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Festive Fun at the South Pole Saloon
Jasmine Kaur journeys to London’s South Pole (Brixton) for an evening of rooftop revelry and festive season feels. I was invited to the launch of Brixton Rooftop’s South Pole Saloon to get a taste of the wintery festivities and let … Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, brixton, Brixton Rooftop, christmas, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Jasmine Kaur, Pope's End, restaurants, reviews, south london, South Pole Saloon, SW9, SW9 8JH
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Millennials to Drink Coffee in a Victorian … Ahem … Setting
Attendant, the uber cool coffee shop concept developed by Bosh McKeown and Ryan De Oliveira, is set to arrive in Fitzrovia just in time for Christmas. A Victorian gentleman’s toilet, perfectly located, at the corner of Foley Street and Great Titchfield Street will now be a flagship for the chain which already boasts properties in Shoreditch and Clerkenwell. Continue reading
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It is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Giving
Demi Perera shares the details about South Place Hotel’s annual Christmas Toy Party in aid of Bart’s Charity. It is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Festive lights adorn every street and the scent of mince pies, mulled … Continue reading
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Tagged Angler, Bart's Charity, christmas, Christmas Toy Party, city of london, Demi Perera, Drink, EC2, EC2M 2AF, good cause, hotels, London, preview, restaurants, south place, south place hotel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Last Days of Shoreditch Winter La La Land
The lights are twinkling, the trees are decorated and festive fun is firmly top of the agenda. How about trying something a little different this season? Last Days of Shoreditch Winter La La Land is a winter pop-up like no other. Continue reading
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Win the Complete Range of Chutneys and Pickles from The English Provender Company
Here’s a competition to relish! I’m offering the chance for one lucky tikichris reader to win the complete range of award-winning chutneys and pickles from The English Provender Company. Continue reading
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Daisy Green Collective Launches Darcie & May Green
Daisy Green Collection has launched its latest venue: a pair of city barges moored outside Paddington Station and featuring vivid exterior designs by famed artist Sir Peter Blake (best known for co-creating the cover art for the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Continue reading
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Momos and More Himalayan Inspired Dishes at Madame D
I was at Madame D’s in mid November taking up the restaurant on an invitation to have a taste of its recently launched menu, featuring a new range of gorgeous momos (Tibetan style dumplings). I loved every ferociously flavoursome bite. Continue reading
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#TCTalks | Episode 5 | Hot & Chilli
Episode 5 of tikichris Talks finds me sitting down for a chat with my good friend Rosana McPhee, an amazing cook and photographer and the mastermind behind the award-winning food, travel and luxury blog Hot & Chilli. Continue reading
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Winery Weekend at Three Choirs Vineyard in Gloucestershire
Among the standouts and best established of English wineries is Three Choirs vineyard and winery in Gloucestershire. Continue reading
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Recipe: White Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
These white chocolate chip cookies made with a pumpkin puree dough are an ideal treat for autumn celebrations and festive season snacking. Continue reading
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Pre Christmas Feasting with Parma Ham
If you thought that a ham sandwich was the best we could do with Parma Ham it is most certainly time to think again. Continue reading
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Good Stuff #71
Good stuff and lots of it! Here’s the low down on some fine things to see, sip, savour and more – all of which I’ve recently come across and thought were worth sharing with you. Enjoy. Continue reading
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Tagged Altruist Dermatologist Sunscreen, black pudding, Clonakilty Black Pudding, design, Dry Shampoo, fashion, Food, good stuff, Hair, PNY, PNY Technologies, reviews, Shampoo, Shockwaves, Shockwaves Style Refresh and Volume Dry Shampoo Spray, Shopping, Sun Screen, sunscreen, trave, Wella, Yutaka, Yutaka Sauces, Yutaka Sesame and Miso Sauce, Yutaka Yakisoba Sauce, Zap-It, Zap-It mosquito and insect bite relief device
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Battle of the Sexes – It was Crunch Time
It was literally crunch time at Westfield London, Shepherd’s Bush this week courtesy Nature Valley and their new snack – Nut Butter Biscuits. The Atrium in Westfield was transformed in to a tennis court complete with reserved seating to celebrate the release of the movie Battle of the Sexes. Continue reading
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Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Food, London, Movies, Shopping, Sports
Tagged Battle of the Sexes, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Celebrities, cinema, Demi Perera, Emma Stone, Entertainment, film, Food, Greg Rusedski, Johanna Konta, London, Movies, Nature Valley, Nature Valley Nut Butt Biscuits, Nature Valley Nut butter, Pat Cash, shepherd's bush, Shopping, sports, Steve Carell, tennis, west london, westfield, westfield london, Westfield Shepherd's Bush
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#WokFor1000 with Chef Jeremy Pang at Borough Market
Wok for 1000 is a behemoth of a cookery class (there were literally hundreds of participants filled into the Market Hall of Borough Market) with the aim of cooking at least 1,000 meals for people in need. Continue reading
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Pizza Express Presents Leggera
Pizza Express has brought its range of Leggera pizzas from the pages of its restaurant menu to the aisles of your local supermarket. Continue reading
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Top 10 Choices for Pre and Post Theatre Food and Drink in London (Trainline)
Grabbing drinks or having a meal at the right place and for the right amount of time can help set the tone to commence or end any theatre outing on a delicious note. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, christmas, Drink, Entertainment, Food, live performance, London, music, pubs, Retaurants, theatre, train travel, Trainline, Trainline blog, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Hoxton Serves up Some Flavour
