Category: Restaurant Reviews

  • Review: Josh Emett’s Gilt – Go for the lamb chops – stay for the long lunch-sized wine list

    Review: Josh Emett’s Gilt – Go for the lamb chops – stay for the long lunch-sized wine list

    Reviewer regret: Failing to order the escalivada at Josh Emett’s new restaurant Gilt. Photo / Babiche Martens According to my husband, the perfect meal is one you can put between two slices of bread. In his world, dinner is nearly always improved by adding a sandwich. He would have loved Gilt Brasserie. AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.…

  • The Japanese food joint serving Perth’s only matcha ramen

    The Japanese food joint serving Perth’s only matcha ramen

    April OoiThe West Australian I have set my goals for the year. Unsurprisingly, they consist of being healthier, looking after myself and getting more movement in (which is all code for please universe, I want to lose weight). They say balance is the key to success, so when I found out that a Canning Vale…

  • Review: Peter Chang Brings Dim Sum to Baltimore

    Review: Peter Chang Brings Dim Sum to Baltimore

    Food & Drink The small-dish service that originated in Cantonese teahouses is a cuisine Charm City is no longer missing, thanks to Chang’s latest restaurant near The Johns Hopkins Hospital. By Amy Scattergood | February 2024 An assortment of dim sum. —Photography by Scott Suchman When noted chef Peter Chang opened his second Baltimore restaurant…

  • Tampa Bay restaurants make strong showing in Yelp’s top 100

    The Tampa Bay area had a pretty strong showing in Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. 2024 ranking. The crowd-sourced restaurant review website collects user ratings and ranks the ratings, reviews and volume of submissions to spot trends. Florida was a big one this year, with the Sunshine State Yelpers talking up…

  • Rayuela restaurant review: ‘There is genius at work here’

    Rayuela restaurant review: ‘There is genius at work here’

    Rayuela, which is a brilliant new local Spanish joint on Ealing Broadway that I hope will set the tone for this column in 2024, was a complete shot in the dark from my point of view. I’d received a direct message on Instagram from an unnamed person there, back in September 2023, who wrote, “Hello…

  • The 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington, DC

    The 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington, DC

    “Where should we eat tonight?” The question, we’re happy to say, has more good answers than ever. That said, it makes our job of selecting the area’s top 100 restaurants a toughie. Just think of the caliber of openings this past year, which included Christian Irabién’s long-awaited Amparo Fondita, already a top destination for tacos…

  • On Your Plate | Red Yeti restaurant review

    On Your Plate | Red Yeti restaurant review

    When you think of yetis, you might think of the cold and the Himalayas since that’s where they’re supposed to be. But this restaurant was anything but cold. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — On Your Plate is a series of Louisville-area restaurant reviews conducted by WHAS11 staff. WHAS11 pays for critics’ meals. When trying to figure out…

  • Jimi Famurewa on Sune: Finally a wine bar that breaks the Hackney formula

    Jimi Famurewa on Sune: Finally a wine bar that breaks the Hackney formula

    It is the food here that is most likely to sink its hooks into you. This begins with the dish that is already emerging as an unconventional signature. It is a dairy beef tartare croque monsieur: a decorous miniature ham toastie, enrobed in a golden spill of melted cheese, piled with a glistening, thick-chunked heaping…

  • Tokii Wellness Menu Review –

    Tokii Wellness Menu Review –

    It’s time for tea with a menu that matches remarkable teas with delicious dishes of elegance made from healthy, happy, ingredients ‘Is that the coriander leaf, or is that?’ One of the stand out things about a Japanese menu is that nothing stands out,  in fact much of it is miniaturised. The menu may say…

  • FACT Review: BCH:CLB is swimming to success at W Dubai – The Palm 

    FACT Review: BCH:CLB is swimming to success at W Dubai – The Palm 

    DubaiFoodRestaurant ReviewsThings To DoUAE <!– var _ning_embed = {“id”:”1676″,”width”:1200,”height”:156}; –> The smart and sleek beach club wows with its dishes and drinks.  Beach clubs come and come in Dubai, and many sink before they can swim. BCH:CLB has opened in W Dubai – The Palm, and we were swept away by the sophisticated spot. Bringing…