Chicken Soup Chicken Soup

A warm, comforting bowl of savory chicken soup with tender pieces of chicken, wholesome vegetables, and aromatic herbs.

Maroush Bakehouse Earls Court

Maroush Bakehouse Earls Court

131 Earls Ct Rd, London, SW59RQ, SW5 9RF, United Kingdom

Bakeries • Lebanese • Mediterranean • Middle Eastern


"Maroush has been around for a while now, with locations in central, north west and west London, and early last year they opened the fabulous Maroush Bakehouse. Situated in the heart of Earl’s Court (not the shabbiest area of town! , the Bakehouse serves up all manner of traditional Lebanese Khobez breads, savoury and sweet pastries alongside fabulous Lebanese mezza, soups, salads, grills, stews and desserts. Baked daily by a team of expert bakers and patissieres, the range of delights that Maroush Bakehouse have to offer is pretty tough to ignore. Just walk past the beautiful building and you’ll want to rush in to get your slice of Lebanese cuisine. After being introduced to Gianluca, the day manager, we were served with fresh sparkling water and a delicious fruit juice. Packed with beetroot, mango, strawberry and banana this smoothie was the perfect way to start our lunch. Unlike so many commercial smoothies, it was not too sweet and had a real kick of beetroot at the end. We then asked for a selection of salads and mezza. After about 10 minutes we were presented with two gorgeous bowls of salad topped with fresh pommegrante, moutabal babe ghanjouj (one of my favourite Lebanese dishes , labne (see my recipe here , flat breads and vine leaves. The salads were fresh, vibrant and packed with flavour. The first, fattoush, was decorated with fresh pommegrante and came with toasted Lebanese bread for added crunch. Although the bowl was incredibly full, thus making it difficult to portion out, this salad was my favourite thanks to its huge range of textures and mountains of delicious fresh vegetables. The second salad of tomato and onion came with a vibrant mint and olive oil dressing and was dotted with radish for added crunch. Our mezza was also delicious. I absolutely love moutabal babe ghanjouj so was delighted when it arrived topped with olive oil and more pomegranates which added essential texture. The flavour was beautifully rich with sesame with a kick of lemon for freshness and worked brilliantly with the flat breads. I also really excited for the labne, as I knew I wanted to make it for my Live Below the Line challenge. The texture was a little wet for me but the topping of olive oil and fresh herbs was delightful. Overall Maroush Bakehouse is certainly worth trekking to South West London for. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience and found the staff, food and atmosphere really enjoyable."

The Royal Toby

The Royal Toby

Manchester Road, OL11 3HF, Rochdale, United Kingdom

Full • Steak • Dining • British


"Dissapointed sorry. I feel that the restaurant is not as good as it used to be. The whole experience is somehow lacking now compared to what it used to be like. Todays meals were a starter of ribs and also prawn cocktails. They were nice and we had great expectations for the mains. Steak had to be sent back as we ordered medium rare but it was more medium well, the replacement was better cooked but found it to be to fatty, my missus did not finish it. Found the house special burger to be too dry, that’s both the burger and the bun it was served on, as well as lacking in seasoning, nope I never finished it. The main ribs for our friend was only half eaten too due to it being too fatty. In the past the Toby had been the place to go. You do seem to have lost your way unfortunately. The staff were attentive though and Carried out their jobs very well. The plates and left over food were cleared away and we were asked did we enjoy our food! We politely told them it was ok and not like it used to be, we were asked if we wanted deserts to which we said no, then within a couple of minutes the bill was placed on our table (we hadn’t asked for the bill though) but a lovely gesture from the front of house who came over and spoke to us and told us he’d given us a reduction on our meal as he had noticed that the ribs were fatty too. As the bill did arrive with out us asking for it then the royal Toby had lost Out on us ordering more drinks. So we decided to just go. Hopefully the next time we visit we will see an improvement and that Todays visit was just a minor glitch"