I didn’t know much about Martinis, let alone the World’s Best Martini Challenge. Although I did know Dorothy Parker’s famous quote. “I like to have a Martini, two at the very most. After three… Continue reading
When we heard Dominique Ansel was working on an afternoon tea, we were all ears. Their cakes and pastries (and of course, their Cronuts) are beyond exquisite, so we just knew this was… Continue reading
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
We’re OBVIOUSLY not comparing ourselves in the slightest, but we totally get why Fay Maschler visits a restaurant at least twice before she reviews. Our visit to Hoppers a couple of weeks ago,… Continue reading
Like you even need an excuse to visit either of the Westfield shopping centres in London. But if you do then you could do a lot worse than popping along to their Indulgence… Continue reading
Fancy something sweet and a little light-hearted this V Day? The infamous googly-eyed teacakes served at Hoi Polloi‘s afternoon tea have had a bit of a Valentine’s Day makeover. They’re said to be great… Continue reading
We’ve been needing an excuse to revisit the fab Chai Ki at Canary Wharf since we first went last year. I won’t repeat how wonderful we found their modern Indian street food, you… Continue reading
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
I’m not very good at being concise, I tend to ramble… So my snappy news pieces need to be just that – snappy. So here goes, deep breath, here we go… After the… Continue reading
We seem to be on a roll at the moment. Vintage Salt provided another successful restaurant outing with barely anything to moan about. Des McDonald (former head chef at The Ivy and consultant… Continue reading
We love a festival and we most certainly love a BBQ, so when the Grillstock team roll into town you just know you’ll be in for some awesome low and slow cooking. Lucky… Continue reading
WIN a meal for 2 and a cocktail each at The Piano Works in Farringdon! To celebrate The Piano Works coming to the London bar scene, we have a great exclusive competition for… Continue reading
It’s not very often we get to review a restaurant during our lunch break – mainly due to day job restrictions. But this time we had no excuse, Camino is on the ground… Continue reading
After being pleasantly surprised by how good the bar food was at The Sterling, we decided to give the all day menu a go at Scarlet’s in Covent Garden. Both Are under the… Continue reading
Afternoon tea in London is showing no signs of disappearing, new twists are added all the time. There’s one for men (up our street), themed ones, Route Master ones, burger ones (surprised that… Continue reading
You may or may not know that a couple of weeks back we ran a competition to win a meal and drinks for two at The Sterling Bar. Our Twitter account almost went… Continue reading
The late May bank holiday should have been an exciting and happy long weekend. It was Saff’s birthday with loads of celebratory meals booked and of course three days off from the day… Continue reading
I’m going to start with the opening sentence from the menu. ‘Inspired by the Café Royal Cocktail Book compiled in 1937, the Green Bar at Hotel Café Royal is a vibrant cocktail destination’.… Continue reading
WIN A Voucher for dinner & drinks at Rola Wala for two people at Street Feast (Model Market, Lewisham or Dalston Yard, E8 3DU Want to win a voucher for dinner AND drinks… Continue reading
