A review of Serge et la Phoque restaurant in London The first time I walked into Serge et la Phoque was in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Through half moon velvet curtains and right in the middle of the restaurant was a bucket and rags on the floor. They had a leaky ceiling. The shabby chic refinement and the notably young…
Full disclosure: before writing this post, I asked my girlfriends if there was any point in reporting on a restaurant that I wouldn’t return to for food. They said yes – so here we are, my review of Sake No Hana. Now, before you click away from this post or write off this Mayfair sibling of Hakkasan, it’s worth reading…
25 Christmas gifts under £200 With Christmas only a month away, I’ve found myself perusing the aisles of Waitrose for mince pies and humming carols. Preparing for the season as a single household means less of the decorations and homely atmosphere and more about the giving and celebrating with friends. Presents are simultaneously the most annoying yet exciting part of…
I was going to title this, “you need to come here”, which is quite self-explanatory. Open for just four months, Xu is the sister of Fitzrovia favourite Bao and one of the newer breed of stylish restaurants to move into Chinatown. Modelled after a 1930’s Taiwanese eatery, the minimal retro vibes lend a feeling of escapism enhanced by the playful…
Call me old fashioned but I’m the kind of girl that still brings books to read on the train, even when there’s wifi. There’s something way more therapeutic and sentimental about ink on paper and that extends to letter writing too. For the first two years of my long distance relationship, I’d always ask my boyfriend to write me…
So why can’t I talk about it the way I want? Just try it, tell a colleague or a friend that you’re dissatisfied with how you look and wait for their response. More likely than not, they’ll say something like, ‘don’t be silly, you’re so skinny!’ or ‘you should be happy with the way you look!’. Yeah, we all should…
