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As some of you may know, this blog was conceived by me and Chris over Sunday lunch at the amazing Frontline restaurant near Paddington station. I decided that I wanted to combine my two loves of eating and writing (and indeed my third love, drinking) and set up a food blog. We then had the idea that with the power of the internet we could post updates during meals, becoming the ultimate tedious dining companion. Sadly the technology isn't quite there yet, so everyone will have to make do with me writing from home after the event for the time being. So in the spirit of sharing London's foodie pleasures with you all, here is my London town eating and drinking top ten, in no particular order...

1. Hampton Court Palace. The food here is amazing and surprisingly reasonably priced for a London tourist attraction. I had wild boar and pork casserole which was very good, but their chocolate brownie is one of the best I have ever had.

2. Sunday lunch at Frontline (http://www.frontlineclub.com/restaurant/). Frontline have their own farm from which they source their food, so the meal was just wonderful. I had egg and beetroot salad, followed by roast lamb and then chocolate soup with cracked pepper ice cream. This was one of the best things ever. And at £15 for a three course Sunday lunch, it is great value. And the wine list is fantastic.

3. Numidie in Crystal Palace (http://www.numidie.co.uk/). A fantastic French/North African bistro a ten minute walk from my current flat. The fish soup is particularly impressive and they even have Kir Breton.

4. The monthly slow food market outside the Royal Festival Hall. I went there today and had a hog roast for lunch and also bought some Iron Age pig sausages, which I cooked for my dinner with red wine, mushrooms, mash and red cabbage. Is this sounding like M and S food porn yet?

5. Vinoteca (http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/). This is near Farringdon. I hit my head on the wine shelf about half way through my lunch there, which is an indication of how much I was enjoying the beverages on offer.

6. Monmouth Coffee (http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/). Shops in Covent Garden and Borough Market selling takeaway coffee and bags of beans. The coffee they sell is just amazing!

7. Mediterranea in Crystal Palace (http://www.mediterranealondon.com/). Back to Palace for this one. And the guys who run it have a stall at the local market, where they sell fantastically juicy olives as well as cheese and meat. Anyway, it is worth shipping out to the surburbs for the olives alone.

8. Just Falafs, Covent Garden. Admittedly the last time I went here it appeared to have closed, but the falafel is brilliant.

9. Ok a bit too general this one, but I really love Chinatown. Except for that time I thought it would be a good idea to order a whole crab.

10. Kurz & Lang, Farringdon. I was not in a good state when I went here, but it's the most authentic German sausage I have had this side of Stuttgart.