The highlight of last Saturday was Street Feast at Model Market in Lewisham. A brilliant hidden gem behind the dullness that is Lewisham High Street. It’s achingly cool and a clever use of… Continue reading
It’s almost that time again – Jamie Oliver and Alex James‘ family event the Big Feastival supported by Electrolux and in support of The Better Food Foundation is set to return on 31st August – 1st September with a… Continue reading
It seems to us that the trend of street food is going nowhere fast. Even Comptoir Libanais is joining in with some typical Middle Eastern street food dishes on their menu. Their Facebook… Continue reading
St Martin’s Court Global Food Festival StMartinsCourtyardGlobalFoodFestival St Martin’s Courtyard in Covent Garden paid tribute to the cultural diversity of London this ‘summer’ with a free Global Food Festival last Saturday 14th July.… Continue reading
Polpo – new restaurant & cookbook www.polpo.co.uk So not only is Russell Norman opening his sixth restaurant, he’s also created a beautiful cookbook: POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts). A mammoth book crammed… Continue reading
Street Feast night market, Brick Lane www.streetfeastlondon.com A new Friday night food market at the Sclater Street Car Park, the site of a former Victorian bird market off Brick Lane, with eight of… Continue reading
An invitation too good to miss – creating Caipirinhas at Brazilian restaurant Cabana, and have a dough masterclass across the road at Jamie Oliver’s Union Jacks at the new Central St Giles piazza just… Continue reading
Firstly we’d like to apologise in advance for the slightly shorter than usual edition of Checkout. This is mainly due to the fact that the end of February and the beginning of March… Continue reading
Thai restaurant group Patara has opened a new all-day dining restaurant in the newish St Martin’s Courtyard. SUDA features the UK’s first Som Tam bar – unripened green papaya, seasoned with dried shrimp… Continue reading
Last Friday after a manic week at work and a severe lack of sleep, we visited the Benja Bangkok Table in Soho. I had been fantasising about having a Thai green curry all… Continue reading
Mooli’s. I have seen that word a million times on Twitter in the past few months, and tonight, we finally went. Once we were inside, I realised I didn’t know what was on… Continue reading
