Mien Tay: where a bowl of noodles gave me a moment

In a previous half-life before this blog, my former housemates and I would frequent Mien Tay on Lavender Hill. This cheap and cheery hole-in-the-wall was quite a trek from where we lived but our intense craving for good Vietnamese would will us to go. When they had a BYOB policy (which ceased around…

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Six tracks for August 2014

Well…. better late than never! Finally coughed up time to do this! Zola Blood - Grace There’s a lot to wonder about Zola Blood although there’s not a lot of information about them lurking on the web. I thought they sounded a bit like this band I followed a few…

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Lutong Pinoy revisited: where we satisfied some cravings

My friend K had mega postpartum Filo food cravings so we decided to have a mega postpartum catch up over dinner. The trek-worthy Port of Manila in Hammersmith has closed shop (although they still cater) so we booked a table at Lutong Pinoy.  I realised how I’ve learned to appreciate more Filipino dishes…

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