Are you a girl? Do you like pink? How about cocktails? Or cupcakes? Or make-up? 99% of females are going to say yes to all of the above which is why Benefit Cosmetics… Continue reading
London Beer Week 2015 (16-22 February) is a celebration of craft beers, ales, lagers and ciders alike, set against the backdrop of the capital. With pop-ups and parties, masterclasses and self-guided beer tours… Continue reading
A CHEESE-HATER’S VERDICT: OK, so I know I’m in the minority here (as usual) but hooray for Byron‘s latest special – The Flaming Iceberg that contains no cheese! Whoop! A burger doesn’t need… Continue reading
Get not one, but TWO loops on the London Eye with a wintery Sipsmith cocktail in hand at the Winter Cocktail Experience as ‘Frostival’ returns to the London Eye this Christmas. Now THIS is… Continue reading
There’s nothing like a new set of crockery to reignite your passion for cooking and trying new recipes. I’d been stuck in a bit of a cookery rut, making the same reliable recipes… Continue reading
It was a cold Tuesday evening and Hurricane Gonzalo was causing havoc in old London town, so a visit to Camden didn’t seem like a particularly good idea. But work had been stupidly busy… Continue reading
To me, pickled foods used to represent that limp slither of gherkin in a Quarter Pounder, the sad onions on cocktail sticks left behind at kids parties, or the boiled egg being sucked… Continue reading
We’ve been to many a master class – how to make coffee, how to assemble the perfect chocolate bomb, how to make pizza dough, even how to pickle an egg! But this distil… Continue reading
Cottages4you, The UK’s largest self-catering holiday specialist, has joined forces with some of the UK’s favourite gastro pubs and restaurants to create a collection of simple recipes to inspire holidaymakers enjoying a self-catering stay. They… Continue reading
The Patty Meltdown may well have been the third Byron Burger Club night but more importantly it was a night of firsts for my 12-year-old son, Oliver. Not only was it his first… Continue reading
Looks like the whole shipping container thing is taking off, first Pizza 1889 and now with a little help from Hooperberg, Meantime have created BeerBox – a pop-up bar at The O2 in… Continue reading
Sometimes, but not often enough, we try something and think ‘why has this not been done before?’ like when we discovered the Potato Dog (a hotdog encased in fluffy potato) or most recently… Continue reading
We’ve been so preoccupied with our blog of late that our poor little house has been neglected, and you should see the state of the garden. Sure our home is tidy(ish) and clean… Continue reading
This wasn’t our usual Sunday. My alarm went off at the ungodly hour of 7am, we then spent eight manic hours frantically prepping our bathroom for the imminent arrival of our plumber. The reason… Continue reading
It looks like Fred Smith‘s been busy again! The May special Miami Slice was launched and after the success of Mock Donald’s, he’s been working his little burger patterned socks off on the… Continue reading
We love Spain (who doesn’t?) and especially the stunning colour and vibrancy of Barcelona. On our last visit we used the Grand Hotel Central, with its amazing rooftop pool as our base camp… Continue reading
Much to Ade’s dismay I adore blossom, ahhing at every fluffy flourishing tree that we drive past and clipping off a teeny sprig to put by our bed. I jumped at the chance to… Continue reading
It’s tricky enough trying to keep up with all the restaurant launches, let alone the myriad of pop-ups too. At least with the permanent restaurant sites you have time to visit at your… Continue reading
Roll on November, that’s what I say! Not because it’s my son’s birthday, not because it’s only a month before Christmas, but because it means it’s time for another special Byron Movember burger.… Continue reading
This is the second time we’ve hopped (no beer pun intended) off the train at Greenwich to visit the Old Brewery for a beer pairing session. Our first visit was more of a… Continue reading
