the flavour....

I am a little bit YoSushi'ed out as we had the 1/2 price voucher for January and made good use of it. We went quite late (as I lost the voucher .... DOH) and my advice is if you are going to eat at Yo Sushi eat earlier rather than later.

At 9pm there are limited dishes and not so fresh. We went a week or so later at 7pm and had more choice and the food was fresher (notably the soft shell crab wrap which was awesome)

I have gradually lost the resolve not to eat beef and enjoyed the beef skewers at Yo Sushi and more recently the Fillet Mignon at the Big Easy.

If you are in town and want a snack visit the Japananese Centre in Picadilly Circus for cheap Sushi and some nice Chicken with Rice.

I need to find out the names of the dishes rather than that looks nice.....

Alfie

Was a pleasure to hang out with my closest buddies last night to close out an old year and start the new. thanks guys ;-). Mate, it was such a hoot to see you a bit blotto, and well done on staying concious and awake - not entirely sure it helped the singing though ;-) - lets see the pix please - especially the ones of you squealing your lungs out pulling your "sex" face - ewwwww. Hope your 2006 is successful and happy in every way........

Well New Years was a nice quiet affair. Stayed in with Duck pancake Lemon
Chicken, Haagen Daz with Brazil Nuts covered in chocolate on top.

A few friends saw the fireworks at the eye.... AMAZING .... then sang the
night away.

I think this explains my sore throat now.

H A P P Y NEW Y E A R