The 100 best dishes in London 2012 - Bloggers' picks
Our favourite food bloggers tell us their top dishes in the capital
We asked ten of our favourite food bloggers, including Bread et Butter and Hollow Legs, to tell us what their favourite ten dishes in London are. Here’s what they said.
Food bloggers tell us their top dishes...
A Rather Unusual Chinaman
“A German-born Chinese Malaysian, living in London, I am a fussy eater who will taste anything once.”
- The pasta (any pasta dish) at Zucca
- The steak at Goodman Mayfair
- The chu-toro at Sushi of Shiori
- The leg of sika deer, endives and horseradish at Hedone
- The radish, fennel, pecorino, pomegranate, truffle salad at Bocca di Lupo
- The pistachio gelato at Gelupo
- The sori (chicken oysters) at Bincho
- The lamb skewers and dumplings at Silk Road
- Confit pigeon legs at The Ledbury
- The frozen pannacotta, apples and hazelnuts at The Corner Room
Andy Hayler's Restaurant Guide
“I am a food writer and author, who lives in London. In 2010, I visited every three Michelin star restaurant in the world.”
- The egg, morels and peas at Hedone
- The flame-grilled mackerel with smoked eel, cucumber, Celtic mustard and shiso dressing at The Ledbury
- The venison and rabbit pie at Le Gavroche
- The rum baba at Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester
- The pan-fried Scottish scallops with a millefeuille of potato, parmesan veloute and truffle ‘smarties’ at Gordon Ramsay at Royal Hospital Road
- The Scottish langoustine with pumpkin puree, Parmesan gnocchi, emulsion of potato and truffle, rings of trompette mushrooms and field mushroom puree at The Square
- The spaghetti of monkfish with red peppers and courgettes at Apsleys
- The tipsy cake at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
- The langoustines with morels at The Ritz
- The patatas bravas at Cambio de Tercio
Bread et Butter
“I can usually be found in the kitchen, concocting ways to put a Malaysian twist on my food. My blog Bread et Butter chronicles these kitchen escapades, along with occasional food travelogues.”
- Seared wagyu beef sushi at Dinings
- Tamworth belly ribs at Hawksmoor Seven Dials
- Beef brisket at Pitt Cue Co
- Iberico pork & foie gras burger at Opera Tavern
- Chorizo hash at Kopapa
- Full English breakfast at Pollen Street Social
- Kinoko hiya-atsu (cold soba with a hot mushroom/walnut miso broth) at Koya
- Cuttlefish cheung fun at Princess Garden
- Pork scratchings with guacamole at Wahaca
- Fraisier cake at Maison Blanc Hampstead
Food Stories
“I write Food Stories and The London Review of Sandwiches. I’m into jerk chicken, hot sauce, ice-cream, deep-frying and barbecue.”
- The jerk chicken at Tasty Jerk
- The lemon tart at Tempo
- The lobster roll at Burger & Lobster
- Pickled beans with pork mince at Shu Castle
- The home-style aubergine at Silk Road
- The truffled egg toast at Spuntino
- The brown sugar tart at The Ledbury
- The cheese soufflé baked in cream at Le Gavroche
- The twice cooked pork at Wuli Wuli
- The lamb chops at Tayyabs
- Flame-grilled mackerel, smoked eel, mustard and shiso at The Ledbury
- Mixed alliums in a chilled pine infusion at Dabbous
- Lobster noodles with ginger and spring onion at Pearl Liang
- Truffled potato and porcini vereniki at Bob Bob Ricard
- Black Angus rib-eye on pine needles with oxtail, charred aubergine and smoked potatoes at Pollen Street Social
- The Big Frank at Big Apple Hot Dogs
- Burnt cream of English mushrooms, ramsons and cheese drops at Roganic
- White truffle and egg yolk spaghettini at L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
- Chicken neck (seseri) skewers at Bincho Yakitori
- Cuttlefish 'Bolognese' at Hedone
- The Jamón Ibérico at José
- The king prawn dumpling noodle soup at Hung's
- The home-style cabbage at Silk Road
- The rajas con crema baby burrito at El Burrito
- The walnut and mushroom miso hot broth with cold udon noodles at Koya
- The chicken Kiev with sweetcorn mash at Bob Bob Ricard
- The quail with alioli at Barrafina
- The Banh Mi Vietnam sandwich at Panda Panda
- The kai yiew mar kra pow krob (minced pork with fried century eggs) at The Heron
- The lobster roll at Burger & Lobster
Leluu
“I blog about Vietnamese food and recipes and my life involving food. I also host Vietnamese supper clubs and cooking classes in my home in Hackney.”
- Fish & chips at Fish House
- Sushi from Centrepoint Sushi
- Bibimbap at Tohbang
- Banh mi at City Caphe
- Lamb shish at Beyti
- Yellow courgette stuffed with peas, mint and ricotta at the Bootleg Banquet supper club, Shoreditch
- Artichoke pizzette at Spuntino
- Sticky toffee pudding at the Crown Tavern Clerkenwell Green
- Bacon sandwich at St John Bread & Wine
- Spaghetti with truffle at 500 Restaurant
- Veal chop with spinach and lemon at Zucca
- The Yashin (sushi platter) at Yashin Sushi
- Roasted turbot, braised oxtail, cockles and samphire (Great British Menu 2006) at Odette's
- Duck egg tart with red wine sauce, turnip purée, lardons and sautéed duck heart at Medlar
- Iberico pork with Portuguese bread pudding at Corner Room
- Char-grilled Galician octopus, potato parmentier, paprika oil at Cambio de Tercio
- Truffle risotto, brown butter and jus de roti at Gauthier Soho
- The own-made charcuterie board at Bull & Last
- Rare beef pho (mild) at Café East
- A well-hung, well-marbled O'Shea's Angus rib-eye steak, cooked medium rare with béarnaise and chips at Goodman Mayfair
Tamarind and Thyme
“The focus of my blog is food – both recipes and restaurants. I write about everything that interests me, and that means food from around the world and restaurants I encounter both in London and on my travels.”
- Salted egg yolk corn at Si Chuan
- Suckling pig (cochinillo) at Fino
- Buta miso atsu atsu at Koya
- Potato fondant at Charlotte’s Bistro
- Samosas at Shahanshah
- The Red Sea special dish at Red Sea
- Huevos rancheros at Taqueria
- Mee goreng mamak at Bonda Café
- Beef brisket from Pitt Cue Co
- Cheese naan at Dishoom
- The Big Frank at Big Apple Hot Dogs
- Black truffle risotto at Gauthier
- Warm salad at Roganic
- Seared wagyu sushi with ponzu jelly at Sushi of Shiori
- Mixed mushroom and walnut miso udon ‘Hiya-Atsu’ at Koya
- Cheeseburger at the Admiral Codrington
- Imperial tartare at Bob Bob Ricard
- Yum kai dao (spicy fried egg salad) at The Heron
- Custard doughnuts from St John Bakery and St John Bread &Wine
- Cevennes onion with pear at Hedone


















