Category Archives: Food
Chopstick Lessons for the Little Dumplings in Your Life (Londonist)
Chopstick Lessons for the Little Dumplings in Your Life Londonist, August 16, 2009 10:32 AM Starting Monday the 24th of this month and then being held every day until Friday the 28th, the Royal China Club will host free chopstick … Continue reading
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Roving Chef Stalled at Bethnal Green Market (Londonist)
Roving Chef Stalled at Bethnal Green Market Londonist, August 15, 2009 10:04 AM Hayley Edwards, aka the Roving Chef (see our June 2009 review of this one woman cookery operation), now has a regular stall at the Bethnal Green Market. … Continue reading
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Summer Cocktails and Canapés Overlooking Hyde Park (Londonist)
Summer Cocktails and Canapés Overlooking Hyde Park Londonist, August 5, 2009 3:25 PM Tanqueray Tables returns to London with “intimate cocktail evenings” from Monday 10 to Friday 14 August. Londonist checked this cocktails and canapés event last summer and had … Continue reading
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Review: Coastal Menu at Cinnamon Kitchen (Londonist)
Review: Coastal Menu at Cinnamon Kitchen Londonist, August 5, 2009 12:16 PM Every dish – from the tuna and scallop ceviche starter to the citrus tapioca kheer with mango, mandarin & chilli sorbet for dessert – wowed us. Really, we … Continue reading
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Upcoming Guru Event: Cocktails, Canapés and Mini-Golf. FORE! (Qype does London)
Upcoming Guru Event: Cocktails, Canapés and Mini-Golf. FORE! Qype does London, August 4th 2009 How’s a free round of mini-golf followed by a complimentary cocktail with canapés sound? That’s what’s on offer for 15 lucky Qypers on Monday the 17th … Continue reading
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Review: Brunch at the Refinery Bar (Londonist)
Review: Brunch at the Refinery Bar Londonist, August 3, 2009 5:00 PM Shiny and pedestrian Canvey Street is starting to have all the hallmarks of a true foodie rendezvous. As mentioned on a few occasions, Tsuru offers top notch Nippon … Continue reading
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Review: Ghanaian Food Masterclass with Cadbury, Underground Cookery School and Jollof Pot (Londonist)
Review: Ghanaian Food Masterclass with Cadbury, Underground Cookery School and Jollof Pot Londonist, July 29, 2009 11:14 AM To highlight Cadbury Dairy Milk’s move to using Fairtrade cocoa from Ghana exclusively, Cadbury, the Underground Cookery School and Ghanaian catering company, … Continue reading
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Dining Beyond Zone 1: Brouge (5 Hill Street, TW9 1SX) (Londonist)
Dining Beyond Zone 1: Brouge (5 Hill Street, TW9 1SX) Londonist, July 28, 2009 4:09 PM With so many riverside food and drink options in well heeled Richmond, we’d be hard pressed to suggest this new-ish Belgian bistro as our … Continue reading
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Del Aziz Opening at Bermondsey Square (Londonist)
Del Aziz Opening at Bermondsey Square Londonist, July 23, 2009 10:28 AM With this new Del’Aziz, Comptoir Libanais, Pilpel and other related food outlets popping up here and there throughout town, it can’t help but be wondered if London is … Continue reading
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Chefspective: Interview with Anirudh Arora of Moti Mahal (Londonist)
Chefspective: Interview with Anirudh Arora of Moti Mahal Londonist, July 22, 2009 2:26 PM We like Moti Mahal. A lot! Beyond the fact that this upscale modern restaurant serves some of the best South Asian and Indian food we’ve tried … Continue reading
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Review: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino (Londonist)
Review: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino Londonist, July 22, 2009 12:53 PM Last night’s Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino (which we previewed here) was an exercise in fun with plenty of fabulous free food (pata negra! … Continue reading
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Review: Comptoir Libanais on Wigmore Street (Londonist)
