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‘La Cocina’ Review: Rooney Mara in Explosive Account of Immigrant Restaurant Workers Chasing the American Dream
There’s a surging life force felt in every scene of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ superbly acted La Cocina — at times ebullient but more often on edge, if not careening dangerously toward disaster or violence. Think The Bear on cocaine with a Red Bull chaser and you get some idea of the sustained intensity and simmering pressure…
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REVIEW: You’ll be well looked after at this solid city centre restaurant
It is still in print and contains within it stories about the Wild Wood. It is difficult not to reflect as to, for what reason the restaurant chain Wildwood was so called. I suspect that this is partially because these Restaurants cater for the family rather than the expectation that the waiting staff would be dressed…
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Restaurant Review: Surreal in National Landing
Tuna poke with a crispy rice paper pillow at Surreal in National Landing (Photo by Deb Lindsey) A rice-paper bubble the size of a melon makes its way through the dining room to our table, appearing to float above a bowl of poke. Following our server’s instructions, I smash the pillow with a fork to…
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Mika review: Abu Dhabi restaurant offers Mediterranean high life at a ludicrously low cost
Mika is my new favourite restaurant in Abu Dhabi. It’s like stepping into Saint-Tropez’s Vieux Port; except here I can live the French Riviera high life without a trust fund budget. It recently opened in Yas Marina, replacing Aquarium restaurant and breathing life into one of the city’s best vistas. Gone are the uncomfortable metal…
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Restaurant Review: Frenchi’s Mammoth Sandwiches Find a Home in Old North
Columbus used to have a few places Downtown where you could score a serious sandwich. And by serious, we’re not talking about fu-fu standards that might involve a layer of pate or artisanal cheese in the mix. ADVERTISEMENT We’re talking about a mega-meat masterpiece. A combo where the protein element is almost shameful, piled sufficiently…
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Viral food critic Keith Lee reviews Indianapolis restaurant. Here’s what he said
A chicken wing shop on Thursday became the first Indianapolis restaurant to be reviewed by viral critic Keith Lee. Lee visited Chicken Scratch, 5308 N. Keystone Ave., while in town for NBA All-Star Weekend. Chicken Scratch is a spinoff of Chef Tia & Co., the now-closed west side Cajun restaurant. It specializes in huge cooked-to-order wings…
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Restaurant Review: Belfast hotel’s food has got a new puff of magic thanks to the head chef
I always like the breakfast at The Fitzwilliam Hotel… now the restaurant’s glow stretches throughout the day The pie of the day is duck and venison Joris Minne Today at 13:30 Hotel restaurants are still shaking off the lingering, spectral stains of carveries, soggy crumbles and cold cheeses. These used to be gold-standard, guaranteed hotel…
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Kokum, London SE22: ‘The cooking brims with ambition and pride’
Kokum is a fruit that’s used like tamarind in southern Indian cooking to add sour, fruity, salty depth to curries and to lend punch to coconutty veggie dishes. Kokum is also the name of a modern Indian restaurant on East Dulwich Road in south-east London that, like all contemporary subcontinental restaurants, has a tightrope to…
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Real-Deal Eccentricity, at Oti
Tables for Two Real-Deal Eccentricity, at Oti The burrata (center), dressed in edible flowers and fragrant with garlic and dill, pairs well with the pepper-and-eggplant zacuscă dip.Photographs by Peter Fisher for The New Yorker Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story You’ll know that you’ve arrived at Oti, a modest Romanian-ish restaurant…
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Review: ‘I tried the highest rated restaurant in Northampton – and it was exceptional’
Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now I visited the best rated restaurant in Northampton – and it was exceptional. I recently had the pleasure of dining at La Pazienza restaurant in Wellingborough Road with my partner, and I must say, it was an unforgettable experience. La…