More often than not I find myself answering this question: Where should I eat right now? As a restaurant obsessive, I want to know what’s new, what’s hot, which favourite chef just launched their follow-up effort: the “it” places of the moment. So I’ve decided a new feature of the site should be a monthly rolling list of places that I have discovered and love! So here is a condensed list of where you should be dining in October now.
Toca Social
TOCA Social is the world’s first social entertainment and dining experience with a football twist! Footballing and non-footballing fans alike will be able to enjoy interactive and immersive football games, that are designed for players of all abilities, even those that have never kicked a ball!
Read our review.
BIBI London
Chet Sharma’s new Mayfair addition to the JKS stable is at first glance very smart — with elegant banquettes and a sweeping counter that provides an ideal view of the multi-level sigree grill. But here smart also means intelligent: Sharma’s playfulness appears in opening gambits of papad and kurkure that resemble Quavers and NikNaks respectively, and it persists across the menu, in a departure from prior billing as a tasting menu concession to its locale that feels like a very wise decision.
http://bibirestaurants.com/
Ramo Ramen
Ramo Ramen is known for its creative, clever refraction of Filipino culinary traditions, leading to singular bowls of ramen which feel in tune with the spirit of the most exciting cooking in the city right now. Oxtail collapses into creamy peanut broth in a bowl inspired by kare kare, the Filipino stew, while grilled king prawns bob in a broth pursed by tamarind and lime in a rendition of the soup, sinigang. But in Soho, the stars are the decadent: an outrageous lobster and crab ginataan, and a rich wagyu bistek donburi.
Bar La Rampa
Smack bang in the middle of central London, MJMK, the group behind piri piri chicken slingers Casa do Frango and fancy Mexican restaurant Kol, has opened a vibey, low-lit Cuban-ish bar and restaurant with from the stellar Tātā Eatery. It includes the signature cubano sandwich — a footlong of soft ciabatta-like-baguette packed with pork belly seasoned with cumin and aromatic herbs, ham, raclette, pickled gherkins and onions, and American mustard. Thus having a flavour profile somewhere between a fast food burger, a rustic porchetta roll, and a club sandwich. Elsewhere, there’s lots of rum cocktails, and late night activities, befitting of its location.
