A great night out flatshare style in Chelsea: For those of you in the know and who may have already enjoyed an infamous night out behind The Little Yellow Door in Notting Hill Gate, it will come as no surprise that A Little Blue Door has popped up in Fulham. However I was a complete […]
Smoke & Salt at Sawyer and Gray
Smoke &t Valentine’s Day dinner: This February 14th was the first Valentine’s Day since my wife and I got married. After just over six years together, last October my wife and I finally got around to getting married. We had a wonderful Autumnal wedding and then a fantastic honeymoon on the Italian Riviera. We have […]
Claw at The Three Compasses, Dalston
TheThree Compasses – Claw Pop-Up: What could be more appropriate than dragging the hip and trendy peskytarian Hedonist along to a seafood pop-up in East London. The Three Compasses is a rather happening pub specialising in London craft beers, with that kind of cosy, scruffy interior that you’d like in your own local. It’s a bit […]
Fika – Crayfish and More in Brick Lane
Crayfish Festival at Fika, Brick Lane: Walk into Fika the other night and you minght imagine yourself in the depths of a Scandinavian forest. The walls garlanded with ivy, mossy stumps on the tables holding candles, even the staff were wearing floral crowns. All in aid of something that one of the other guests prosaically […]
Singha Beer at Som Saa, London Fields
Som Saa – Review of the Thai Pop-Up: Anyone who has travelled to Thailand or been to a Thai restaurant will have tried Singha beer. It’s the perfect choice to accompany the hot, sweet, salty, bitter and sour flavours that define Thai food. To mark its summer residency at Climpson’s Arch in trendy London Fields, Som […]
Live in Italian – S.Pellegrino Pop-Up
Theo Randall and Phil Howard on the SouthBank with S.Pellegrino: At this time of the year there always seem to be a wealth of pop-ups and residencies. Live in Italian, Live from London is a fusion of Italian and British Cuisine, using ingredients from the British Isles prepared with the art and finesse of Italian […]
Pret a Diner at Cafe Royal – A Dining Experience
A Dining Experience not a Pop-Up at Cafe Royal with Pret a Diner: As always with the Pret a Diner team, the concept of their latest dining experience ‘The Bohemians’ is imaginative, challenging and just a little controversial. Our invitation explained we should dress up Bohemian style and that the Hotel Cafe Royal would be ‘injected […]
Ceru – a Taste of the Levant in Fitzrovia
Bringing Sunshine to a Chilly February Evening – Ceru, Fitzrovia: According to Wikipedia the Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in Southwest Asia bounded by the Taurus Mountains of Anatolia in the North, the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and the north Arabian Desert and Mesopotamia in the east. […]
The Tasting Room by Sourced Market
The Tasting Room Sourced Market’s latest pop up is the Tasting Room, a warm and inviting escape from the cold located right next to the Broadgate Ice Rink. Sourced Market is run by co-founders Ben O’Brien and Dan O’Neill to bring high quality food and ingredients to the public. The Tasting Room is a pop-up […]
Going Down Under in Old Street – Antipodean Experience
Antipodean experience – Hardys finest wines and delicious food and service by Lantana. Guest feature by Sarah James: It seems like no time at all has passed since I was in Australia this time last year, enjoying visiting ‘cellar doors’, and seeing amazing wildlife in its natural setting. Instead of a friendly ‘gudday’ in the […]