Review: Comptoir Libanais on Wigmore Street Londonist, July 21, 2009 2:53 PM … we were pleasantly surprised to find Comptoir Libanais to be brightly lit and cheerful with dashes of vibrant colour adorning its walls (in the way of giant … Continue reading
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Review: Breakfast at Giraffe (Londonist)
Review: Breakfast at Giraffe Londonist, July 17, 2009 10:45 AM Brekkie at Giraffe? It’s a hit or miss affair with the hits adding up to a more than respectable net positive experience. READ THE COMPLETE REVIEW: Review: Breakfast at Giraffe
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Dining Beyond Zone 1: Harrison’s (15-19 Bedford Hill, SW12 9EX) (Londonist)
Dining Beyond Zone 1: Harrison’s (15-19 Bedford Hill, SW12 9EX) Londonist, July 16, 2009 2:45 PM Harrison’s is an attractive modern European restaurant and bar with a contemporary brasserie feel. We swung by this week to give its Summer Dining … Continue reading
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Preview: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino (Londonist)
Preview: Art of Good Taste Masterclass at Camino Londonist, July 14, 2009 1:41 PM Back in November when we reviewed King’s Cross Spanish restaurant, Camino (3 Varnisher’s Yard, The Regent Quarter, N1 9AF), we concluded that we’d be happy to … Continue reading
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Review: Nom Nom Nom 2009 (Londonist)
Review: Nom Nom Nom 2009 Londonist, July 13, 2009 4:30 PM Yesterday’s Nom Nom Nom – a “Masterchef for bloggers” – featured eight teams of two slogging it out for a slice of glory in an all day cook-off. With … Continue reading
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Long Live the British Cherry! (Londonist)
Long Live the British Cherry! Londonist, July 10, 2009 5:10 PM Ah, British cherries. Some of the tastiest fruits on earth we reckon. And now’s the time to eat ‘em! But did you know that in the past 50 years, … Continue reading
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Review: Yu-foria Frozen Yoghurt at Covent Garden (Londonist)
Review: Yu-foria Frozen Yoghurt at Covent Garden Londonist, July 7, 2009 7:01 PM Maybe if you cross your fingers, touch wood and scrunch your face up like you really really really want summer to return, it will. And when it … Continue reading
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Upcoming Guru Event: Sicilian Wine Tasting with Antipasti at Carluccio’s Private Dining Room (Qype does London)
Upcoming Guru Event: Sicilian Wine Tasting with Antipasti at Carluccio’s Private Dining Room Qype does London, July 7th 2009 On Monday the 20th from 6.30pm to 8pm in the Private Dining Room at Carluccio’s flagship shop/resto/café on Garrick Street near … Continue reading
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Review: Anglo-Indian Breakfast at Cinnamon Kitchen (Londonist)
Review: Anglo-Indian Breakfast at Cinnamon Kitchen Londonist, July 7, 2009 10:31 AM Londonist popped in last week for a complimentary tasting of Cinnamon Kitchen’s new Indian and Anglo-Indian breakfast menu, and we were thoroughly delighted with what we sampled. READ … Continue reading
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Review: Ideas Exchange at Hoxton Apprentice with Prue Leith (Londonist)
Review: Ideas Exchange at Hoxton Apprentice with Prue Leith Londonist, June 30, 2009 2:18 PM Discussing the ramifications of a fattening society with no fat folk at the table in Hoxton Apprentice’s classy upscale dining space and consuming a delicious … Continue reading
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The Socio-Economic Impact of our Bulging Waistlines Dinner and Debate at Hoxton Apprentice (Londonist)
The Socio-Economic Impact of our Bulging Waistlines Dinner and Debate at Hoxton Apprentice Londonist, June 29, 2009 11:20 AM Got strong opinions about the socio-economic impact of obesity? As part of the ongoing Ideas Exchange series of dinner/debates at Hoxton … Continue reading
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Review: Tapas Fantasticas (Londonist)
Review: Tapas Fantasticas Londonist, June 28, 2009 10:14 PM When we previewed Tapas Fantasticas a few days back, we based our expectations upon the good time we had last year. Well, it appears that the folks organizing Tapas Fantasticas raised … Continue reading
