Commas Hall Fruit Farm

Really want to share with you some pictures that i have taken from Commas Hall Fruit Farm on Saturday. What a lovely day, enjoy the countryside, the field, the fresh smell of the air…

Maze Grill, London

Maze Grill.

One of Ramsay’s ressie, and yes, apparently in recent paper it says Maze is one of the overpriced restaurant in London. Not only Maze but plus two of his others. Nevertheless, my friend and i still went for a Bank holiday lunch, we booked on Thurs and even a good few days in advance, they still lack of time slot… so, why do people still go even when there is poor review of it? hmmmm… i wonder too!

Howdy! i went there, its only about 5 mins from Bond Street Station if you know the direction. First impression, nice location. Into the restaurant reception…. left or right? ah… we going into the right hand side (that’s because the left hand side is Maze). Looks the same as shown on its website, very bright and nice warm colour setting, this is what i love about having a good lunch, at least you can see the sun (but i don’t want the sun blemish! kaka). The waiter that served us was awesome, super good services! Came over gave us a brief explanation of the menu, and then with the beef steak explaining the difference in fat n meat etc (the meat topic that i got no idea of …!) Studying from the menu, we decided to go for the set lunch…

the set lunch menu certainly is more valuable than a la carte menu, esp. its my first visit and want to keep within a budget. For the set, i decided to go for the roasted tomato soup with mascarpone and basil and rump of steak with mash as my main. Additionally, i have ordered the soft shelf crab with spicy mayonaise as extra starter. Frankly speaking, the deep fried crab seems to be a bit oily…. but the taste is clean, not too much fancy flavour, goes well with the bitter salad leave. Thus, generally speaking nothing special of this dish… but i still like it, that’s cause i got a soft spot for soft shelf crab!!!
I do have a question regarding the soup, why all fine dining restaurant will pour the soup out in front of you?? not that i am complaining but just out of curiosity! =P Tomato soup,…. ahhhh this beats any ready made soup, super concentrate, superb tomato flavour…. this truly proven to me that properly made soup is the best! The mascarpone gives the tomato soup a little richer and creamy taste; no complain at all!!

The steak… my rump! hhaa… nice lump of rump sitting on the chopping board alike serving plate. kakaka….. its quite funny, i m amazed at it… you know its like slicing the beef at a Sunday roast dinner! Honestly, unique serving way; although, i do wonder how am i suppose to eat my mash with my beef?? so i ate it in a man style! =P personally, i think its a unique way of serving but not truly practical in terms of eating the beef with its sides. The garish used of a garlic is well kool, although you can eat it with the meat,. er but,.. not for me! /.\ And again no complain with the beef, they certainly know the grill well …… hey! this place its Maze Grill

We were holding our belly after the starters and main, and decided to skipped the dessert… i wonder how many calories hav i put that afternoon!! But i denied myself saying beef has iron is good for woman! hhaa… also, the waiter was so good, as we say we don’t want dessert. he kindly brought over some cookies; great service!

Overall, i have greatly enjoyed my lunch here with my good friend, great catch up too! =)

Maze Grill
10 – 13 Grosvenor Square
LONDON
W1K 6JP

Restaurant Reservations
T: 020 7495 2211
F: 020 7592 1603
mazegrill@gordonramsay.com

vintage. brick lane.

i killed my own pc, hence i haven’t been online for sooooooo long!
trying to update via my bro’s mac.. faint, forget the long story!

holiday pics? got to wait..

goood location for vintage items? Ta-da… Brick Lane market would be your answer.

Blackbird Fly. ISO 400

LobsterFest at Belgo, London

Hurry up if you don’t know….

Belgo currently is having the Lobster Festival until the last day of June 2009. I had this on the first week of June but too lazy to blog anything….

Surely, booking is essential on Friday evening at Belgo, you will see how busy that basement location is…. people waiting at the bar, or queuing.. just to want to go in and have mussels or any other Belgian foods. This reminds me the meal i had in Brussels, superb mussels … but we can’t compare it to London’s Belgo. But got to say their mussels in Belgo is well tiny!

