The Harwood Arms, London

This gastropub in Fulham has been awarded one Michelin star. Although, the surroundings are unassuming and casual, don't be fooled. The food was good...very good. You do have to bear with the pub-like atmosphere and noise but hey, it's a pub. Albeit, one that does posh nosh. When we arrived around 7-ish, we were not given menus. They were still printing them up! All the food we had - such as a Cornish crab salad with apple and pickled sea purlane or the rhubarb donuts with sour cream were great but award for the most succcessful dish of the evening has to go to Paul's roe deer served 3 ways. Observe chops, crispy shoulder and Cumberland sausage of roe deer served with pickled red cabbage/field mushrooms and garlic mushrooms. There is also a little pot of mustard. Apparently, the owner chef goes hunting for the deer himself. A rustic meat and potato lover's dish!

The English Pig, London

Perhaps it was high expectations but the food at The English Pig was just bearable for the price. The 21 hour pork belly sounded amazing and did not disappoint. However, the starters were hit and miss - the sardines were over-salted to the level of inedible. My theory was that they were seasoned twice by mistake. At first, I thought my seabass was over-salted too but my first bite must have contained all the sea salt crystals. The rest of the fish was fine and went well with the roasted fennel. If you work in the Barbican area, by all means, pop in for a working lunch or a bite after work. But it's not a destination restaurant.

Art on a (small) plate

Gordon Ramsay's Maze

The four course set lunch was under thirty quid a head - even we can afford to eat at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant! So eat we did...The restaurant is located in Grosvenor Square, once Rach had changed her shoes in the park (just in case trainers was too scruffy), we soon realised why the set lunch was so reasonable. Maze does "tapas"-like portions - our server instructed that each person should order at least 4 dishes if going a-la-carte - we went for the set lunch. We both had the gazpacho, Rach had the lamb shank (in the first pic) which came with a beautiful creamy risotto. I had the prawn sandwich (in the second pic) which was actually too salty. The food was amazing - it was almost as if the small portions made you appreciate the food and the flavours more. You eat slowly and savour each bite because...there is so little of it. Dessert was also fab - Rach had caramelised pears with brandy ice cream, I had the bavarian with a very good mint sorbet. We were also given some gorgeous and very wobbly Turkish Delight to end our meal. So verdict? We left feeling aesthetically satisfied - our eyes and taste buds have feasted but I felt only about 70% full. Good for a light leisurely lunch, not good if you are starving and in need of a slap-up meal.

Yummy Yummy Brick Lane Curry

The Hungry Laws correspondents got together one Thursday night for food and conversation - where did we decide to go? No less than Brick Lane - the place to go for Bengali and Indian curries in London. We went to The Taj - notably the only curry house on the street with no touts outside. Lots of vegetarian options on the menu such as this mixed platter dish with naan bread. All washed down with Cobra beer - lovely!