Number 90’s 5th Birthday At Hackney Wick | It’s Party Time!
We love a party, any excuse, we’ve even been to an actual piss-up in a brewery and if it involves burgers, cocktails and DJ sets – well that’s a bit of a no brainer.… Continue reading
Category Archive: London
About Time Too | Bar Douro, Flat Iron Square, London
We’ve been trying to go to Bar Douro for what seems like forever. We popped by at least five times and at each speculative visit we were told the same thing – something… Continue reading
Taste Residence In Da House | Taste of London, Regent’s Park, London
We’d had a strange 24 hours. One evening we were being treated to an exclusive The Taste Residence preview dinner, cooked by Michelin starred chef Ollie Dabbous amongst a select few journalists and… Continue reading
Make Yourself At Home | Jikoni | 19-21 Blandford Street, Marylebone, London
Working in the hospitality industry means I have access to the CODE app and some amazing restaurant discounts – including 30% off food and drink at Jikoni – Ravinder Bhogal‘s restaurant in Marylebone.… Continue reading
Gin With A Spin | Gordon’s Gin And Schweppes Experience On The Coca-Cola London Eye
The Coca-Cola London Eye has joined forces with London dry gin producer – Gordon’s and the old classic Schweppes Tonic for a quintessentially British Gordon’s Gin and Schweppes Experience. Both Gordon’s and Schweppes… Continue reading
Legendary Cocktails In The Sky | GŎNG Hosts Star Bartender Jorg Meyer Of Hamburg’s Le Lion
If ever you needed another reason to visit GŎNG, this is it. Creator Jörg of Le Lion Bar de Paris in Hamburg is in London from 11 to 14 May, guest bartending at GŎNG… Continue reading
A Southern Slow And Low BBQ Lunch Feast At Shotgun With Tabl
We’ve made no bones (or should that be ribs) about our love for Shotgun – the southern BBQ restaurant on Kingly Court from Brad McDonald of The Lockhart. I won’t bang on about… Continue reading
Heliot – A Safe Bet! | Cranbourn Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7JH
Finally, it looks as if the seasons are starting to change and that can mean just one thing – new Spring menus, oh and little bouncy lambs, cute fluffy chicks and blooming flowers.… Continue reading
MasterChef Sessions With Tabl: Mark Holland & His Yorkshireman’s Tale
It’s often the events you don’t expect to be your kind of thing that end up being the most enjoyable. Last week, we went along to Tabl‘s MasterChef Sessions: Mark Holland and his… Continue reading
Nice To Meat You | Kansas City BBQ Brunch At Bodean’s, 201 City Road, EC1V 1JN
If you’re in or around the area of Old Street, we have some good news for you. Bodean’s, one of London’s original BBQ restaurants, has launched a ‘Brunch-B-Que’ at their new Old Street… Continue reading
3 Things To Do While You’re Waiting For A Table At Hoppers
Time is the one thing that we are all lacking in our lives. No one wants to waste a second of it queuing for a restaurant, yet we put ourselves through this pain… Continue reading
We Can Wok It Out | Dan Doherty’s School of Wok Takeover, 61 Chandos Place, London WC2N 4HG
As much as we (well, I) love cooking, the prospect of visiting a cookery school has never really appealed, I did one once with a friend and can’t recall a single thing that… Continue reading
Bread Street Gives You Wings | Wingmans Bread St. Bar Sessions, Bread Street Kitchen, One New Change, London EC4M 9AJ
Next in line at the Bread St Bar Sessions at Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen is Wingmans – the UK’s very first authentic ‘Wingery’. The Bread St Bar Sessions is a series of pop-ups… Continue reading
A Home From Homeslice | Homeslice Pizza, 52 Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 3PR
When writing up our restaurant reviews, the first thing that I try to do is think of a title. It has to be witty (usually fails), pun-tasticly clever (again hit and miss) and… Continue reading
Chinese New Year 2016 At Yauatcha
The Chinese new year is almost upon us, this year it’s the year of the monkey, which is also considered to be one of the most unlucky years in the Chinese calendar. Yauatcha… Continue reading
It’s All About Meiji | Shackfuyu, 14a Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4TJ
Shackfuyu – nope, I’m not swearing, naming a planet from the new Star Wars film, nor has a cat just walked across my keyboard. It’s the pop-up gone permanent by the fabulous Bone… Continue reading
Get Into The Christmas Spirit | Festive Cocktails At Ask For Janice, 50-52 Long Lane Farringdon, London EC1A 9EJ
I’m not actually a massive fan of Christmas food (unless it’s something dirty or Dishoom‘s turkey raan) but what I am keen on is Christmas booze – especially cocktails. So the other night… Continue reading
If You Go ‘Up’ To The Woods Today… | Forest On The Roof, Selfridges & Co, 400 Oxford Street London W1A 1AB
I rarely visit Oxford Street, I find that the hoards of tourists and crazed shoppers frazzles my brain, sending it into a spin. But if weaving my way through the crowds means I… Continue reading
And I Think To Myself, What A Wünderlust World | Wünderlust At The Big Red, 30 Deptford Church Street, London SE8 4RZ
As Saff mentioned in her recent Dirty Bones review, we very rarely re-visit restaurants. There are an obvious few exceptions (MEATLiquor, The Diner, Dishoom and any of Russell Norman‘s places) but The Big… Continue reading
Chicken Licken | The Chicken Burger At Tommi’s Burger Joint, London
You all well know that we love a burger and Tommi’s Burger Joint have been one of our favourites since they came over to London from their Icelandic homeland in the summer of… Continue reading