How do you like your art? Shaken, not stirred? How about edible? Well, now anything has been made possible. Smith and Sinclair, who made all our grown up dreams come true by creating alcohol pastilles, have teamed up with the equally indulgent Lanique liqueur to bring us The Flavour Gallery. Continue reading
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Win a Classic Christmas Chocolate Sleekster from Hotel Chocolat
The “tis the season” season will be upon us soon. That’s yummy news. And I’m helping you stay one step ahead of the Christmas crush with a chance for one lucky tikichris reader to win a Classic Christmas Chocolate Sleekster from Hotel Chocolat. Continue reading
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Shuffle Like Santa in Brick Lane
Following on from it’s roaring success last year, The London Shuffle Club pop up has returned to the Truman Brewery. Complete with retro Miami inspired decor, inflatable palm trees and flamingos we can now happily shuffleboard in Brick Lane. I went along to find out what this was all about. Continue reading
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Falling for Scotland in Autumn | Big Time
A road trip interspersed with city breaks and rural retreats across one of the world’s most captivating landscapes: Kemey and I fell for Scotland big time. Continue reading
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Four Hundred Rabbits Sourdough Pizza in South London
Four Hundred Rabbits is a South London group of pizzerias with locations in Crystal Palace and Nunhead. The group specialises in sourdough pizzas baked in wood-fired ovens and served alongside (a rather South London centric list) of craft beer Continue reading
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San Daniele/Grana Padano Workshop with Chef Dan Doherty
One of Italy’s most delicious duos was the focus of a recent interactive workshop led by celebrated Chef Dan Doherty with a one-night only takeover of Ladbroke Grove’s Dock Kitchen. Continue reading
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Falling for Scotland in Autumn | Glasgow
It’d been years since either Kemey or I had been to Glasgow and our two-night (and really only one full day) pit stop proved far too short. Nonetheless we had an amazing time and loved discovering how much more delicious the city had become since we’d last been there. Continue reading
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Falling for Scotland in Autumn | Le Roi Fou
Every bite of every dish at Le Roi Fou delighted as it confirmed why this months old fine dining destination was dubbed Best New Restaurant at this year’s Scottish Food Awards. Continue reading
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The Cocktail Guy: A New Book from Sushisamba Mixologist
This month sees the launch of Rich Woods’ debut book titled ‘The Cocktail Guy’, featuring dozen of cocktail recipes. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, Bartender, books, cocktail recipe, cocktails, Drink, duck & waffle, Food, recipe, recipes, rich woods, Shopping, sushisamba, The Cocktail Guy, Zay Ahmed
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Falling for Scotland in Autumn | Edinburgh
First stop on our Falling for Scotland tour was the magically misty city of Edinburgh – a destination both Kemey and I know fairly well but can never seem to get enough of. Continue reading
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Spooky Dining at Balls and Company
Greek Street’s “little meatball restaurant” served a one night only “Ghouls and Company” feast last night for Halloween. Creepy? Yeah. And tasty too! Continue reading
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Bingeing on the Best Bites in Baltimore – All the Best Places to Eat in the US City (Metro)
Big on flavour but not convention, Baltimore is just the sort of foodie destination WORTH writing about. Edgar Allen Poe, John Waters, David Simon, Ira Glass: Baltimore, Maryland has spawned and inspired some of America’s greatest storytellers. Even the country’s … Continue reading
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Shake Shack Cambridge Circus
The Shack continues to shake the London burger scene with a new outlet opened at Cambridge Circus. Continue reading
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Recipe: Smokey Sweet BBQ Baked Beans
Growing up in Georgia, BBQ flavoured baked beans were an obligatory side at nearly any cookout or family gathering. I replicate the rich Southern dish of my childhood with this easy recipe using Jack Daniel’s Sweet Smokey BBQ Glaze. Continue reading
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Taste of the Seaport 2017
South Street Seaport’s cobblestoned Front Street was jammed with food and music, all in honor of the 8th Annual Taste of the Seaport, a celebration of everything edible and quaffable in the area that stretches out below Manhattan’s Financial District to the docks. Continue reading
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Tagged #thebighands, 10038, 11 Hanover Greek, Barbalu, Big Gay Ice Cream, Da Claudio, Drink, Financier Patisserie, Food, Front Street, Fulton Street, KC Trommer, Lower Manhattan, manhattan, museums, new york, NYC, restaurants, reviews, South Street, South Street Seaport, South Street Seaport Museum, street food, Taste of the Seaport, Travel, USA
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Homemade Versus Heinz-Made in the #SouperFreshTaste Test
Which tastes better, soup made from scratch in your own home kitchen or soup from a carton pulled off the supermarket shelf? My participation in a recent Souper Fresh Taste Test sponsored by Heinz had me questioning presumptions about such a query. Continue reading
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Win the Complete Range of Granola + Almond Milk from The Paleo Foods Co
Go paleo for free with this chance to win the complete range of granolas from The Paleo Food Co along with a carton of its newly launched almond milk. Continue reading
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Autumn’s New Arrival: The Allegory
On the crisp autumn evening of 19th October, bar and restaurant heavyweights Drake and Morgan delivered their unmistakable dining style to East London. The Allegory opened it’s doors to a gathering of the capital’s press in Shoreditch in a much anticipated opening. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, Demi Perera, DRAKE & MORGAN, drake and morgan, Drink, east london, EC2, EC2A 2BA, Food, London, Principal Place, restaurants, shoreditch, The Allegory, Worship Street, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Top 7 Foods that Help Grow Your Baby’s Brain
Here’s a list of the top seven foods that can help you to grow your baby’s brain. Continue reading
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