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Mozzarella Month at Sartoria, Savile Row
The masterclass – conducted by Head Chef Lukas Pfaff and his mozzarella supplier, Andrea Livi of Bianca la Bufala – was a delicious opportunity to sample fresh and top of the line mozzarella di buffala along with a range of similar southern Italian cheeses such as smoky scamorza, proper pizza topper fiordilatte, and gorgeously creamy burrata. Continue reading
Posted in Food, London, restaurants
Tagged Andrea Livi, Bianca la Bufala, bufalo mozzarella, burrata, cheese, chef, chris osburn, fiordilatte, head chef, italian cheese, italian cuisine, italian food, italian restaurant, London, Lukas Pfaff, mayfair, mozzarella, MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA, Mozzarella Month, restaurant, sartoria, savile row, scamorza, tikichris, treccia, W1
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A Beguiling Ode to Great Britain at Alvin Leung’s Bo London (CDCLifestyle)
It’s been a little over a month now, yet I still find myself carrying on about how lovely my dining experience at Bo London was. I’ve enjoyed a fair number of fine meals since but, still, something about my time there lingers. Odds are my dinner will go down as the best meal of the year. And if not, well then, the rest of 2013 promises to be one of exquisite culinary delight. Continue reading
Posted in CDCLifestyle, Drink, Food, London, restaurants, Wine
Tagged alvin leung, bo innovation, bo london, CDCLifestyle, chefs, chinese, chinese cuisine, chinese food, chris osburn, comte des cierges, dim sum, extreme chinese, extreme chinese cuisine, fine dining, Food, London, mayfair, michelin stars, mill street, new restaurant review, restaurant review, restaurants, review, tikichris, W1, wine
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The Maverick: Alvin Leung (Salt)
Salt is a newly launched trade publication for the hospitality industry with a focus on “innovation, creation and evolution of food.” For the inaugural issue I interviewed Hong Kong demon chef, Alvin Leung, about his own innovative style and his … Continue reading
Posted in Food, interview, London, restaurants, Salt
Tagged alvin leung, bo innovation, bo london, chefs, chinese, chinese cuisine, chinese food, chris osburn, dim sum, edible condom, extreme chinese, extreme chinese cuisine, fine dining, Food, interview, London, mayfair, michelin stars, mill street, restaurants, SALT, salt magazine, sex on the beach, tikichris, W1, wine
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More Than Human: Animal Portraits by Tim Flach at Osborne Samuel Gallery, Mayfair
Flach’s animal photography is fine art encouraging viewers to ponder our understanding of how other creatures interact with the world and to rethink what it means to be human. Continue reading
Posted in Art, London, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged animal photography, animal portraits, exhibition, mayfair, more than human, osborne samuel gallery, Photography, portraiture, review, ruton Street, tim flach, W1, W1J 6QG
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London Daily Photo: Mayfair Make Believe
Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged chris osburn, christmas, december, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mayfair, Photography, snowman, street photography, tikichris, W1, winter
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London Daily Photo: Accessories
Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged bond street, chris osburn, fur hat, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mayfair, molton street, Photography, street photography, sunglasses, tikichris, W1
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Take the Warren Zevon Werewolves Tour of London … Aaoo! (CheapOair)
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s And his hair was perfect Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
Posted in CheapOair, Drink, Food, London, restaurants, tiki, Travel
Tagged beef chow mein, cheapoair, chinatown, halloween, Lee Ho Fook, Lee Ho Fook's, London, london hilton on park lane, lyrics, mayfair, park lane, Trader Vic's, Warren Zevon, werewolf, werewolves, Werewolves of London
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Ronnie Wood @ Symbolic London (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
Running until the 9th of October, the comprehensive retrospective features paintings, sketches, and handwritten lyrics by Ronnie Wood along with signed guitars, photographs and tons of Wood-related ephemera from his 50 years in the music industry – as a participating … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Celebrities, London, music, Photography, Whitehot
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, W1, W1 6QX, Whitehot, whitehot m
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Share Your Favourite Place to Smoke a Cigar and Get the London Cigar Guide App for Free
Buzzing social scene or splendid isolation? Where and when do you like to smoke your stogies? Just leave a comment sharing your favourite place to smoke a cigar and you could get the London Cigar Guide app for free. About … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Competition, Freebies, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, chris osburn, cigar lounges, cigar stores, competition, CUBAN CIGARS, free, free app, freebies, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, review, smoking lounges, tikichris, where's the best place to smoke a cigar?
