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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Wine of the Month: 2009 Juliénas, Les Paquelets, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Eve & Michel Rey
This month’s pick is a flavourful number! Available from Berry Bros & Rudd for £15.50 per single bottle, 2009 Juliénas, Les Paquelets Vieilles Vignes, Domain Eve & Michel Rey is a feisty Beaujolais demanding of taste bud attention. Dark and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 Juliénas, beaujolais, Berry Bros & Rudd, berry brothers, Domaine Eve & Michel Rey, Les Paquelets, London, pouilly fuisse, red wine, Vieilles Vignes, wine, Wine of the Month, wine of the moth, wotm
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London Daily Photo: Gone Bananas
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London Daily Photo: Intercontinental Self Portrait
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London Daily Photo: Marylebone Coast
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£2 Birthday Specials at Benito’s Hat – TODAY (Londonist)
£2 Birthday Specials at Benito’s Hat – TODAY Londonist, July 28, 2010 11:00 AM … a sombrero full of two quid specials: Coronas, tacos, and mini frozen margaritas. READ THE COMPLETE POST: £2 Birthday Specials at Benito’s Hat – TODAY
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London Daily Photo: Brompton Road
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New Restaurant Review: NOW (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: NOW Londonist, Bringing street food to an upscale(ish) takeaway counter at Liverpool Street, NOW offers quick and easy (and rather inexpensive) food “inspired by the food stalls and street stands of Southern China”. Londonist commuted over for … Continue reading
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Tagged chinese food, dim sum, EC2, liverpool street, London, Londonist, new restaurant review, restaurant, street food
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New Restaurant Review: Dishoom (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Dishoom Londonist, July 27, 2010 11:13 AM Dishoom‘s morning menu pleased us immensely as well: best cuppa chai you’re apt to find in town (or around Leicester Square anyway), awesome but not overwhelmingly lengthy list of items, … Continue reading
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Tagged anglo-indian, breakfast, dishoom, indian cuisine, indian food, London, new restaurant review, restaurant, upper st martin's lane, WC2
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London Daily Photo: Lassis
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London Daily Photo: Fill in the Blanks
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London Daily Photo: RETURN
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London Daily Photo: OUT
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London’s Best Chips: Kennedy’s (Londonist)
London’s Best Chips: Kennedy’s Londonist, July 23, 2010 12:53 PM A quid and 20 pence affords you a more than ample fistful of takeaway chips from this Clerkenwell mainstay. There’s a large portion available for £1.80 as well. The chips … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: So Much Depends Upon the Magenta Wheelbarrow
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London Daily Photo: Polite Notice
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New Restaurant Review: Redhook (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Redhook Londonist, July 21, 2010 11:28 AM Newly opened in Farringdon where the Frenchily swish St Germain brasserie used to be, Redhook is a seafood and steak resto owned by the Rushmore group (Milk & Honey, Giant … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: BBBLLLRRR in the Sky
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Chefspective: Tom Aikens (Londonist)
Chefspective: Tom Aikens Londonist, July 20, 2010 12:18 PM This weekend, Tom Aikens will be on hand cooking at the Cloudy Bay Shack (a kitted out airstream pop-up thingy). Parked at Parsons Green for Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 8pm, … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Boston Place
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Geez! Time for Christmas Planning Already?
I’ve gotta get my act together and figure out my holidays to America for the next year or so. I’ve been going on and on about New York and San Francisco – a little about Canada too – but what I’ve … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Tantalizing
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Florida Orange Bird
A couple of weeks ago I was blathering on about doing the Disney Florida Holidays thing as a kid and how salient the memories from that trip still are in my mind. Since writing that post, I’ve been a little … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Streaming
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punting and picnics in cambridge (lastminute.com blog)
punting and picnics in cambridge lastminute.com blog, july 16, 2010 – 1:30 pm Perfect for a romantic date for two, a family outing or gathering of friends and colleagues, the Doubletree’s Punting and Picnic Packages are available to both guests … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Meatball Ragu
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Chefspective: Samir Sadekar, Executive Chef at Imli (Londonist)
Chefspective: Samir Sadekar, Executive Chef at Imli Londonist, July 16, 2010 2:50 PM Did our recent Chefspective interview with Alfred Prasad, Executive Chef of Tamarind, leave you hankering for quality Indian cuisine but fretful about splashing out at his Michelin starred Mayfair … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Got Scratched
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on the banh mi trail in london (lastminute.com blog)
on the banh mi trail in london lastminute.com blog, july 15, 2010 – 3:00 pm Bánh mì are Franco-Vietnamese baguette sandwiches made with thinly sliced pickled carrots and daikon, cucumbers, coriander, chilli peppers, pâté, mayonnaise and an assortment of meats … Continue reading
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Dishoom! London’s First Bombay Cafe Opens on Upper St Martin’s Lane (Londonist)
Dishoom! London’s First Bombay Cafe Opens on Upper St Martin’s Lane Londonist, July 15, 2010 11:29 AM Open to the public today, Dishoom is an idealized version of a traditional Irani Cafe (see Dishoom’s rather thoughtful blog post for more … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: The Discarded
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New Restaurant Review: Benito’s Hat (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: Benito’s Hat Londonist, July 14, 2010 5:27 PM Londonist popped round for last night’s opening party of the second location of Benito’s Hat. Near Covent Garden, this shiny new joint offers a comfy spot to grab a … Continue reading
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Interview with Colum Egan, Master Distiller for Bushmills Whiskey (Locally Sourced)
Interview with Colum Egan, Master Distiller for Bushmills Whiskey Locally Sourced, 14 July 2010 A recent London visit from Colum Egan, Master Distiller at Bushmills Whiskey in Northern Ireland, presented an excellent opportunity for a quick Q&A about what sets his … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Monster Underfoot
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celebrate bastille day in london with steak-frites from le relais de venise l’entrecote (lastminute.com blog)
celebrate bastille day in london with steak-frites from le relais de venise l’entrecote lastminute.com blog, july 13, 2010 – 2:00 pm Obviously, Bastille Day is a big deal in France with lots of festivities throughout the country, but if you … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Lock the Truth Away
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