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Vini di Famiglia Wine Festival at Carluccio’s (Londonist)
Vini di Famiglia Wine Festival at Carluccio’s Londonist, June 27, 2009 12:37 PM Among the offerings, the Planeta Alastro (a fruity Grecanico/Chardonnay blend – £12.50 for a bottle) was especially easy to drink; indeed, the evening started and ended with … Continue reading
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Pilpel Falafel and Houmous Bar Brushfield Street in Spitalfields (Londonist)
Pilpel Falafel and Houmous Bar Brushfield Street in Spitalfields Londonist, June 24, 2009 4:10 PM “Chickpea muncher” Uri Dinay, owner of Pilpel, took the lessons (and the 60 year old falafel recipe) he learned from his grandfather for inspiration … … Continue reading
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Preview: Tapas Fantasticas (27-28 June) (Londonist)
Preview: Tapas Fantasticas (27-28 June) Londonist, June 22, 2009 10:45 AM Last year’s Tapas Fantasticas event was fantastic indeed and one of Londonist’s preferred food/drink events of the year. Well, those fantastic tapas are coming back … READ THE COMPLETE … Continue reading
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Faircake’s Winning Recipe: White Chocolate and Limoncello Cupcakes (Londonist)
Faircake’s Winning Recipe: White Chocolate and Limoncello Cupcakes Londonist, June 18, 2009 12:15 PM Power baking wonder woman Shikhita Singh was so chuffed when her Fair Cake white chocolate and limoncello cupcakes won our recent Londonist Cupcake Throwdown that she … Continue reading
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Preview: Nom Nom Nom 2009 (Londonist)
Preview: Nom Nom Nom 2009 Londonist, June 12, 2009 2:13 PM Dubbed a “Masterchef for bloggers”, Nom Nom Nom offers an opportunity to “to get together, have fun and show just what they can do given a professional kitchen.” On … Continue reading
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Restaurant Review: Satsuma (Londonist)
Restaurant Review: Satsuma Londonist, June 12, 2009 12:16 PM Londonist was recently invited along to a press lunch at Soho Japanese restaurant Satsuma. We had the Satsuma Bento, which at £16.90, filled us up with salmon and tuna sashimi with … Continue reading
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Roving Chef (Londonist)
Roving Chef Londonist, June 11, 2009 11:45 AM Recommending the Roving Chef is a piece of cake. In fact, we just finished having a piece of her moist and delicious pound cake before writing this review. Roving Chef is a … Continue reading
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Afternoon Tea in the Park and a FREE Cupcake for Londonist Readers (Londonist)
Afternoon Tea in the Park and a FREE Cupcake for Londonist Readers Londonist, June 8, 2009 3:56 PM Still haven’t had enough cupcakes? Here’s a chance to get a free one! READ THE COMPLETE POST: Afternoon Tea in the Park … Continue reading
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QYPE Summer in the City Party – Big Free Fun (Londonist)
Just passing on the big Qype party news! RSVP at party@qype.com and say Londonist sent ya and – voila! – good times. You like parties, right? Especially when somebody else if footing the bill, yeah? Well on Wednesday the 17th, user generated … Continue reading
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A Toad-in-a-Hole and a Pied à Terre with Fortylove and David Moore (Qype does London)
A Toad-in-a-Hole and a Pied à Terre with Fortylove and David Moore Qype does London, June 6th 2009 When May Yee (one half of the Fortylove “digital postcards” project) got in touch to see if I’d like to tag along … Continue reading
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Review: Evocative Foods (Londonist)
Review: Evocative Foods Londonist, June 5, 2009 9:47 AM As previewed right here on everybody’s favourite multi-collaborator London-specific blog, last night was the vibrant mood evoking Evocative Foods tasting event. A lot less spacey and much more elegant than we … Continue reading
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Review: Lobsterfest at Belgo (Londonist)
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
