http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr About software, and more Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:56:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Loads of websites and web startups are all about the users, and how many of them they can get. Especially the ones that do some sort of matchmaking between a consumer and provider (landlords and tenants, sellers and buyers, employers and employees) always try to get to a point where ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/12/02/whos-got-the-users/ Microsoft have announced that they will be supporting IE6 until 2014 as opposed to 2010 which was the original plan. This has caused a bit of a stir, especially amongst web developers who are sick and tired of spending a disproportional amount of their time debugging and making customisations for ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/08/14/ie6-anti-whinge/ Another restaurant in Westfield shopping centre, Ciao Baby Cucina is a great place to have big, hearty helpings of italian food. No elaborate and delicate combinations of unusual ingredients here - the dishes are familiar and favourite dishes, and the portion sizes are as exaggerated as the amount and richness ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/06/19/ciao-baby-cucina-shepherd%e2%80%99s-bush/ L'Autre Pied is a slightly more casual version of it's older sister restaurant, Pied a Terre. It's more casual only in the surroundings and atmosphere, the menu is equally elaborate and the service equally attentive. The food doesn't fail to impress. A creamed asparagus and chervil velouté with smoked goats milk and pea ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/05/28/lautre-pied-marylebone/ Located in Westfield shopping centre, the Meat and Wine Co is a massive restaurant, with the walls decorated with racks and racks of wine, an open kitchen and a cosy fire, while it also has a few tables outside and another few on the balcony for days with adequate weather. As the ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/05/10/the-meat-and-wine-co-shepherds-bush/ The Forge is a rather small but elegant restaurant just off Garrick Street. It advertises itself as Modern European, but the British influence is apparent. Our waiter was friendly and willing, albeit slightly nervous. The menu is impressively long, there are about 20 starters and at least 15 mains, with another few ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/05/10/the-forge-covent-garden/ We didn't have high expectations going into Brasserie Gerard, we were basically looking for a quick, down to earth, dinner. Brasserie Gerard however managed to disappoint us. We both ordered a medium steak (a rump and a rib-eye) and what arrived was well-done by any standard, let alone by French ones ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/02/27/brasserie-gerard/ Fire and Stone is a stylish pizza restaurant that opened fairly recently in Covent Garden, with a second branch in Westfield shopping centre. It feels like it's the kind of restaurant that will be opening more branches soon and will be becoming one of the big chains that has a ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/02/23/fire-and-stone-covent-garden/ We popped in to the Botanist for a quick meal on a weekday. We were not disappointed by the food - we had a Cote de Boeuf for two that was cooked just right and was delicious, accompanied by two thick and mouthwatering sauces. The service perhaps left something to ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/02/13/the-botanist-sloane-square/ Cambio de Tercio strikes a difficult balance between having a laid back, hospitable atmosphere of the kind you'd expect from a local Spanish eatery, with modern and elaborate cooking and efficient service you'd expect from a good restaurant. You can go for starters and mains or just order tapas and we ... http://blog.yannis-lionis.gr/2009/01/21/cambio-de-tercio-south-kensington/