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Diwali Dining in London (Londonist)
Diwali Dining in London Londonist, October 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm Looking to celebrate the Festival of Lights with a feast? Here’s a list of restaurants offering special Diwali menus. READ MY COMPLETE POST: Diwali Dining in London
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Tagged cinnamon kitchen, dishoom, DIWALI, indian cuisine, indian restaurants, London, Londonist, SHAYONA, SPECIAL MENUS, trishna, VEGETARIAN FOOD
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London’s Nunhead Cemetery (OneTravel)
London’s Nunhead Cemetery OneTravel, Oct 20, 2011 Dappled sunlight, ancient graves, scenic views over London, Nunhead Cemetery is a brilliant place to let out your inner goth while still soaking up some rays in a historic setting. READ MY COMPLETE POST: London’s … Continue reading
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Tagged cemetery, graveyard, London, magnificent seven, nature reserve, nunhead, nunhead cemetery, OneTravel
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London Daily Photo: Pull
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London Food & Drink News: 20 October 2011 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 20 October 2011 Londonist, October 20, 2011 at 16:00 pm Apple Day, a 2fer deal at a Spitalfields pub, a meaty feasting night in Whitechapel and cocktails for calorie counters at a swish hotel bar. READ … Continue reading
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Tagged ADRIAN SOUTHALL, ANGELA HARTNETT, APPLE DAY, BARS, borough market, EMMA DUGGAN, FORTNUM & MASON, hotels, London, london food & drink news, Londonist, pubs, restaurants, ROCKWELL BAR, THE WATER POET, TRAFALGAR HOTEL, WHITECHAPEL GALLERY DINING ROOM
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Perfectly Grilled Meat and More at Argentine Steakhouse A La Cruz (CheapOair)
Perfectly Grilled Meat and More at Argentine Steakhouse A La Cruz CheapOair, October 20, 2011 Being situated in the villagey neighbourhood of Clerkenwell – home to some of London’s oldest and most celebrated pubs, a few nearby Michelin starred and … Continue reading
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Tagged A LA CRUZ, ARGENTINE STEAK, ASADOR, cheapoair, Clerkenwell, EC1, Exmouth Market, lamb, London, MALBEC, steak, steakhouse, Travel, wine
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The Rap on Chocolate Unwrapped (Great British Chefs)
The Rap on Chocolate Unwrapped Great British Chefs, 20 October 2011 … [Chocolate Unwrapped] presented a chance to sample a whole variety of chocolates … and to fall in love with some new notable mentions. From my chocolaty smudged notes: … Continue reading
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Tagged chocolate, chocolate unwrapped, chocolate week, Ecuadorian chocolate, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, London, Pacari
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London Daily Photo: Devil’s Glare
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New Restaurant Review: De La Panza, De Beauvoir Town (Londonist)
New Restaurant Review: De La Panza, De Beauvoir Town Londonist, October 19, 2011 at 13:00 pm De La Panza is a few-week’s-old Argentine bodegón in the heart of De Beauvoir Town. Headed up by front of house Gaston Carrano, who helped with … Continue reading
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Tagged ARGENTINE, BIFE DE LOMO, BODEGON, DE BEAUVOIR TOWN, DE LA PANZA, London, Londonist, MALBEC, N1, new restaurant review, SOUTHGATE ROAD, steak, wine
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London Daily Photo: To Die Alone
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New Local Chef Gourmet Takeaway Service: Housebites (Londonist)
New Local Chef Gourmet Takeaway Service: Housebites Londonist, October 18, 2011 at 14:30 pm Housebites is a new takeway business that’s been going for about a month. It works as an online marketplace where customers can find and order from … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, DANNY JACK, delivery, GOURMET TAKEAWAY, HOUSEBITES, London, Londonist, PAUL BIRCH, SIMON PROCKTER, takeaway
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What’s for Lunch? Kua Aina, Carnaby Street (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? Kua Aina, Carnaby Street Londonist, October 18, 2011 at 11:30 am Smartly situated for Carnaby shoppers and cosy enough for a lunch time sit down, this months-old burger and sandwich grill appears to be a popular pit … Continue reading
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Tagged burgers, carnaby street, CHARGRILLED, FOUBERT'S PLACE, hamburgers, HAWAIIAN, KUA AINA, London, Londonist, lunch, MAHI MAHI, sandwiches, W1, W1F 7P, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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London Daily Photo: Aged
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More on Sofas
A couple of weeks back I was blogging about a rather epic struggle to get an old but otherwise perfectly fine sofa up some flights of stairs and through a few not so sofa-friendly doorways in my new flat. The … Continue reading
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Experimental Food Society Spectacular offers a delectable & weird line up of events (Great British Chefs)
Experimental Food Society Spectacular offers a delectable & weird line up of events Great British Chefs, 17 October 2011 Ever tried (or even contemplating) camel milk ice cream? Would you wear clothing that was designed to be eaten? What in the … Continue reading
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Tagged BANQUET, camel milk ice cream, EXPERIMENTAL FOOD SOCIETY, GREAT BRITISH CHEFS, London, preview, the folly, TRUMAN BREWERY, V&A
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London Daily Photo: Sunlight
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London Daily Photo: Welcome
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Street Market Focus: Chatsworth Road Market (CheapOair)
Street Market Focus: Chatsworth Road Market CheapOair, October 14, 2011 For a total East End immersion deep in the depths of the ever up and coming London borough of Hackney, it would be wise to consider going for a ramble round Chatsworth … Continue reading
