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Recipes, restaurant reviews, and thoughts on food from Dominic Preston. Click to read Braise, by Dominic Preston, a Substack publication.
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Christmas Eve is usually a lasagne in this house, but last night brought a hard pivot to Chinese food, with pork and prawn dumplings, steamed fish, and stir-fried rice cakes. Plus, um, tarte tatin — a little less on theme, but still great.
December 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Christmas Eve is usually a lasagne in this house, but last night brought a hard pivot to Chinese food, with pork and prawn dumplings, steamed fish, and stir-fried rice cakes. Plus, um, tarte tatin — a little less on theme, but still great.
Best present yet this year: my little logo brought to life
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Best present yet this year: my little logo brought to life
Made the trek to Toad in Peckham last week for mince pies, but couldn't resist a little more. The soy sauce and sesame cookie was exquisite.
December 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Made the trek to Toad in Peckham last week for mince pies, but couldn't resist a little more. The soy sauce and sesame cookie was exquisite.
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Eating the elusive Good London Taco
December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Eating the elusive Good London Taco
With the mince pie monster out the door, I’m taking a little break for Christmas - Braise will be back in January with a review of Eric Wan’s excellent new opening Tempo
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
With the mince pie monster out the door, I’m taking a little break for Christmas - Braise will be back in January with a review of Eric Wan’s excellent new opening Tempo
You’re running out of time to eat them, but here’s my exhaustively updated guide to London’s best mince pies, including some old favourites and some new stars
My favourite London mince pies in 2025
More mincemeat
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December 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
You’re running out of time to eat them, but here’s my exhaustively updated guide to London’s best mince pies, including some old favourites and some new stars
A single dish specialist has to really nail that one dish — sadly Khao So-i’s modernised take on the Thai noodle soup doesn't pull off that trick
Khao So-i, W1
You had one job...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A single dish specialist has to really nail that one dish — sadly Khao So-i’s modernised take on the Thai noodle soup doesn't pull off that trick
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Recipes, restaurant reviews, and thoughts on food from Dominic Preston. Click to read Braise, by Dominic Preston, a Substack publication.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I got engaged! Would you be shocked to hear that food was involved?
An engagement with Quo Vadis and Quince
Eating, our way and together
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December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I got engaged! Would you be shocked to hear that food was involved?
This week's post for paid subscribers: a recipe for pork and cabbage baozi that I pried out of Vivian's mum's hands
Recipe: Pork and cabbage baozi
Steamed buns for days
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December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This week's post for paid subscribers: a recipe for pork and cabbage baozi that I pried out of Vivian's mum's hands
Anyone who’s eaten Whole Beast’s cooking before will not be desperately surprised to find out that their first permanent spot is off to a good start
Whole Beast, SW9
The beast of Brixton
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December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Anyone who’s eaten Whole Beast’s cooking before will not be desperately surprised to find out that their first permanent spot is off to a good start
A good reminder that AI recipes still suck, and perhaps always will — combining elements of multiple recipes into one is a skill, and a language model that's never cooked a thing won't have it
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A good reminder that AI recipes still suck, and perhaps always will — combining elements of multiple recipes into one is a skill, and a language model that's never cooked a thing won't have it
This isn't a review of Dove, because I didn't eat at Dove the restaurant, I ate at Dove the 10-per-service burger bar
The burger at Dove, W11
A burger bigger than the restaurant it's in
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November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This isn't a review of Dove, because I didn't eat at Dove the restaurant, I ate at Dove the 10-per-service burger bar
I’ve updated the list of my favourite burgers in London after testing new arrivals like Dumbo, Dove, Chuck’s, and more. Paid subs can find out what made the cut.
My favourite London burgers in 2025
The pick of the patties
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November 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I’ve updated the list of my favourite burgers in London after testing new arrivals like Dumbo, Dove, Chuck’s, and more. Paid subs can find out what made the cut.
