Celebrating Asparagus at the German Gymnasium, Kings Cross In addition to the current White Asparagus festival menu which runs till the middle of June, on May 19, dog-friendly German Gymnasium in the new complex at King’s Cross is holding a one-off celebratory white asparagus dinner at their Chef’s Table. Executive Chef Alex Thiel will guide […]
Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs at Lightroom – A Journey Back 66 Million Years
Prehistoric Planet is clearly highly researched, complete with detailed explanations of the fossilisation process and an epic segment relating the ways convergent evolution helps scientists use modern-day animals to understand how these ancient ones would have lived.
Decimo at The Standard, London
At The Standard’s Decimo, the experience begins before you even step inside. The striking red pill elevator, perched on the hotel’s exterior, offers a dramatic, James Bond-esque ascent to the 10th floor – a nod to the restaurant’s name, which means tenth in Spanish.
Porte Noire Restaurant and Wine Shop, King’s Cross
The French/Mediterranean menu at Porte Noire is the kind of food that you can graze on and which complements the extensive wine cellar perfectly. The restaurant has 50 covers indoors and a further 40 on the terrace in summer. And, they are taking the space next door to open a tasting room that can also be used for events and private hires. It’s a bit of a hidden gem and one that is well worth seeking out – despite a plethora of bars and restaurants in the area. That perfect mix of casual and refined, in a quirky setting, it would make an excellent date night setting. Now all I need do is find the man!
Vogue: Inventing the Runway at Lightroom
The runway fashion show is an underappreciated art form. Whilst a plain white backdrop with models strutting along to loud music is the familiar cliché, “Vogue: Inventing the Runway” demonstrates how varied and inventive the techniques used to stage a fashion collection’s launch can be.
The Lighterman, King’s Cross
The Lighterman reopens – A Pre-Covid Review. We were invited to review The Lighterman just before lockdown. Rather than tempt everyone with something that wasn’t opened, we put the review on ice till now – the reopening of The Lighterman on the 4th July for both dinner and drinks The Lighterman has a wonderful location […]
Vermuteria, Coal Drops Yard
Anthony Demetre’s Casual Dining at Vermuteria, King’s Cross. If you review restaurants where do you go with friends when you are not officially reviewing? In my case, often my favourite of the places I’ve reviewed. Or, a restaurant or bar from the same family. Vermuteria in the achingly popular Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross falls […]
Rotunda Restaurant at Kings Place
Rotunda Restaurant – King’s Cross at its best: What was once the wasteland sprawl of an overgrown railway station around King’s Cross is now a complex of shops, offices and restaurants . Kings Place turned out to be somewhere I’m actually embarrassed I hadn’t found before – a new privately funded arts centre, complete with the […]
The German Gymnasium
German Traditional Events in London For the perfect meeting place for friends and family travelling through London via Kings Cross or St Pancras, don’t miss The German Gymnasium. Built by the local German community for its Gymnastics Society, back in 1866 the Gymnasium was the venue for the indoor events of London’s first Olympic Games. […]
The Lighterman – Kings Cross – Review
Kings Cross Dining – The Lighterman In the 16th and 17th Centuries, a lighterman was the person who steered the flat-bottomed barges used to transfer goods. An important part of the Port of London, lightermen would transfer goods from the lighters, on or off the lighters and then to the quay-side. Their role is now […]