Tag Archives: lobster

Ormer Mayfair

Posted on 2016-12-10 by tikichris

Michelin starred chef Shaun Rankin’s upscale restaurant attractively set downstairs at Flemings Mayfair Hotel – Ormer Mayfair – brings a refined and rich taste of Jersey to London. Seafood lovers and fans of dining with formal flair take note! Continue reading →

Posted in Bars, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged BARS, Chef Shaun Rankin, cocktails, Drink, Flemings Mayfair Hotel, Food, Half Moon Street, hotels, Jersey lobster, lobster, London, luxury, Manetta’s Bar, mayfair, restaurants, reviews, seafood, shaun rankin, W1, W1J 7BH, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

5 Scan-tastic Reasons to Visit Sweden’s Koster Islands (OneTravel)

Posted on 2014-10-10 by tikichris

About a month back I had the pleasure of visiting the Koster Islands, Sweden’s most westerly populated (if only sparsely) islands. Just south of the Norwegian coast, it’s a rugged and beautiful part of the world and a great place … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, OneTravel, Sweden, Travel | Tagged beer, Drink, Food, hotels, koster islands, lobster, lobster safari, luxury, OneTravel, restaurants, review, scandinavia, sweden, sydkoster, Travel, west sweden | Leave a comment

Lobster Safari in the Koster Islands, West Sweden

Posted on 2014-09-24 by tikichris

The Koster Islands are situated off Sweden’s western mainland just south of Norway. It’s a beautiful part of the world – a rugged and ‘out there’ archipelago where wilderness and cultivation blend in such a way as to suggest that humans and nature actually can get along. Summer’s the main time folks visit this tranquil area, but I was there at the onset of autumn for the start of the lobster season. Lured by the prospect of catching (and eating!) the regionally renowned “black gold of the sea” lobsters for myself from one of the cleanest of nutritionally rich fjords in Scandinavia, I tagged along on a Lobster Safari “activity and dining experience” offered by the lovely little Hotel Koster on the island of Sydkoster. Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Drink, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Restaurants, Sweden, Travel | Tagged beer, Drink, Food, hotels, koster islands, lobster, lobster safari, luxury, restaurants, review, scandinavia, sweden, sydkoster, Travel, west sweden | 1 Comment

Breakfast at Aqua Shard

Posted on 2013-09-24 by tikichris

Yes of course, the view is the main draw at Aqua Shard, but don’t let that get in the way of enjoying the food and stylish setting. I recently had breakfast there and left feeling nearly as pleased with my full English as I was with this upscale restaurant’s full-on vistas. For a (high) rise ‘n shine that towers over the competition, the newly introduced breakfast menu at Aqua Shard is tops. Continue reading →

Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants | Tagged Aqua Shard, breakfast, breakfast at aqua shard, coffee, Drink, eggs, Food, LDP, lobster, London, London blog, london bridge, London Daily Photo, new restaurant review, Photography, photography blog, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, restaurants at the shard, shard, street photography, the shard, zomato, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦 | 3 Comments

Lobsterfest Returns to London’s Belgo Restaurants (CheapOair)

Posted on 2013-07-09 by tikichris

Lobsterfest runs from Thursday the 4th of July until the 31st of August at all five Belgo locations in London … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Travel | Tagged beer, belgian beer, belgian food, belgian restaurant, belgo, Blanche de Bruxelles, Buy One Set One Free, cheapoair, Drink, Food, freebies, frites, grilled lobster, lobster, lobster cocktail, lobster menu, lobster salad, lobsterfest, lobzilla, London, National Lobster Hatchery, restaurant, Travel, white beer, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦 | Leave a comment

Win a £50 #Lobzilla Gift Voucher from Belgo and Celebrate Lobsterfest 2013

Posted on 2013-07-02 by tikichris

Love lobster? Check it out. London-based Belgian restaurant group, Belgo, is bringing back Lobsterfest for another year with three awesome dishes: a lobster cocktail (£9.95), a whole lobster salad (£19.95) and Lobzilla! – a whole grilled lobster served with frites, aioli dip and salad ((£19.95). And if that’s not enough to get excited about, I’ve got a £50 Belgo gift voucher to share with one lucky lobster loving reader. Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, London, Restaurants, Social Media | Tagged @belgobill, £50 Belgo gift voucher, £50 gift voucher, beer, belgian beer, belgian food, belgian restaurant, belgo, belgo bill, Blanche de Bruxelles, Buy One Set One Free, competition, drawings, Drink, Food, Free Belgo gift voucher, freebies, frites, giveaway, grilled lobster, lobster, lobster cocktail, lobster menu, lobster salad, lobsterfest, lobzilla, London, National Lobster Hatchery, restaurant, retweet to win, twitter competition, white beer, win a £50 Belgo gift voucher, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦 | 1 Comment

Good Stuff + Beyoncé Dancing Around in a Swimsuit

Posted on 2013-04-27 by tikichris

Here’s a quick little list of good stuff I’ve recently come across and thought was worth sharing with you … including H&M Swimwear video featuring Beyoncé! Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Drink, Food, Good Stuff, London, Music, Restaurants, Shopping, Video | Tagged bethnal green, Beyoncé, Beyoncé Dancing, Beyoncé in a Swimsuit, Beyoncé Knowles, Beyoncé video, cambridge heath, cambridge heath road, Canadian lobster, clapton, Colchester oysters, dance video, Devon crab claws, E5, east london, george jones, george jones video, good stuff, H&M, H&M Swimwear, H&M Swimwear featuring Beyoncé, hackeny, hackney, he stopped loving her today, lea bridge road roundabout, lobster, locksmith, Locksmith Service, London, Mrs Carter, music video, mutton, nicos popupalot, pop-up, seafood, shetland night, shetland night 2, shetland night in london, SPONSORED POST, standing on the sun, supperclub, Swimwear, the lobster pot, tikchris, upper clapton road, Video, vieo | Leave a comment

