Vegan Cocktails and Food at The Perception, W London Despite the drizzly evening in London, I was looking forward to trying some new vegan cocktails and food at The Perception, the restaurant at W London. It has been a while since I walked through Leicester Square but it’s still buzzing with all kinds of street […]
Dinner Party Cookery Class – The Avenue Cookery School
Dinner Party Cookery Class – The Avenue Cookery School On the hottest day of the year so far your first thought would not have been to attend a cookery class. However, once greeted with a glass of cold white wine by the very lively Diana, our teacher for the evening I was happy to be […]
AUSTENTATIOUS – An Improvised Jane Austen Novel – extends run at Savoy Theatre
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel As its name suggests, this quirky theatre production, ‘Austentatious’ is based on the much-loved novelist Jane Austen and it is certainly hilarious with some of the best comic actors giving ‘ostentatious’ a new meaning. I was accompanied by ‘the teenager’, a drama scholar, to see a Sunday evening showing […]
Spa Break at Sopwell House
A Birthday in the Country – Sopwell House and Spa: We were delighted to be invited to review Sopwell House and Spa for a short break especially as it coincided with my birthday! Sopwell House was built in the 17th century and is now used as an elegant hotel and has a spa facility for […]
Beefeater Gin Tasting at Florentine Restaurant
Beefeater Gin Tasting at Florentine Restaurant Marking the antithesis of Dry January, GINUARY is a celebration of the fantastically versatile spirit, designed to help people discover new flavours, styles of gin, gin-based drinks and even gin inspired dishes. Florentine Restaurant and Beefeater Gin jumped into the spirit of this and are co-hosting a series of Gin Flight […]
Valentines Sensory Dining – The Arch London
The ultimate sensory dining experience for Valentine’s Day If you want to really treat your significant other, then cupid’s arrow will be flying to their heart if you plan your dinner date at The Arch’s fine dining Hunter 486 restaurant for a Valentine’s Day sensory dining experience. We went along to try it out and […]
Vegetarian buffet at Tibits Bankside
Tibits Vegetarian Dining in Style: Guest post by Peter Edwards (AKA The Veggie Man) As a long-standing vegetarian, I was excited by the prospect of choosing from over 40 dishes at the Tibits Bankside vegetarian buffet. Located on lively Southwark Street, this is the second London outpost for this Swiss culinary concept. Tibits was founded […]
Made in Italy comes to Battersea
Made in Italy comes to Battersea After more than 20 years of serving authentic and delicious Italian food to the diners of the King’s Road Pizzeria, Made in Italy, recently opened on Northcote Road in Battersea. It’s clearly been a successful launch as the joint was buzzing on the Thursday night before Christmas, but luckily […]
An evening at the FEI World Cup™ Dressage at the Olympia Horse Show
An Equine Adventure in Olympia: As a horse lover and keen rider, it was brilliant to see the top dressage stars perform in the FEI World Cup™ Dressage right in front of me at the Olympia Horse Show instead of watching on the TV. To do this as a VIP guest with the FEI […]
CARLUCCIO’S CHRISTMAS
Carluccio’s Christmas – A Preview: My first ‘Christmas in July’ was to preview what you can now buy in Carluccio’s for Christmas. Snow and sampling Christmas goodies on a hot Summer’s evening felt a little strange. However, after a glass of prosecco and some snacking on Carluccio’s dishes and treats we got over it. Over […]