Evening Standard Magazine, 4 May
Chris Blackhurst visits the newly reopened Quo Vadis
The last occasion I visited Quo Vadis on Dean Street, then owner Marco Pierre White was in his pomp. There was a faintly mad air to the proceedings. We went for lunch and had a clearly unmemorable meal because I can’t remember much about it. What I can recall, though, is the art on the walls (it was during Marco’s spat with Damien Hirst, when he’d replaced Hirst’s pictures with his own) and joining Marco for a drink or two afterwards at the table by the downstairs bar. He was puffing away on a cigar and putting the world to rights.
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Metro, 4 June
Marina O’Loughlin at Monkey & Me
Why Monkey & Me? No idea. But the small restaurant is as cute as its name: pale, unadorned walls; a few images of the eponymous animal; a quirky little table lamp that looks like a jelly bean dispenser with switch in nudge-nudge naughty position. Our two handsome waiters, if slightly dippy, couldn't be more welcoming. And the menu, although offering every cornershop Thai favourite, also delivers a few diversions: 'fish ball bacon', maybe, or two kinds of Thai sausage; terrific salads, or the improbably-named tempura squid, Lord Of The Ring.
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Bloomberg, 30 May
Richard Vines at Chicago Rib Shack
Vegetarian food, healthy eating, family diner -- these are words to strike fear into the heart of the carnivore who has sacrificed all for the pleasures of the flesh. It's not that I'm opposed to any of them. There are fabulous vegetarian dishes and the importance of nutrition will register when that last night of creme brulee and champagne takes its toll. As for families, I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way, as Whitney Houston has it. London's Chicago Rib Shack, with its sticky marinades, huge chunks of meat and calorie-laden pies is the antithesis of healthy and/or vegetarian eating but it's definitely a place for the kids. I went along for lunch and the entire basement restaurant was given over to a family party for investors. The last time I experienced that sort of noise was at a David Bowie concert in Hong Kong. In 1983.
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