Bob Bob Ricard: Decadence, glamour & fantastic food in Soho

X20th March 2015

Russian-owned Bob Bob Ricard has been on my restaurant To Do list for a while, my interest piqued further still by the obscured windows that give nothing away about what’s inside. Obviously I’d heard stories of Russian glitz and glamour,

Basement Sate: End a Soho night on a cocktail & pudding fuelled high

London, Soho

X8th December 2014

On Broadwick Street, there’s an unmarked door, flung open to reveal a floral corridor. This is the place, even if you do wonder if you’re about to wind up in someone’s living room or (more likely, given this is Soho)

Parisian cakes, pastries & ice cream at La Pâtisserie des Rêves | Marylebone & South Kensington | Recommended by HYHOI.com | Have You Heard Of It? blog

La Pâtisserie des Rêves: A Parisian cake & ice cream dream

London, Marylebone & Mayfair

X25th July 2014

La Pâtisserie des Rêves is a famed boutique patisserie brand, wonderfully Parisian yet very modern in its approach to desserts and pastries. The translation of the name means “the patisserie of dreams”, and the boutique is certainly ethereal and unusual,

Foxlow restaurant, Clerkenwell | Recommended by HYHOI.com | Have You Heard Of It? blog

Foxlow: Bacon ribs, pickle juice, Elvis desserts & beautiful interior

London, Shoreditch & East

X22nd June 2014

Foxlow in Clerkenwell is from the same restaurant group as Hawksmoor, but given that I have not yet given into the pull of much-talked-about-but-expensive Hawksmoor, you will not find me comparing the two. My good friend Chris had repeatedly told

Pollen Street Social, Mayfair | Luxury restaurant by chef Jason Atherton | Recommended by Have You Heard Of It? blog | HYHOI.com

Pollen Street Social: Perfect lunch in Mayfair

London, Marylebone & Mayfair

X30th April 2014

Two of my favourite things: Getting to choose the restaurant, and having someone else buy me lunch! Both were accomplished on my visits to Pollen Street Social, in Mayfair, last summer – which was rather fabulous since the prices are