Mark’s Bar, Hix Brewer Street – Black Cow Vodka: When I was younger and single, I used to love going out in London on a Friday night. Everyone is happy that the weekend has started, and there’s a happy buzz in the bars and restaurants. So I was pleased to hop on a tube after […]
W London Leicester Square Vegan Menu At Perception Bar
Vegan Dining in Leicester Square at W London: The Perception, the restaurant, bar and lounge of W London Hotel is hosting an entirely vegan menu, created by British Chef, Ravinder Bhogal. Ravinder rose to fame when she was named by Gordon Ramsay as his new Fanny Craddock, on The F Word. In 2016 she opened […]
The Duck and Rice – A Pre-Christmas Chinese Feast:
The Duck and Rice, Soho: When I first worked in London there was a small Chinese cafe on the way from Leicester Square Tube to Lisle Street where our offices were based. It had a Chinese typewriter in the window – a mysterious device that came with ‘gears’ to allow the character sets to be […]
Christmas at Comptoir Libanais
A Lebanese Festive Feast in London. Tony Kitous first opened Comptoir Libanais in 2008, choosing the name, which means Lebanese Counter, because he wanted customers to be able to pop in to sample delicious Lebanese flavours or buy something bejewelled and colourful to take home and remind them of their experience. Tapping into his childhood […]
Temakinho – A Brazilan and Japanese fusion in Soho
Temakinho introduces their winter menu Brazilian and Japanese cuisine seem an unlikely combo, however before I visited Temakinho, I was unaware that Brazil houses the second largest Japanese population in the world and that there is a sushi bar on virtually every street corner in Brazil. Temakinho was set up as a venture of love […]
Tabun Kitchen Soho – Review
The Bethlehem Oven in Soho – Tabun Kitchen The Fatet Jaj Chicken at Tabun Kitchen was quite the prettiest rice and chicken dish I’ve seen for a while. Delicious too – it’s a mix of shredded lemon chicken, rice, hummus sauce, chill, toasted pine nuts and sauteed garlic. Tabun kitchen is a Palestinian restaurant in […]
Spicing it up at Hot Pot Soho
Hot Pot Restaurant – Culinary Entertainment in Wardour Street. When I first moved to London I worked in Soho. For those of us of a certain generation that statement might sound dubious, but in fact, I was employed by a hotel and restaurant group headquartered in White Bear Yard, the building that had originally housed […]
The Century Club – Review
A Soho Club with Food – The Century: I’ve worked and played a lot in Soho since the late 1970s and somehow The Century Club has passed me by. So when I was invited to review I was keen to fill the gap in my SohoOpening its doors in 2001, the club sits behind a […]
Testing Testing Testing 1 2 3; The Test Kitchen in Soho
Trying The Test Kitchen: I just loved the idea of this restaurant; to be able to try new and innovative dishes being created by talented chefs in front of your eyes, and then be invited to give feedback. The Test Kitchen is the brainchild of Adam Simmonds, where he is inviting the public to become […]
Cinnamon Soho Summer Festival Terrace
Cinnamon Soho in Summer This summer Vivek Singh’s modern-Indian restaurant Cinnamon Soho has joined forces with ‘cocktail king’ Ryan Chetiyawardana, aka Mr Lyan, to launch a new ‘green’ Summer Festival Terrace Located in Carnaby Street’s vibrant Kingly Court, the space is attractively decked out with funky salvaged furniture and materials making the Summer Festival Terrace the eco-friendliest […]