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Review: The Basin Dining Room is more than a pretty view
Advertisement This under-the-radar northern beaches diner gets its moment in the sun, with a menu that spans beer-battered flathead to a large cruise liner of a seafood pie and fat mussels in a bathtub’s worth of 𝄒nduja butter sauce. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list…
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Paz Taqueria, Edinburgh: restaurant review
In these trying times, it’s nice to see a new opening that has people excited, even if that extends to us getting KB’d for a table at half-six on a Thursday and ‘forced’ to go to the pub for half an hour. Paz has the folk buzzing for good reason – it’s on the site…
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Review: Latin restaurant’s food, decor and ambience will get you dancing in your chair
Have you ever heard of the music and dance genre merengue? The signature dance rhythm is joyful with heavy percussion and a lively upbeat tempo. “The merengue (dance) is considered part of the national identity of the Dominican community,” according to the UNESCO World Heritage Organization. “It plays an active role in various aspects of…
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Where Southerners Go to Fill the Tank and Feed the Family
New York City has its bodegas. The South has its gas stations. When you stop for motor oil in Mississippi, you can also grab fried chicken on a stick. In North Carolina, you can buy a steamy bowl of pozole along with batteries and a five-pound bag of White Lily flour. There might be shawarma…
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Restaurant review: Exquisite squid at a quirky seaside spot
Shanty Old Lifeboat Shelter, Portrush Tel: 07594 432677 Upon our arrival, we were immediately impressed with the tasteful yet cosy interior. With tables lined along the wall, it was easy to imagine the benches which perhaps once stood here in the past. Shades of blue in the soft furnishings, some Christmas decorations and a beautiful…
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Restaurant review: Exquisite squid among local dishes with contemporary twist at quirky north coast spot
Upon our arrival, we were immediately impressed with the tasteful yet cosy interior. With tables lined along the wall, it was easy to imagine the benches which perhaps once stood here in the past. Shades of blue in the soft furnishings, some Christmas decorations and a beautiful tree and a view of the waves (we…
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What do restaurant customers care about? 44% say it’s not the food!
NEW YORK — The number one deal breaker when it comes to eating out isn’t expensive prices or rude wait staff — it’s cleanliness, according to a new survey. The poll of 1,000 American consumers and 1,000 small business owners and hospitality workers finds that when it comes to restaurants, cleanliness (44%) ranks higher in…
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Bali Satay House, London: ‘Deserves all the good words’
Bali Satay House, 4-5 Western Parade, Great North Road, New BarnetEN5 1AD (020 8449 0396). Starters £7.45-£12, mains £14.95-£22.50, desserts £8.45, wines from £20.45, Indonesian beer £6.45 It’s music night at the Bali Satay House in New Barnet and the vocal guitar duo’s power ballad game is strong. A bit of Whitney gives way to…
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‘I tried the Chinese burritos named one of London’s best restaurants’
Chinese food and burritos are not necessarily a combination easily pictured. It seems more fish fingers and custard than cheese and crackers, yet LiangJi Wraps has brought the Chinese burrito to London. They’re not an oddity; the Chinese burrito is a traditional street food popular across China. There are more than 1,000 LiangJi restaurants in…
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Chicago restaurant named most romantic in the country ahead of Valentine’s Day in recent Yelp ranking
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and couples all around the Chicago area are looking to book reservations for the romantic holiday. According to Yelp, Chicago’s a hot spot for romantic restaurants, with a recent ranking of the top 100 in the country giving high marks to the Windy City. The criteria for the…
