I don't quite remember who proclaimed that 2010 was going to be the year of the Burrito in the UK, who ever said it, is not far off the mark.  Coming from the states where there is a burrito shack on every corner of Main Street USA I went into burrito withdrawal when I moved to the UK eleven years ago.  In the last few years London has seen a few burrito outposts popping up, some of them are rolling out great burritos and some of them.... Well not so.

My current favourite burrito joint is Tortilla. They have 4 locations in London serving up burritos that are filling, flavourful and excellent value.  I had the most disgusting burrito in my life from the Soho branch MexiCali. The meat was over salted, guacamole was slimy and the beans under cooked. Never again!  Over in Clerkenwell, Daddy Donkey has garnered a cult following, but I've yet get my mouth around their burrito.

Burritos are big business in the US.  Probably the god of the burrito chains is Chipotle.  They started out in my home state of Colorado, then spread like wild fire across the USA with millions of followers that worshiped in their house of burritos.

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Labels: BBQKorean

If you follow me on twitter you could probably tell from my tourettesque rants about Lost that I'm slightly obsessed with it. More like majorly obsessed! To the point of struggling to know how I will cope without it come May of this year. I guess I'll just have to re-watch it time after time in a dimly lit room sitting in a tear stained housecoat sipping coffee from a caffeine stained mug. Oh the depression that may ensue.

Watching the episode that was rather Kweon-centric it occured to me that of all the Asian food I love, I've not had any decent Korean. My First foray into Korean was in the American Midwest. With most things in the Midwest, unless it's down-home BBQ, it's not going to be a mega success even if it is Korean BBQ.

I had a mooch around on the Internet to see what was on offer in London in the way of Korean cuisine. The search led to several sites that had such horrendous music playing I quickly turned to expert advice rather than doing my own research. After a quick querie on twitter I asked my favourite restaurant obsessive she suggested two places. Purely out of location I picked Kobe.

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Labels: London Dining

When you work a crazy job that makes you work six days a week, the perfect Sunday at the end of it, is all you look forward to. I have one of those jobs, so Sunday is really my day! My perfect Sunday requires a few things; waking up from at least six hours of uninterrupted sleep,  a sun-filled rain free day, spending time in the kitchen, copious amounts of good food, something decent to watch on the TV and spending time with the bear. That is my perfect Sunday!

The word on the street (read Twitter) that Hawksmoor was going to launch a weekend service (being in The City they guessed the custom was not there on a weekend). This sent my tongue a wagging! I have to admit that I was a Hawksmoor virgin. Not for a lack of trying, but 90% of my big restaurant outings happen on a Sunday. Until now I could not pop my proverbial carnivore cherry. With all the buzz around Twitter, about how MEGA the new brunch was I could not wait to try it myself.

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