Dinner with Crayons: TGI Fridays Westfield Stratford

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I have mused in the past how I virtually have my own parking space at Westfield Stratford. This giant new mall is under 15 minutes from home and one of our most frequent destinations for shopping, dining and entertainment.

So when Westfield invited me to visit a restaurant of my choice to review, there [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Chiquito, North Greenwich peninsula

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I’ve only been to Chiquitos once and that was by accident. It was about 1997 and my housemate and I attempted to try out the local Harvester in Ealing Common. For some reason we ended up deviating on the tube to Park Royal and entering the Chiquito next to a multiplex cinema.

I have [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Moo Grill

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Moo Grill is an Argentinian style steak house on the edge of the City of London. We were invited to their new branch in Petticoat Lane market.

Upfront I should admit my knowledge of things Argentine is mostly restricted to the plotline of Evita. A lot of British people used to live in Argentina [Read on...]

Buffalo Grill on Le Burger Trip

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We don’t have Buffalo Grill in the UK but if we did, I’d be going. [Read on...]

Review: Frankie and Benny’s Chingford

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The web is awash with parent blogger reviews of Frankie and Benny’s right now so I apologise if this is the eleventh review you’ve seen this week. Enticed with vouchers to sample the new menus, I embraced the chance to visit Frankie and Benny’s for the first time in a [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Zizzi cichetti Venetian tapas menu

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Dinner with Crayons is my occasional series of weekend child friendly restaurant reviews. Now that the book is mostly finished I hope to be doing them regularly again!

Pizza and pasta are what most people in Britain associate with Italian food and with one or two exceptions, most Italian chains reflect this. Zizzi have taken [Read on...]