Dinner with Crayons: Zizzi cichetti Venetian tapas menu

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Dinner with Crayons is my occasional series of weekend child friendly restaurant reviews. Now that the book is mostly finished I hope to be doing them regularly again! Pizza and pasta are what most people in Britain associate with Italian food and with one or two exceptions, most Italian chains reflect this. Zizzi have taken [Read on...]

Dinner With Crayons: Namaaste Kitchen Review

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Dinner With Crayons is my semi regular weekend series of child friendly restaurant reviews. Spicy food pushes the boundaries of most toddlers. We’ve done pizza places, burgers, roast dinners. Even sushi. Ted loves strong flavours and has tucked into some Mexican dishes such chicken mole at Wahaca with gusto however Namaaste Kitchen in Camden was [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Guest Post by Danny from Food Urchin

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The twins have turned into quite a nifty pair of diners, quite happy to sit in grown up chairs and eat whatever is put in front of them at the table. OK, I am painting a rose tinted picture here. [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Leon, Spitalfields

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The quirky interior of Leon is a mix of industrial metal and worn wooden furniture. You can imagine these chairs were probably in a draughty Victorian church or a school until they were reborn here! [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Itsu Sushi Bar, Canary Wharf

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Itsu is pricier than Yo! with the average price of dishes being £4-5 (mostly £5) compared to £2-5 it’s cheaper counterpart. [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Fire and Stone, Spitalfields Market

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In my recent review of Carluccio’s I rattled off a list of high street pizza chains that were not easily differentiated. That week, Fire and Stone, yet another pizza chain, invited me to check out their menu. With just five branches so far (three in London then Portsmouth and Oxford) even a serial chain [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Carluccio’s Canary Wharf and Interflora hamper giveaway winner

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The high street is stuffed with Italian places to eat: Pizza Express, Strada, Ask, Zizzi, Prezzo. The total bill came to around £30 including three soft drinks. If you want to take lunch out somewhere a little more sophisticated than most high street chains, that is still child friendly, Carluccio’s is an excellent choice. [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Wahaca, Canary Wharf

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“Dinner with Crayons” is my occasional series of weekend kid friendly restaurant and cafe posts. My 3 year old accompanies me to the main UK chains, some independent places and who knows, somewhere more glamorous if we don’t get kicked out. Second time around taking Ted to Mexican chain Wahaca at Canary Wharf. Previously we [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: The Counter Cafe, Hackney Wick

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Today’s Dinner with Crayons kid friendly restaurant/cafe review continues my mini-series of cafes within reach of the 2012 London Olympics site. We are visiting The Counter Cafe in Hackney Wick, run by the same team behind The Container Cafe. The Counter Cafe is, as you can see above, quite literally in the shadow of [Read on...]

Dinner with Crayons: Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Cambridge, Kid Friendly Restaurant Review

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Today’s post is the first of a new occasional series, Dinner with Crayons, in which I will review kid friendly lunches out. Venues will range from the more obvious family chains to independent cafes and, if we don’t get thrown out, more exciting places. The financial pages are not my usual reading material but [Read on...]

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    Possibly healthiest burger ever. Olive & shittake! #wildfoodcafe #nealsyard (Taken with instagram)


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    In love! #lecrueset #valentines ramekins in M&S #westfield (Taken with instagram)


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    Am being taunted by pictures of Parisian hotel bars in press releases. The 34th floor La Vue bar at Hotel Concorde La Fayette. #Paris #hotels


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    Busy editing the book today - tantalising sneak peak! (Taken with instagram)


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    KitKat Chunky frenzy! I’m nabbing the peanut butter ones, which would you choose? #chocolate 

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    Valentine’s treat using Renshaw’s red Ready to Roll coloured icing.


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    Two limited edition Valentine’s cupcake flavours available from Peggy Porschen Parlour, Belgravia:

    Strawberry & Champagne and Chocolate Raspberry Kiss make the perfect cupcake couple for Valentine’s Day. Cupcakes priced at £3.50 each, available to pre-order for collection online at www.peggyporschen.com from February 1st 2012.


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