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Hana Korean restaurant – Battersea | LardButty food reviews

Hana Korean restaurant on Battersea Rise was a truly serendipitous find for us last night – we’d been to the first beer festival at Clapham Grand (disappointing, nowhere near the standard of Wandsworth Common Beer Festival events at Le Gothique – many beers had run out, bar staff were clueless about beer, we were served several incorrect beers and left early) and then – being a Friday night – many restaurants in Battersea were heaving.

And we all had a hite, a Korean lager brewed from barley, malt and rice (nicely malty taste) along with modum kimchee or assorted pickles @ £7.00: cabbage, radish and cucumber (crunchy in a very hot chilli sauce).

H had a pork bibimbap @ £10.50 and K – we agreed – totally lucked out with his dish of barbeque beef bulgogi @ £12.20 (as recommended by our waiter), “thinly sliced beef marinated in a delicious blend of fruits, soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper, onion and garlic, served with lettuce and soybean paste” which he ate in lettuce leaf sandwiches as you can see… Barbeque beef bulgogi – a Chef’s special (and it certainly is!)

Sizzling barbeque beef bulgogi – thinly sliced beef marinated in a blend of fruits, soy sauce, sesame oil, etc Although we were full, we shared two desserts between the three of us: The verdict: A serendipitous find, Hana Korean restaurant seems to be a well kept secret.

Restaurant info: ~ Lardbutty rating: 4 / 5 ~ Type: Korean ~ Address: 60 Battersea Rise, London ~ Postcode: SW11 1EG ~ Nearest station: Clapham Junction ~ Photos on flickr: images of Hana Korean food ~ Hana on facebook: Hana Korean page ~ Location: Hana Korean map

Roka Mayfair – Japanese fine dining W1 | LardButty food reviews

For a special occasion this evening, K and I headed to Roka for some seriously special Japanese robata (charcoal grilled) food.

We chose this branch for its menu (see Roka Mayfair menu) which includes black cod, a favourite of mine.

We took their recommendation for the fried aubergine salad, and were glad we did.

The kitchen is open plan in the centre of the restaurant, so you can see the food being cooked on the robata grills.

Filed under: Best of..., Japanese, LardButty food / restaurant reviews | Tagged: 4.5 / 5, 4.5/5, black cod, blackened cod, grill, Japanese, Lardbutty, LardButty London, London, Mayfair, North Audley Street, robata, robata grill, Roka, Roka Mayfair |

Jason Atherton's Social Eating House in Soho W1 – sublime ...

Step out of the bustle of London’s Soho into the low-lit, pristine and calming ground floor restaurant Floor 58 in Jason Atherton’s Social Eating House, for some truly tasty posh-nosh Seated at a table for two (space was restricted) we started with a refreshing drink from the cocktail menu.

I had coriander seed roasted turbot, green sauce, white Wye Valley asparagus, fennel salad and crispy Pyefleet oyster @ £32.00, and drank a Vinha dos Santos 2013 red wine from Portugal’s Douro region @ £9.50 a 175ml glass.

The photo below shows the food disassembled so you can see inside the crispy (breaded) oyster, and the detail of the meaty turbot with asparagus and fennel salad.

Social Eating House on Soho’s Poland Street – Floor 58 on ground floor, Blind Pig on first floor The verdict: Food here is on another level.

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