The Broadcaster’s New Season Back in the days when pop music was good, a visit to White City where The Broadcaster is located where the meant only one thing, a trip to Television Centre for the filming of the iconic music show Top of the Pops. I would walk from the tube dressed in something unlikely, […]
Isso Prawn Crazy, Sri Lankan restaurant- Canary Wharf
Jumbo Prawns in London’s newest Sri Lankan restaurant in Canary Wharf. Isso Prawn Crazy is a Sri Lankan prawn restaurant in Canary Wharf, serving colossal-sized prawns perfect for anyone wanting to try authentic Sri Lankan food. The restaurant works with local Sri Lankan fishing communities, sourcing the prawns directly from over 150 small-boat artisanal day […]
Mitsu Sushi Masterclass
Learn sushi from the masters I was first struck by the stark architecture of Mitsu’s building, nestled behind the Great Eastern Road, Mitsu operates out of the basement floor of hotel, Aethos London Shoreditch. The large taupe building looks as if it has been snapped in half, like a pack of spaghetti, the steel bones […]
Langosteria London – Restaurant of the Month
La Dolce Vita comes to Whitehall A great restaurant is not defined by its food alone; the design, location, service, and the scene it creates can also contribute to its success. Restaurants are businesses, and the relentless demands of capitalism can see successful concepts like Langosteria being transplanted within countries and across continents. The French […]
Towering Thames Views at Coppa Club
A London Bridge lunch at Coppa Club looking over the river I’ll admit that in my enthusiasm to review Coppa Club, I anticipated sitting in the pods by the Tower of London. In fact, Coppa Club boasts two branches overlooking Tower Bridge, and it was my pleasure to review their London Bridge branch, a few […]
La Terrasse on the Lane, 108 Brasserie Marylebone
Alfresco dining at La Terrasse on the Lane, 108 Brasserie The summer months bring alfresco dining to the fore, with plenty of opportunities to make the most of London’s outdoor terraces. I’m a fan of alfresco eating; the hot weather this summer has made it easier to plan an outside lunch without fear of a […]
Babur, an award winning Indian restaurant in Forest Hill
Babur, the innovative Indian restaurant in Forest Hill that’s setting its sights on a Michelin star On every normal suburban high street, there seems to be a normal Indian restaurant where you’d go for your usual Indian restaurant favourites: butter chicken, lamb rogan josh, chickpea masala, perhaps a portion of tarka dhal. Babur in Forest […]
Galvin La Chapelle Taste of Summer menu
Summer in the City The Galvin brothers, Chris and Jeff Galvin, owners of Galvin La Chapelle, have been synonymous with the London restaurant scene since 2005, when they opened their Bistrot de Luxe on London’s Baker Street. With its sophisticated, intimate and urbane high-quality French bistrot offer, the restaurant changed the London scene, which had […]
Pearly Cow Brighton
Pearly Cow – Stylish Seafront Grill Restaurant I hadn’t heard of the Pearly Cow group of three restaurants before being asked to review the Brighton outpost. With a little research, I discovered that the first one opened in York in 2021, followed by Margate in 2023 and Brighton in 2024 and that the kitchen majors […]
Afternoons In Bloom at The Greenhouses (Marylebone)
Afternoon tea event with matched wines in a beautiful greenhouse hidden a stone’s throw away from Marylebone Road Great Britain must surely be the afternoon tea capital of the world. Nowhere else has managed to elevate the consumption of a cup of warm water infused with dried leaves to the refined heights achieved by the […]