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Tagged chatsworth road, chatsworth road market, cheapoair, clapton, E5, east end, east london, food market, hackney, homerton, kim chi clut, London, street food, street market
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London Daily Photo: Unleased
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Nelson ‘N’ Deck London-Themed Children’s Books (OneTravel)
Nelson ‘N’ Deck London-Themed Children’s Books OneTravel, Oct 14, 2011 Planning a visit to London with your kids and have hopes of teaching them a little about the place before the trip begins? Or maybe you’re looking for something “on topic” for them … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books, London, london travel, nelson-n-deck, reading
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Review: Frieze Art Fair 2011 (Londonist)
Review: Frieze Art Fair 2011 by Bethanyc, photography by Chris Osburn and Zoe Craig Londonist, October 14, 2011 at 13:31 pm The fair feels bigger than ever this year but perhaps a little less exuberant than in the past, undoubtedly due … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art fair, bethanyc, frieze, frieze art fair, galleries, London, Londonist, Photography, regent's park, review, zoe craig
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In Pictures: Bermondsey Street Bees Rooftop Apiary (Londonist)
In Pictures: Bermondsey Street Bees Rooftop Apiary Londonist, October 14, 2011 at 11:00 am … The roof is home of urban apiary, Bermondsey Street Bees, where its several thousand honey producing residents not only enjoy enviable views of the Shard and … Continue reading
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Tagged BERMONDSEY STREET, BERMONDSEY STREET BEES, DALE GIBSON, DELFINA, honey, IN PICTURES, London, Londonist, Photography, SE1, SE1 3UD, STUART DRING
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London Daily Photo: Enter
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In and Around the British Museum (CheapOair)
In and Around the British Museum CheapOair, October 13, 2011 One may be able to spend hours, days or even a lifetime discovering the wonders of the world that British Museum holds. But at some point during your visit, you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged bloomsbury, british museum, cheapoair, London, museum
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London Food & Drink News: 13 October 2011 (Londonist)
London Food & Drink News: 13 October 2011 Londonist, October 13, 2011 at 16:00 pm Rum, Peruvian cuisine, giant avocados and a Harvey Nichols pop up READ MY COMPLETE POST: London Food & Drink News: 13 October 2011
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Tagged CENTRAL RESTAURANTE, cookbook cafe, FLAVOURS OF PERU, HARVEY NICHOLS FOODMARKET POP-UP, intercontinental park lane, LINDA AVOCADO, London, Londonist, olympia, restaurants, rum, UK RUMFEST, VIRGILIO MARTINEZ, WAITROSE, WESTFIELD STRATFORD CITY
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London Daily Photo: I Come I’m the Only
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Tagged doll, LDP, London Daily Photo, mobile photography, Photography, spitalfields, street photography
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What’s for Lunch? Rosalind’s Kitchen, Little Portland Street (Londonist)
What’s for Lunch? Rosalind’s Kitchen, Little Portland Street Londonist, October 12, 2011 at 11:30 am Rosalind’s Kitchen is a small but lovely take-out cafe sourcing seasonal ingredients from specialist suppliers for its daily changing menu. The location is central and … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, LITTLE PORTLAND STREET, London, Londonist, lunch, nom nom nom, oxford circus, regent street, ROSALIND'S KITCHEN, THE COOKERY SCHOOL, W1, W1W 8BJ, WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?
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London’s Frieze Art Fair 2011 (OneTravel)
London’s Frieze Art Fair 2011 OneTravel, Oct 11, 2011 A must see event for anyone interested in finding out what’s what and what’s to be in contemporary art, Frieze Art Fair is one of the world’s biggest and most influential … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Babe
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William Curley’s Chocolate Box pops up at St Martin’s Lane Hotel (Great British Chefs)
William Curley’s Chocolate Box pops up at St Martin’s Lane Hotel Great British Chefs, 11 October 2011 Although this pop up will only be around until the end of the year (New Year’s Eve will be the Box’s last day … Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Curtain Road
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Tagged curtain road, Graffiti, LDP, London, London Daily Photo, Photography, shoreditch, slayer, street art, street photography
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London Daily Photo: I Hate Zombies
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Good Stuff
Remember my last “Good Stuff” post? That was published just over a month ago. Lots more stuff’s been happening since then. And the wonderful thing is that most that stuff’s been good stuff. So, as with that last post back … Continue reading
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Tagged A LA CRUZ, Anteprima, ARGENTINE STEAK, ASADOR, berheim wheat whiskey, Berry Bros & Rudd, bianco basilicata, carbone, DELFINA, drag racing, fiano, good stuff, lagavulin, NATURAL WINE, pedro almodovar, piquentum terre 9, santa pod, the skin i live in, whiskey, whisky, WHISKY EXCHANGE, WHISKY SHOW, wine tasting, wines of croatia
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London Daily Photo: Zombie Apocalypse
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London Daily Photo: Self Portrait Gloom
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Never Too Early To Think About Turkey (Locally Sourced)
Never Too Early To Think About Turkey Locally Sourced, October 7, 2011 The folks at Copas Farm in Berkshire, where the turkeys (all 40 some odd thousand of them) live a free range life roaming about in cherry orchards, are hoping … Continue reading
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Tagged berkshire, christmas dinner, copas farm, copas turkeys, england, farm, food network, free range turkey, locally sourced
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