Category Archives: Restaurant

Sexy Fish – The Hottest Place in London

imageSexy Fish, the most lavish London restaurant in years. I’m not sure I can add anything to what’s already been said about “that” name other than that I think I kind of love it. Other restaurateurs, please note: only Caprice  gets away with stuff like this. Don’t let’s start a silly name trend.main
The Asian-inspired seafood menu is an almost overwhelming read taking in everything from oysters, caviar and whole lobsters to sashimi, tataki and tartares from the raw bar, skewers, robata dishes, tempura and salads. You feel like the king or the queen of London dining at this Restaurant – the fish is indeed sexy.

A Hamburger That Thinks He’s a Hot Dog – Freddar Dog

BYN_Summer1_Web_Thumb_1The UK hamburger chain Byron Burger has a new thing: The Freddar Dawg, is a hamburger that thinks it’s a hot dog – a 6oz hamburger in a hot dog roll. Along with streaky bacon, pickles and onion, it stars one very special ingredient you won’t find anywhere else – Freddar cheese, our head chef Fred’s take on American cheese. Freddar has all the melting goodness of classic American cheese, but with a serious flavour punch thanks to Fred’s unique blend of Grana Padano, mature Cheddar and Red Leicester. Grana Padano, mature Cheddar and Red Leicester. Pretty funny and pretty deliciousCLVDf1TWIAEGOei

Dig Inn – Real Good Food For Everybody

20150121181025-diginn-marketplace-tofuThis is what Dig Inn – a new fast food chain that follows the trend of farm to counter set out to do and they do it well: We believe everyone deserves to eat well, even on a budget. So we’re democratizing the farm-to-table movement by offering ridiculously good food at a reasonable price.dig-inn-adam-eskin-letterboard-rectangle-1

That means sourcing local, seasonal ingredients – not just because they are ‘local’ – but because fresh, healthy ingredients taste best. That means you’ll find grills, flames, and all the other good stuff people use to cook real food behind our counters. If there’s a steak on your salad, we’re grilling it ourselves, on the spot.Screen-shot-2015-02-23-at-11.17.04-AM

 

Expo Milano – Top 4 Reasons To Go

Reason Nr. 4: American Food in trucks and James Beard

There are 2 ways to enjoy the best of american food in Milano. One is the replica of the James Beard Foundation in the very center of Milano. James-Beard-American-Restaurant-Milan-694x420This is the highest honor american cooks can get: The James Beard award – and you can be part of it. If you don’t want to spend as much the other way to enjoy amazing american food is to check out the food trucks at the pavilion. The lobster roll was specifically developed for this event and has been tested and tested again: perfection. xlobster-roll.jpg.pagespeed.ic.4QK6P_K-yDEATER-FOOD-TRUCKS_0

Bao in London – One of the Best Ever

Bao-London-Classic-bunBao is London’s equivalent of New York’s classic Momofuku’s Ssäm Bar – TrendEngel tells you this is even better. . The restaurant’s name derives from gua bao: fluffy white steamed buns, in this case filled with braised pork, sprinkled with peanut powder, and yours for £3.75. Other sorts of bao (bun) are more slider-like, such as little burger baps wrapped around soy-milk-marinated chicken, sichuan mayo and kimchi. There’s even a dessert bao – made with doughnut batter and filled with Horlicks ice cream – that echoes the malted cereal milks at NYC’s Momofuku Milk Bar.

Dishoom – Indian Revisited – Iran Rediscovered

14AE937A-8A3B-4F46-923570A804C032EFIf you ever wanted to know how an iranian cafe from back in the days has felt – this is your chance. Dishoom is mixing and matching Indian and Iranian traditions and is adding a touch of London cool. The Shoreditch location is Trendengel’s favorite. Don miss the Black daal, the Calamari and the cocktails (1948 sour is amazing. img_2672This is the catch Unless you are at least 6 people you will have to wait for a table as they don’t take reservations. The wait can be long – but be assured: It is worth every minute.Dishoom3

Living Produce Aisle – Vancouver Takes it to the Next Level

livingGreen fxxxxx juices are all the rage. Local and from farm to table are expressions you hear more and more. One company in Vancouver takes it to the next level and produces not only the juices in house but grows all the ingrediences  there. They are called Living Produce Aisle. ,  This is what they say: Living Produce Aisle is a commitment to living fresh. We want to provide healthy and nutritious food to every household, as we think that it’s important to promote better lifestyles. We want to revitalize Yaletown and provide the neighbourhood with the Zero Mile Diet™, meaning that they’ll be able to harvest food only minutes from their own home.I5UKEDcGCfpcBH

Industry Standard – Berlin is Setting the Standard

Industry-Standard-Berlin-Venue-620x350Berlin does not have to hide behind London, Paris and New York when it comes to innovative food. Industry Standard in the middle of Neukölln is a good example.  This is what they say about themselves:

We believe in giving whole beasts their due, and that extends not only to offal and off-cuts, the high-lights and low-lights of the flesh, but to the radishes and rutabagas that went into making them. We want to extend this philosophy into everything on offer at Industry Standard: From the inspired witchery of our house-made bitters to our selection of natural and biodynamic wines (curated by Viniculture) that express the soil and sea, the sky and the sweat that fed them. Forgotten or unexpected connections. Whole beasts, some of which, admittedly, may be mythical.

We think that “comfort food” is a played-out conceit signaling compromise more than any attempt to really connect. Food can be challenging as well as comforting – comforting because it is just goddamn delicious.

Industry-Standard-Berlin-Beef-TartarSo for drinking, fighting, feasting, lusting, larding and barding, reverent riffs on deserved classics, come to Neukölln. We will feed you.

Well  – this is what TrendEngel says: This is one of the most surprising discoveries of the year. The tartar is extraordinary and very very special and the cauliflower to die for.

Eggslut – Mashed Potatoes Reinvented

IMG_5177If you go to Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles you ill see a line…a long long line. You will ask yourself why – until you tasted the Eggslut. This is essentially mashed potatoes in a glass with and egg. Sounds boring? It isn’t It is amazing. The secret: Butter of course. Founded in 2011 exalt started as a food truck. The move to Central Market made Eggslut a legend. Eggslut is a chef driven, gourmet food concept founded in 2011, by Alvin Cailan. Eggslut is inspired by a true love for eggs they say. The press says it is the best food on the west coast  and yes you can have a burger as well if you want. th

Gino Sobrillo – Is It the Best Pizza?

img_5463mGino Sobrillo is famous for its pizza in Napoli – since 1935. Now he has opened a new pizzeria in the middle of fashionable Milano on Largo Corsia Dei Servi (this is so fresh there is still no official website for the Milano outlet) . And boy it is good. Every day Sobrillo does 400 pizze and once they are sold they close shop. Go for it and decide yourself if this is the best Pizza in the world – it just might be.