Okay.. i am not a big fan of mussels, and i am here for the lobster festival. So Lobster is a must… while i was debating on whether to get a whole lobster or half and half (half lobster and half steak), i decided to go for a whole.. as i reckon i can get better steak somewhere else. 2 friends and myself in the end ordered a whole lobster each.. they had chips but i requested to have plain mash aside. Forget that stomp mash, i HATE spring onions! kekek~~~~

After our order, the full set of lobster kit were given… wow, that nut cracker. Voila, my meal has arrived! … i finish the whole thing quite quick, its quick easy with the tools…. some people might find it hard. Taste wise…. i can’t seem to taste the freshness of the lobster, but then i just think how fresh can you expect…… and a lb of lobster, its tiny =( … ah, aroma wise it smell good, taste good; i just don’t like the fact i have to dig the meat out. If you have ever tried the chinese style lobster at any chinese restaurant, you will understand what i mean….. they chopped the lobster one in pieces. no working just use your chop stick and munch!  Ahh talking about lobster i miss Atami’s lobster tempura… ahh memory.

To cut it short, make you sure go for it… kekeke

Belgo Centraal
50 Earlham Street
Covent Garden
WC2H 9LJ

Giraffe, London

Giraffe…. 長頸鹿, long neck deer(bad Chinese English saying, haha~) i have seen this chain in quite a few locations now..

Two weeks ago it must be, the sunny Sunday… I visited this place out of the blue (like the chair above) with my dear friend. We decided to meet and chill at the market and looking for things to snap but in the end my tiredness overtaken my objective of the day to finish off 36 exposure of my film.

Anyhow, with the restaurants fills with people inside or at outside tables. This must have said something to potential diners….. the food must be tasty! Okay… here we go!

First glance, ambiance is great…. i love the exotic colours of this restaurant, feels very refreshing…just perfect interior for a good Sunday. The entire restaurant can be quite space out, there are few types of tables to meet different needs. First glance to the menu… quite limited huh?? but the more you studied it, the more you realised there are things that you have never thought it can pair together and most importantly you never tried them before. Flicking around… i set my heart on the Chicken, prawn and mango salad; my friend ordered fish fingers burger and we also shared a topped wedges. Drinks wise i got the mango one….. the waitress was good, she literately asked us… do you want some tap water to go with your meal. Surely, this shows something…  and i also saw that they actually serve you in filtered tap water!!!!! extra marks…..

I ordered the wedges for no reason as i just want to eat them, but come to my surprised the topping is quite a lot. And the favour is quite impressive to pair with the wedges.. giving the boring wedges a kick of tomato/pepper taste.
I didn’t have much expectation to my salad; i just want something light on that day due to the hot weather. But with such generous portion, i was actually full from this salad.  The chicken, prawns and mango… also the sauce on the salad, great ratio! I m scared of salad that has much sauce on them, as that will just overpower the salad; making it become more of a heavy meal. I am pleased. When i dine out, i rarely would order a salad, to me its like paying 10GBP and what you get its a few leaves and meat… not worth the price; although i still think so, but for this salad i am actually not regretting ……. its just so fresh! it shocked me to see how fresh this salad is. kakaka~~ ah i can’t stop talking about it, i will go back for this salad again and try other starters…   and surely wouldn’t forget my topped wedges, just love them!

Wonder if you have ever tried innocent smoothie…? i am a big fan of it, although i rarely drink it now as once i drink i can’t stop, which means i would have taken more sugar than i need. In short, not good!  When you dine out, apart from the boring freezy drink, water etc.. i m always keen to try something new, their mango smoothie seem super refreshing.. ordered. oops…..  it taste a little bit too sweet though.but the fruit doesn’t taste like canned puree… mmm….  anyhow, i find the giraffe stirer very cute, i want to take it home with me…. ah!

Love this place, really great to have your sunday brunch here.. esp when you are around the East London markets.

Giraffe
Spitalfields Market
Crispin Place
Spitalfields
E1 6DW
Tel 020 3116 2000