Review: Fingers and Thumbs’ Seafood Shack

Posted on 2013-02-01 by tikichris

Last night I paid a repeat visit to a repeat opening of Fingers and Thumbs’ Seafood Shack. Yum. Following ye olde ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix’ methodology, I kept with what I knew I’d love: a big ole pot of lobster cooked with juicy prawns, mussels, clams, veggies and more. Complimented by n ample stack of rustic bread with home made cocktail sauce (which could have been a little better honestly), washed down with a few Kronenbourgs, and rounded off by a scoop of especially tasty vanilla fudge ice cream – it was a fun and filling meal. The damage? Around £55 total for two. Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, Restaurants | Tagged arch gallery, bar, bethnal green, cambridge heath, E2, E2 9HA, east london, fingers and thumbs, hackney, ice cream, lobster, London, pop-up, pop-up review, preview, rail arch, restaurant review, review, seafood, seafood shack, shellfish | 4 Comments

Eating (Exceptionally) Well in Pembrokeshire (Blue Tomato)

Posted on 2012-11-21 by tikichris

… walk off any extra calories or recharge at the tearoom before or after your stroll through the nearby circular path skirting the Daugleddau estuary. Read my complete review at Blue Tomato.

Posted in Beer, Blue Tomato, Coffee, Food, Pubs, Restaurants, Shopping, Travel, Wales | Tagged Angle, Angle Village, BLUE TOMATO, crab, Cwtch, dressed crab, hiking, lawrenny, Lawrenny Quay, lobster, lunch, Old Point House, pembrokeshire, pembrokeshire coast, pembrokeshire coast national park, pub, Quayside Tearoom, restaurants, review, solva, solva crab, Something Fishy, st david's, wales, walking, welsh | Leave a comment

Four Fine Dines in Pembrokeshire (CheapOair)

Posted on 2012-11-02 by tikichris

Pembrokeshire is one of the most scenic places in all of the British Isles. It’s also one of the tastiest. Believe it or not, for such a sparsely populated part of the UK, there’s actually a huge range of quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, CheapOair, Coffee, Drink, Food, Pubs, Recipes, Restaurants, Travel, Wales | Tagged Angle, Angle Village, crab, Cwtch, dressed crab, hiking, lawrenny, Lawrenny Quay, lobster, lunch, Old Point House, pembrokeshire, pembrokeshire coast, pembrokeshire coast national park, pub, Quayside Tearoom, restaurants, review, solva, solva crab, Something Fishy, st david's, wales, walking, welsh | 1 Comment

A Northwest Passage to Upscale Comfort Food @ The Hill, Belsize Park (Londonist)

Posted on 2012-03-02 by tikichris

A Northwest Passage to Upscale Comfort Food @ The Hill, Belsize Park Londonist, March 2 2, 2012 at 11:30 pm Haven’t an inkling what a particularly Pacific Northwest food concept might be? Think comfort food done bigger, bolder and a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, London, Restaurants | Tagged BELSIZE PARK, BISQUE, BRASSERIE, burgers, camden, COMFORT FOOD, GASTRO PUB, GOURMET LOBSTER MAC N CHEESE, hamburgers, lobster, London, Londonist, NW3, NW3 2BD, PACIFIC NORTHWEST CUISINE, RAW BAR, restaurant review, review, SALADS, THE HILL, THE HILL BAR AND BRASSERIE, wine | Leave a comment

Third Time’s a Charm with Shaun Rankin’s Triple-Cooked Chips (Great British Chefs)

Posted on 2012-02-23 by tikichris

Third Time’s a Charm with Shaun Rankin’s Triple-Cooked Chips Great British Chefs, February 23, 2012 As a freelancer who works out of my flat, I found these chips a brilliantly low maintenance snack that required not much attention and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Great British Chefs, London | Tagged Béarnaise sauce, chipr, chips, chips recipe, cooking, french fries, fries, frites, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, lobster, London, potatoes, recipes, shaun rankin, triple-cooked chips | Leave a comment

Lobsterfest Through June at Belgo (Londonist)

Posted on 2010-05-29 by tikichris

Lobsterfest Through June at Belgo Londonist, May 29, 2010 3:49 PM All dishes were made with “neutral tasting” Canadian lobster and were indeed satisfying. From £4.95 for a bisque to £24.95 for a “Whole Surf & Turf”, there’s a range … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants | Tagged belgo, belgo centraal, lobster, lobsterfest, London, Londonist, review | Leave a comment

Review: Daily Lobster Festival at Big Easy (Londonist)

Posted on 2010-05-25 by tikichris

Review: Daily Lobster Festival at Big Easy Londonist, May 25, 2010 2:05 PM Big Easy is the sort of place you’ll either love or hate. Based on the full house of our Monday night visit, lots of folks seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants | Tagged big easy, lobster, London, Londonist, maine lobster, restaurant, review | Leave a comment

Review: Lobsterfest at Belgo (Londonist)

Posted on 2009-06-05 by tikichris

Review: Lobsterfest at Belgo Londonist, June 4, 2009 4:42 PM Londonist recently got invited over to Belgo Centraal to sample its Lobsterfest menu. In general, we’re not quite sure what to think about the wacky Belgo franchise but suppose its … Continue reading →