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50 Years of Ronnie Wood’s Art and Ephemera at Symbolic London (CheapOair)
Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll is a major new exhibition featuring artwork by and ephemera from the life of Rolling Stones guitarist, Ronnie Wood. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
Posted in Art, Celebrities, CheapOair, London, music, Photography, Travel
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, cheapoair, chris osburn, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, tikichris, W1, W1 6QX
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Warhol/Mauro at Halcyon Gallery, London (CheapOair)
On now at Halcyon Gallery in London is a unique exhibition combining rare and original work by pop art pioneer and icon, Andy Warhol, and Italian contemporary artist, Mauro Perucchetti. Read my complete post at the CheapOair blog.
Posted in Art, Celebrities, CheapOair, London, Travel
Tagged ANDY WARHOL, Art, bond street, cheapoair, chris osburn, contemporary art, gallery, HALCYON GALLERY, London, MAURO PERUCCHETTI, mayfair, POP ART, review, tikichris, W1, WARHOL/MAURO
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London Daily Photo: Overlord
Taken with the Nokia 808 Pureview, the next breakthrough in photography featuring a 41 megapixel sensor camera with Carl Zeiss lens. More specs here.
Posted in London, London 2012, London 2012 with the Nokia 808 PureView, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged camera phone, chris osburn, knightsbridge, LDP, London, london 2012, london 2012 olympic games, London Daily Photo, MANDEVILLE, MASCOT, MASCOTS, mayfair, mobile photography, nokia, nokia 808 pureview, Photography, smartphone, SOUVENIR, souvenirs, street photography, tikichris, tourists, W1, WENLOCK
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London Daily Photo: Of London
Taken with the Nokia 808 Pureview, the next breakthrough in photography featuring a 41 megapixel sensor camera with Carl Zeiss lens. More specs here.
Posted in London, London 2012, London 2012 with the Nokia 808 PureView, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged bus, camera phone, chris osburn, LDP, London, london 2012, london 2012 olympic games, London Daily Photo, MANDEVILLE, MASCOT, MASCOTS, mayfair, mobile photography, nokia, nokia 808 pureview, Photography, POSING, smartphone, street photography, tikichris, tourists, W1, WENLOCK
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50 Years of Rock and Roll with Ronnie Wood at Symbolic London
Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll has been open for a few days already but was officially sanctioned this afternoon when the exhibition’s namesake strolled in off the street for a quick look see (and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Celebrities, London, music, Photography
Tagged bernie chase, bruton street, exhibition, faces, jeff beck group, London, mayfair, Rock 'n' Roll, rock and roll, rolling stones, ronnie wood, ronnie wood collection, Ronnie Wood: A Major Retrospective of 50 years of Rock and Roll, symbolic london, W1, W1 6QX
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Jenny Holzer @ Sprueth Magers (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
With Sophisticated Devices, a solo show at Sprueth Magers’ London gallery, American artist Jenny Holzer takes a zeitgeist-y journey to the center of personal fear and paranoia with a survey of her practice which … Read my complete post at Whitehot … Continue reading
Posted in Art, London, Whitehot
Tagged @1, chris osburn, contemporary art, exhibition, gallery, I am not free because I can be exploded at anytime, jenny holzer, jenny holzer sprueth magers, London, mayfair, PAINTINGS, plaques, review, Someone wants to cut a hole in you and fuck you through it buddy, sophisticated devices, sprueth magers, tikichris, Whitehot, whitehot magazine of contemporary art
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Aperitivi a la Theo Randall? It’s an Imperative! (Great British Chefs)
Don’t let his Brit surname put you off. Chef Theo Randall knows his taglierini from his tagliatelle. And judging from a new line up of cocktails launched at his eponymous fine dining Italian restaurant located within the luxuriant Intercontinental, this former head chef of the ever lauded River Cafe shows … Continue reading
Posted in Drink, Food, Great British Chefs, Hotels, London, restaurants, Travel
Tagged antipasti, aperitivi, chris osburn, cocktails, GBC, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, hotel, hyde park corner, INTERCONTINENTAL, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE HOTEL, italian food, italian restaurant, London, mayfair, park lane, review, theo randall, tikichris, W1
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Bob Martin Sports Photography Retrospective at Quaglino’s, London (CheapOair)
Now on view until September (and just in time for the Olympics), a retrospective exhibition of prints by award winning sports photographer Bob Martin presents an ideal opportunity to “get into a sporting spirit as London prepares to host this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drink, Food, London, London 2012, OneTravel, Photography, restaurants, Travel
Tagged Art, athletics, bob martin, cheapoair, chris osburn, London, london 2012, mayfair, Photography, photography exhibition, QUAGLINO'S, restaurant, review, sports, sports photography, st james's, tikichris, W1
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London Cigar Guide App (OneTravel)