FYI, Billingsgate Market gets a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Bugonia, which made this week's post perfect timing braise.substack.com/p/billingsga...
Billingsgate Cafe, E14
Strong tea and buttery butties
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November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
FYI, Billingsgate Market gets a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in Bugonia, which made this week's post perfect timing braise.substack.com/p/billingsga...
No trip to Billingsgate Market is complete without a visit to the cafe, and no trip to the cafe is complete without a bacon and scallop sandwich.
Billingsgate Cafe, E14
Strong tea and buttery butties
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November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
No trip to Billingsgate Market is complete without a visit to the cafe, and no trip to the cafe is complete without a bacon and scallop sandwich.
I don't often get to write about food for the day job, but this week I dove deep into what OpenTable does with all its data on your dining habits
It turns out OpenTable knows a lot more than where you eat — it's tracking what you order, how much you spend, and how long you linger at the table. Then it goes and tell restaurants before you arrive.
Your online reservations are telling restaurants all about you
But here’s how to opt out.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I don't often get to write about food for the day job, but this week I dove deep into what OpenTable does with all its data on your dining habits
Budgie Montoya’s Alpas is the best pop-up/residency I’ve been to in some time, and there are still a few tables left — definitely go along if you can
Alpas at Albers, N1
Flavours of the Filipino diasopora
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November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Budgie Montoya’s Alpas is the best pop-up/residency I’ve been to in some time, and there are still a few tables left — definitely go along if you can
A book like The Snack Hacker could so easily have been a lazy list of artless fakeaways, but is so much more creative than that, remixing everything from Egg McMuffins to supermarket naans, often in utterly unexpected ways. It’s the most fun cookbook I’ve owned in forever.
The Snack Hacker, by George Egg
Snack attack
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November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A book like The Snack Hacker could so easily have been a lazy list of artless fakeaways, but is so much more creative than that, remixing everything from Egg McMuffins to supermarket naans, often in utterly unexpected ways. It’s the most fun cookbook I’ve owned in forever.
Lupa was London’s darling right up until it wasn’t. But after the ups and downs of the hype cycle, it’s a much better restaurant than you might have heard.
Lupa, N5
Hungry like the wolf
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November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lupa was London’s darling right up until it wasn’t. But after the ups and downs of the hype cycle, it’s a much better restaurant than you might have heard.
London does a weirdly good line in Georgian restaurants, but even so I think new-ish opening Saperavi Social is one of the better ones, and not just for its heaving, soupy khinkali
Saperavi Social, N1
My new khink
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October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
London does a weirdly good line in Georgian restaurants, but even so I think new-ish opening Saperavi Social is one of the better ones, and not just for its heaving, soupy khinkali
This week’s recipe for paid subscribers is a belter: it comes from my friend Tiernan, who pairs savoury and sweet in this sourdough featuring kalamata olives and caramelised roasted grapes. Best eaten smeared thick with goat’s cheese.
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Tiernan's roasted grape and Kalamata olive sourdough
Award-winning*
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October 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This week’s recipe for paid subscribers is a belter: it comes from my friend Tiernan, who pairs savoury and sweet in this sourdough featuring kalamata olives and caramelised roasted grapes. Best eaten smeared thick with goat’s cheese.
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Off work this week, so I made the world's largest apple pie
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Off work this week, so I made the world's largest apple pie
Akka Falafel — which has been known as Just Falafels for as long as I’ve known it, seemingly until pretty recently — has been my go-to falafel wrap for the best part of a decade, but I suppose I’ll (reluctantly) share it with you all too
Akka Falafel, NW1
Just falafels
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October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Akka Falafel — which has been known as Just Falafels for as long as I’ve known it, seemingly until pretty recently — has been my go-to falafel wrap for the best part of a decade, but I suppose I’ll (reluctantly) share it with you all too
Final bake for this weekend's recipe post. You might want to subscribe for this one 👀
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Final bake for this weekend's recipe post. You might want to subscribe for this one 👀