Perfect Barbican Centre Pre-Theatre Dining for all tastes at Chiswell Street Dining Rooms. Part of the ETM group of bars, pubs and restaurants, Chiswell Street Dining Rooms restaurant and bar is situated in the historic Whitbread Brewery building near to Moorgate in the City of London and just a few minutes walk from sister restaurant, […]
Chez Antoinette Victoria – Review
A Lyonnaise in London – Chez Antoinette Restaurant. I love restaurants that have family history intertwined with the brand. Originally from France’s gastro-capital Lyon, designer Aurelia Noel-Delclos had a dream that she wanted to open a restaurant in conjunction with her hotelier husband Jean-Baptiste, a place that not only honoured her grandmother Antoinette’s cooking but […]
Christmas Wines for 2019 with London Unattached
Christmas Wine Selection and Easy Home Made Gravad Lax Christmas is coming and along with the seasonal good cheer, we have to think about what presents to buy as well as preparing food and drink for the whole of the festive period. To make life a little easier we’ve been tasting wines on your behalf […]
The Taming Of The Shrew – RSC At The Barbican – Review
The RSC – Taming of the Shrew Autumn 2019. Justin Audibert’s gender-swapping production of The Taming of The Shrew for the RSC has just landed at The Barbican Theatre having recently transferred from Stratford. Audibert flips the gender politics of the original staging the play with a rollicking Elizabethan flourish that brings this ‘difficult to stage’ […]
Eaten Alive fermented foods – Review and Competition
Getting into Eaten Alive – a good for you indulgence. Fermented foods are all the rage in the top kitchens at the moment because of their intense flavours and the health benefits of ‘good bacteria’, and so when we were approached by Eaten Alive, artisan producers of raw fermented foods, to have a look at […]
Uli Notting Hill – Review
Pan-Asian Perfection in Notting Hill at Uli. Pan-Asian restaurant Uli has been a Notting Hill staple since 1997. Originally located on the edgy All Saints Road it has recently moved to the more genteel environs of Ladbroke Road just around the corner from the shopping mecca of Portobello Road as well as being handy for […]
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells – Review
An Elegant and Classic Giselle at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s beautiful and moving revival of David Bintley’s and Galina Samsova’s 1999 production of Giselle has just landed at Sadler’s Wells for a couple of nights after performances at Birmingham Hippodrome and then Plymouth. Giselle is one of the staples of the classical ballet […]
Bucket Seafood Restaurant – Review
Seafood Fest at Bucket, Notting Hill. I went to review Notting Hill seafood restaurant Bucket just after it opened and really enjoyed its creative, unpretentious and affordable approach. They have just launched a new menu with the aim of bringing more fresh produce into their offer and so it is with a degree of trepidation […]
Christmas Port and Cheese with Fonseca and Paxton & Whitfield
Christmas Port and Cheese Tasting. In this current climate of political uncertainty, how can we possibly know which ports to match with our Christmas cheeseboard? So I’m delighted to have been invited to Paxton & Whitfield Cheesemongers in Jermyn Street for a Fonseca port and cheese matching event to get some answers to this pressing […]
Copper & Ink – Review
Copper & Ink – Fine Dining in Blackheath. “I love a tasting menu” was my friend’s response when I told her we were reviewing Copper & Ink, a new modern British restaurant in south-east London with ‘influences from classic French and Scandinavian cuisine’. Just a couple of steps away from Blackheath overground and right in […]