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    Greek chic for Borough, at the double
    March 8, 2024March 8, 2024 HardensBytes

    A double-barrelled Greek operation from an all-star team is the next big launch in Borough Market, with Agora opening at street level this month followed by Oma upstairs in April. The new venture, which takes over the former site of chocolate specialist Rabot 1745 in Bedale Street, is from David Carter of Smokestak and Manteca, […]

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    Action Against Hunger funds drive for nutrition
    October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 HardensBytes

    Almost 200 UK restaurants are participating in this year’s Action Against Hunger “Love Food, Give Food” campaign, under which diners are encouraged to add £1 to their bill until the end of October, to help fight hunger both in Britain and around the world. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 265million people at […]

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    Action Against Hunger returns to Borough Market
    August 16, 2018August 17, 2018 HardensBytes

    Action Against Hunger has announced this year’s fundraising auction, with a line up of top chefs serving their food on street stalls at Borough Market. The event – now in its sixth year – will take place on September 25 with host DJ BBQ. More than half a million pounds has been raised since the […]

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    Check out the festive feasting menu at Smokestak
    October 26, 2017 HardensBytes

    Approaching the festive season, David Carter, founder of Smokestak, has announced the addition of a whole beef brisket at his Shoreditch restaurant, alongside a series of festive feasting menus for groups. According to our reporters “the beef brisket is the thing of dreams!” so this is exciting news. Smoked for 12-15 hours over kiln-dried English oak, […]

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    25 dishes at London restaurants to try before you die
    July 19, 2017July 21, 2017 HardensBytes

    London offers such a wealth of dining that you probably wouldn’t be able to visit every single restaurant in your lifetime. The attempt would certainly be a noble pursuit, but also a bankruptcy-inducing one (unless you have Mariana Trench-deep pockets). So we’ve rounded-up a more manageable goal – the top 25 dishes to try at […]

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    London’s top 10 American-inspired BBQ joints
    June 28, 2017June 30, 2017 HardensBytes

    London’s appetite for stoking ‘cues and smoking meats remains undiminished by time or the increasing abundance of BBQ joints in the capital. Just this week Neil Rankin announced temper City, and the last 12 months have seen the launch of MeatUp in Wandsworth, temper Soho, The Stoke House at Victoria’s Nova development, Texas Joe’s Slow […]

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    Harden’s review of the reviews
    June 6, 2017October 6, 2023 HardensBytes

    It’s National Barbecue Week, so that means hunching over the rusty old Webber in your back garden with an umbrella – right? Not according to Giles Coren. He reviews Shoreditch’s Rök and Smokestak with such enthusiasm that he implores readers to visit one of these two smokehouses, rather than light the barbie in their own […]

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    Harden’s review of the reviews
    January 3, 2017October 6, 2023 HardensBytes

    ⦿ Jay Rayner of The Observer reviewed The Holy Birds in Shoreditch, which serves duck, goose and guinea fowl, “but mostly, to be honest, chicken“. The quality of the poultry was not to be questioned, but he was far from impressed by the cooking. “Sure, the skin is dark, but only in places. Elsewhere it’s soft and floppy. […]

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    Auction Against Hunger returns for 4th annual charity event
    March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 HardensBytes

    On Thursday 26 May Auction Against Hunger will return for the fourth year in a row to raise money for the restaurant industry’s charity of choice, Action Against Hunger. This time around the event will be held at the new Street Feast venue Hawker House in Canada Water where top chefs will cook up street food style […]

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    An American restaurant in London
    June 28, 2014June 26, 2014 HardensBytes

    America may not be a country exactly known for its subtlety, but even by their standards the 4th of July is a major occasion. It’s big, loud and brash, and so is the food that goes with it – food London seems to have fallen head-over-heels in love with. Our passion for cheeseburgers, BBQ ribs […]

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