London’s Covent Garden reopens with a gentle whisper. On the fringe of the West End, bustling Covent Garden is popular with theatre-goers, tourists and locals alike. While for many hundreds of years it was a fruit and vegetable market, the redevelopment of the area into what we see today started in the early 1980s when […]
STK – The Strand – Review
STK – A modern high-quality steak house. Situated in a prime location on London’s Strand, STK is on the ground floor of the ME hotel. Not a destination for the faint-hearted, it’s glitzy, glamorous and it really buzzes! Founded in the US, STK has thirteen restaurants stateside and several worldwide to its name, but this […]
Wild Honey St James Review – Reinventing Excellence.
Wild Honey St James – Anthony Demetre at Sofitel St James. It’s a challenge indeed to take a successful formula and reinvent it so that it is even better. That challenge applies to Wild Honey St James on two counts. Firstly, Balcon, the restaurant which preceded Wild Honey at Sofitel St James was delightful and […]
Veganuary at Baby Bao
An Asia Veganuary at Baby Bao: I love Xmas. The sheer indulgent excess of it is encapsulated in my mother’s trifle -a rococo creation of jelly and custard studded with cherries, soaked in sherry and smothered with an avalanche of cream. And now I feel… fat…so hoorah for Veganuary (and my running shoes). It’s a […]
Thai Square Restaurant – Classic Thai Food in Classic London Locations
Thai Square, Trafalgar Square: Officially Thai Square Restaurant isn’t on Trafalgar Square but on the adjoining Cockspur street. To any normal member of the public though, it’s a restaurant with a prime location. And if you sit by the window, as we did, you’ll get a splendid view out across Trafalgar Square. Londoners like me love […]
Tea at the Palace
Afternoon Tea at the Strand Palace Hotel Afternoon tea on one of the hottest days of the summer might not sound like quite the choice activity. Lying down in a cool room might be more the ticket. Yet Tea at the Palace was booked and you don’t keep her majesty waiting. Royalty was not present […]
Afternoon Tea with a View – Oxo Tower, London
Afternoon Tea on the South Bank at Oxo Tower Restaurant: There’s nothing better on a warm summer’s afternoon than wandering along The South Bank. It’s a vibrant part of London with street theatre, market stalls and plenty going on besides the stunning views back across the River Thames. Walking from Embankment bridge past the Festival […]
Afternoon Tea at the Corinthia Hotel
Tea at the Crystal Moon Lounge, Corinthia Hotel Guest Post by Lucy Daltroff If the ubiquitous “nice cup of tea” can calm most situations, what I wondered would be the result of a whole pot, especially when taken at a top London venue. To find out I went with a friend to visit the 5 […]
Kaspar’s at the Savoy, London – Review
Kaspar’s Seafood Bar and Grill – Savoy Hotel, London A new addition to the Savoy following the refurbishment, I hadn’t had the chance to eat at Kaspar’s. So I was delighted to be invited there on my recent stay. Although it lacks the formality of the old Grill, it has the kind of straightforward menu […]
#LoireMoments at London Wine Week – Cigalon
Cigalon Dinner with Loire Valley Wines: I have a soft spot for the Loire Valley. It’s probably the first place where I tasted wine – on a family camping holiday in my childhood. With limited funds, my parents made the brave and, at the time unusual, decision that we would camp rather than stay in […]