A short walk from London Bridge station, Vivat Bacchus is a South African restaurant and wine bar with a strong focus on meat dishes, an extensive wine list, and a walk-in cheese room. Opened in 2003, it has become a fixture in the area for business lunches, after-work drinks, and casual dinners. The restaurant combines a modern dining space with a cellar-like atmosphere, positioning itself as a place for both food and wine enthusiasts.
Italian Beef Casserole with Red Wine
Pairing Italy and Portugal with Food and Wine As summer draws to a close, I crave tender, slow-cooked casseroles with rich wine-infused gravy and meltingly tender meat. Dishes like this Italian Beef Casserole. While I love French-style boeuf bourguignon and British (or is it Irish) beef in Guinness, ale or stout, I wanted to make […]
Sous-Vide Fillet Steak
The Perfect Sous-Vide Fillet Steak and the Perfect Pairing with Caliterra Tributo 2017 Malbec What do you pair with Malbec? I personally think there’s always a good reason when there’s an obvious and popular choice. Pairing South American Malbec with steak is one of those choices you or I would almost certainly make in a […]
Cooking the Perfect Steak
Perfect Steak Just the Way I Like It: Much has been written about how to cook the perfect steak. And, as with all cookery, much is about personal taste. Anyone who has been to an Argentinian Steakhouse like Gaucho Piccadilly or one of London’s new breed of steak houses (Goodman, Hawksmoor and the like) will […]
Welsh Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings
The Sunday Roast – Welsh Beef and Yorkshire Puddings: Part of the fabric of British culture, the Sunday Roast is sacrosanct. When I was growing up the roast was that one meal a week where my mother couldn’t experiment with yet another ‘frugal’ recipe. We alternated beef (with Yorkshire Puddings), pork, lamb and chicken (my […]
5-2 Diet Shirataki Noodles with Beef
5-2 Diet Fast Day Noodle Stir Fry: Doing the 5-2 Diet or another low calorie plan? Have you come across these really low calorie Shirataki noodles (just 5cals for a 100g portion). If not they are worth trying because they can really help manage hunger – and if you like stir-fries then they make a […]
5:2 Diet – Feasting on a Fast Day with Chilli Beef
5:2 Diet Chilli Beef Stir-Fry I’m still doing the 5:2 Diet. I even went out and bought some BRUTAL scales that weigh me accurately (I could lose a couple of kilos by getting on and off the old scales enough times…and that wasn’t through exercise!). And the nasty new scales also show my body fat! […]
The Real Greek Moussaka
How to make an Authentic Greek Moussaka The Real Greek is a group of restaurants in London serving authentic Greek food. The first restaurant opened in Hoxton and since then the group has changed hands a couple of times and expanded so that there are now seven restaurants in London including one in each of […]