London has seen many notorious and feared men in its time from Jack the Ripper to Christie, to the Richardson’s whose names have all brought a chill to the collective mind of Londoners. But in some quarters an even more powerful and terrifying set of aggressive and verbally violent aggressors lie in wait. If you own a new London eatery a visit from sawn-off shotgun toting Kray twins would be far more welcome than the shadow of A.A.Gill the Times London Restaurant critic waiting to be seated.
Mr Gill has some well used terms that he spills to deride any establishment he feels does not reach his Everest-like high standards. When in his London Restaurant Review he refers to a new high-end restaurant’s signature dish as “fishy liver-filled condoms” the writing is on the wall that the backers of this establishment are going to be out a couple of million quid.
London Restaurant Guide’s abound in print and on the Internet, many well know and much feared critics such as the Evening standards Fay Maschler are well capable of breaking a new eatery venture with a few taps on a computer keyboard. During her formidable 36-year tenure as London restaurant review writer she has dished out praise and derision in equal helpings. She freely admits to not being ‘very good at being nice' and is well disposed to driving the owner of a London restaurant to total despair with her caustic London restaurant review’s.
Over the past five years or so a new set of names have joined those who must be feared, Krista, Douglas, Al, Oscar Rutton, and Richard to name but a few of the lively contributors to the ubiquitous Londonelicious, a very interesting foodie blog that pits real individuals against the soused skills of chefs across the capital.
Unlike other London Restaurant Guide’s these contributors are unpaid and unrewarded enthusiasts who search the city for the finest and not so, finest places to eat. Also unlike their much feared counterparts they do not receive many invitations to exclusive launch parties and celeb food events.
That is not to say that these new wave, London restaurant review writers are not without great influence, they are all on a very dedicated mission to set the record straight on where is a good place to eat in London. They do not seem to care if the place has Michelin stars or if it is run by some upstart twenty-something who just finished catering college.
These people love food, great atmosphere and a nice bottle of wine, their credentials are that they have eaten out a lot, an awful lot, it is an all consuming passion that they are spreading to the world via their London restaurant reviews on Londonelicious, a quirky and thoroughly enjoyable London Restaurant Guide that tells it how they see it without fear or favour, in hundreds of incisive reviews.
Mr Gill has some well used terms that he spills to deride any establishment he feels does not reach his Everest-like high standards. When in his London Restaurant Review he refers to a new high-end restaurant’s signature dish as “fishy liver-filled condoms” the writing is on the wall that the backers of this establishment are going to be out a couple of million quid.
London Restaurant Guide’s abound in print and on the Internet, many well know and much feared critics such as the Evening standards Fay Maschler are well capable of breaking a new eatery venture with a few taps on a computer keyboard. During her formidable 36-year tenure as London restaurant review writer she has dished out praise and derision in equal helpings. She freely admits to not being ‘very good at being nice' and is well disposed to driving the owner of a London restaurant to total despair with her caustic London restaurant review’s.
Over the past five years or so a new set of names have joined those who must be feared, Krista, Douglas, Al, Oscar Rutton, and Richard to name but a few of the lively contributors to the ubiquitous Londonelicious, a very interesting foodie blog that pits real individuals against the soused skills of chefs across the capital.
Unlike other London Restaurant Guide’s these contributors are unpaid and unrewarded enthusiasts who search the city for the finest and not so, finest places to eat. Also unlike their much feared counterparts they do not receive many invitations to exclusive launch parties and celeb food events.
That is not to say that these new wave, London restaurant review writers are not without great influence, they are all on a very dedicated mission to set the record straight on where is a good place to eat in London. They do not seem to care if the place has Michelin stars or if it is run by some upstart twenty-something who just finished catering college.
These people love food, great atmosphere and a nice bottle of wine, their credentials are that they have eaten out a lot, an awful lot, it is an all consuming passion that they are spreading to the world via their London restaurant reviews on Londonelicious, a quirky and thoroughly enjoyable London Restaurant Guide that tells it how they see it without fear or favour, in hundreds of incisive reviews.
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