… for anyone keen to discover the rich history and current trends of the London cigar scene, the London Cigar Guide app is a must. Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
Posted in Apps, London, OneTravel, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, chris osburn, cigar lounges, cigar stores, CUBAN CIGARS, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, OneTravel, review, smoking lounges, st james's, tikichris
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London Cigar Guide App Now Available
If it had been conceived and produced by anyone else, I might have been really impressed. However, as the new London Cigar Guide app was created by Nic Wing, my initial reaction to the handy dandy app was more along … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, London, Shopping, Travel
Tagged apps, chris osburn, cigar lounges, cigar stores, CUBAN CIGARS, London, london cigar guide, mayfair, nic wing, review, smoking lounges, tikichris
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London Daily Photo: Opening
Posted in London, London Daily Photo, Photography
Tagged art gallery, chris osburn, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, mayfair, Photography, tikichris, W1
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Royal Academy of Arts Gets a New Keeper’s House (CheapOair)
With a bit of help from celebrity Stephen Fry and artist Grayson Perry (who’s almost as famous for his crossdressing antics as for his artwork), London’s Royal Academy of Arts held a press conference to announce plans to renovate its … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Celebrities, CheapOair, London, restaurants, Travel
Tagged Art, cheapoair, chris osburn, Christopher Le Brun, GRAYSON PERRY, keeper's house, London, mayfair, piccadilly, royal academy of arts, stephen fry, tikichris
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The Royal Academy of Arts Gets a New Keeper’s House (Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art)
With a bit of help from celebrity Stephen Fry and artist Grayson Perry, The Royal Academy of Arts in London held a press conference to announce plans to renovate its current “Friends space.” The plan behind the revamp is part … Continue reading
London’s First Central American Food Festival All This Week @ the InterContinental
Fusion, London’s first ever Central American food festival, starts tomorrow (Tuesday the 12th) at the InterContinental London Park Lane‘s Cookbook Cafe. The event runs through Sunday the 17th and celebrates contemporary cuisine from Central America and the Caribbean. Acclaimed Chef Mario Castrellon of Maito restaurant in Panama will … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Hotels, London, restaurants
Tagged brunch, caribbean cuisine, central american cuisine, central american food, central american food festival, cookbook cafe, fusion, hotel, INTERCONTINENTAL, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE, London, mario castrellon, mayfair, park lane, weekend brunch
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Afternoon Tea at the Intercontinental London Park Lane Hotel (OneTravel)
As chic and contemporary as the setting in which they are served … Afternoon Tea at the Intercontinental London Park Lane Hotel OneTravel, 24 April 2012
Posted in Drink, Food, Hotels, London, OneTravel, restaurants, Travel
Tagged afternoon tea, AFTERNOON TEA REVIEW, chris osburn, hotel, INTERCONTINENTAL, INTERCONTINENTAL LONDON PARK LANE HOTEL, London, mayfair, ONE HAMILTON PLACE, OneTravel, park lane, tea, tikichris, W1, W1J 7QY, westminster
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New Afternoon Teas Coming to the Intercontinental London Park Lane (Londonist)
… for those who want to have their dainty delicacies and eat them too, you’ll be happy to know this tasteful yet playful tea is as artfully prepared as it is presented. New Afternoon Teas Coming to the Intercontinental London … Continue reading
Britain’s Best Steak And Kidney Pie? Here’s The Recipe. (Londonist)
Britain’s Best Steak And Kidney Pie? Here’s The Recipe. Londonist, March 5, 2012 at 11:30 am This week … marks the 21st anniversary of the award winning steak and kidney pie recipe developed by publican Carl Smith of Mayfair pubs, the … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Drink, england, Food, London, pubs, restaurants
Tagged british pie week, CARL SMITH, chris osburn, London, Londonist, mayfair, pie, pie and mash, pub, recipe, STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE, STEAK PIE, THE GUINEA, THE WINDMILL, tikichris, W1, W1S 2AZ, westminster, YOUNG'S PUBS
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Wine of the Month: 2010 Berrys’ Argentina Malbec, Pulenta, Mendoza
Valentine’s Day came late at tikichris towers this year. A week late actually, on Pancake Day. So maybe next week I’ll get around to doing a little pancake flipping in honour of the belated celebration. Until then, I bring you … Continue reading
Posted in Berry Bros & Rudd, Drink, Food, London, Shopping, Wine, Wine of the Month
Tagged 2010 Berrys' Argentina Malbec, ARGENTINE, Berry Bros & Rudd, berry brothers, chris osburn, London, MALBEC, mayfair, Mendoza, Pulenta, red wine, st james's, SW1, tikichris, wine, Wine of the Month, wotm
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Famous and Fashionable: Exploring London’s Bond Street (CheapOair)
Famous and Fashionable: Exploring London’s Bond Street CheapOair, December 27, 2011 For a firsthand look at how London‘s wealthiest prefer to shop and to take a gander at what products the Royal Family deems appropriate for their purchases, head over to … Continue reading
