Heavyweight Food Reviews

Tag: London

  • Cafe Ole, Clapham Junction, UK

    One thing that confuses many new Londoners is the difference between Clapham and Clapham Junction. While clapham is known for its bougie high street where the legendary infernos sits, clapham junction is a ~20 min walk west and actually is located in Battersea. Clapham J is an overground train hub and one of the main…

  • Mediterranean cafe – London, UK

    Soho is a bit of a mixed bag of places. On one hand, you’ll find some of the best restaurants and cocktail bars in London. in some ways, it’s the definition of living in a big city, bursting with life and people. It makes you feel excited and alive. On the other hand, it’s chalk…

  • SOHO Coffee Co, London, UK

    If you ever find yourself in central London at 8 am on a Sunday, you’ll find a shockingly empty place. In stark contrast to the usual hustle and bustle of the weekdays or weekend days filled with tourists, Sunday mornings are sleepy and the relative silence is sort of eerie and serene at the same…

  • Dishoom, Covent Garden, London, UK

    Someone once said to me that London is a world hub because it’s “at most 10 hours from just about anywhere”. Cape Town? 10 hours. San Francisco? 10 hours. Dehli? 10 hours. Add in that this was at one point the center of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen and it…

  • Wrights Bar, Holborn, London, UK

    It seems every university has its own unique set of hole in the wall cafes, hometown bars, and local coffee shops. Universities in the heart of one of the biggest cities in the world are no exception. The London School of Economics is located right in Holborn, smack in the middle of the Big Smoke.…

  • Leon, Stansted Airport, London, UK

    My latest adventure started much earlier than I would have preferred. Leaving for the airport at 4am on a Saturday is always bleak, even when you’re getting to do something cool like go snowboarding in Bulgaria. The drive through clapham featured scenes of the infernos crowd flocking to Taco Bell before stumbling home after a…

  • Milk, Balham, UK

    Along the Northern Line corridor in Southwest London is a neighborhood called Balham. Historically, Balham has a reputation of being a bit “stabby” but recent gentrification has caused a slight shift towards bougie as the Clapham crowd has crept south. This has resulted in a quieter downtown with that gives off a bougie vibe like…

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