Chocolate And Booze Temptations At A Fluid State
Londonist, November 18, 2010 3:30 PM
Photo by Jacqueline Chang
Venture to the Garden of Eden at A Fluid State for a boozy glimpse into immortality and a taste of the taboo. Forbidden fruit comes in the form of wild fruit and premium alcohol creations from Crussh and chocolatier Damian Allsop, with wicked combinations of ritual chocolate darkness and your favourite poison.
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Chocolate And Booze Temptations At A Fluid State
Review: Noma Chef René Redzepi @ Freemasons’ Hall
Londonist, November 15, 2010 4:55 PM
We’d never heard the word “shitty” used so many times in 90 minutes, but that’s how famed chef René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen, purportedly the world’s best restaurant, chose to describe the “vintage” carrots and potatoes used in some of his nouveau Nordic dishes. He also managed to mention his “shitty” potatoes and carrots are delicious despite being left in the ground abnormally long and tending to be terribly ugly. Before a packed house at Freemasons’ Hall for the launch of his new cookbook (reckoned the most important of the year), Redzepi wowed his audience with his tells of foraging Denmark’s marshes and beaches in search of local flavour for his haute cuisine.
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Review: Noma Chef René Redzepi @ Freemasons’ Hall
Cask of Porter Give Away @ Draft House Pubs, 16 November
Londonist, November 15, 2010 2:50 PM
Photo by mrdamcgowan
Tomorrow, Tuesday 16th from 6.30pm, Draft House pubs will give away a free cask of Sambrook’s Brewery‘s newest ale, Powerhouse Porter, at each of their three pubs: The Westbridge (Battersea), the Northcote (Clapham) and the new Draft House Tower Bridge.
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Cask of Porter Give Away @ Draft House Pubs, 16 November
Guru Event: 1st of December Winter Fiesta at Camino Canary Wharf
Qype does London, November 15th 2010
Wrap your foodie tentacles around this yummy event! A free tapas tasting with three complimentary drinks followed by a 25% discount on any drinks afterward and a kitchen tour at the lovely new waterside Spanish restaurant, Camino, in Canary Wharf. Adding to the festive vibe …
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Guru Event: 1st of December Winter Fiesta at Camino Canary Wharf
Reconcile With Tequila At A Fluid State
Londonist, November 12, 2010 4:00 PM
Photo by Jacqueline Chang
Featuring some of Mexico’s best tequilas paired with “the world’s finest prison food”, The Reconciliation at A Fluid State will see attendees enter a Texas style slammer where they’ll have their mugshots taken as they’re checked in by formidable prison guards, issued standard prison wear and “drug tested” before being let loose in the recreation yard.
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Reconcile With Tequila At A Fluid State
The longer I live in Britain the more I realize there’s a lot of this country that I’ve yet to see. I think I’ve done a pretty good job getting out and about to get an idea of what it’s like beyond the London sprawl but there’s still so many places I feel I ought to visit.
Usually when travelling around the UK, I try to take the trains. I’ve been fairly satisfied with this choice, but let’s face it – this mode of transportation is not without its hassles: the ever looming possibility of delays and cancellations, having to conform my plans to the not always convenient rail schedules, confusing pricing and booking policies and of course the expense! Sometimes the closest station to my destination still isn’t walking distance to my destination and, thus, requiring even further modes of transport.
Aside from the mess that is London traffic and the M25 motorway, I’ve found driving in Britain to be a pleasure for the most part. The few times I’ve hired a car, I’ve really enjoyed it … especially out on country roads in the Cotswolds, Wales and Scotland. My experience with London car rental has been overall positive and is an option I’m keeping in mind more and more. Indeed, I’ve got a trip to the countryside coming up in the next couple of weekends that might have me behind the wheel of a rental car yet again.
British road trip? I’d be up for that!
Frae to Offer Free Frozen Yoghurt Movember Moustachioed Patrons
Londonist, November 10, 2010 7:21 PM
To show support for Movember, the frozen yoghurt maestros at Frae are offering a free frozen yoghurt to anyone taking part and raising funds by sporting some Movember facial fair in support of The Prostate Cancer Charity (TPCC).
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Frae to Offer Free Frozen Yoghurt Movember Moustachioed Patrons
Preview: Top Chef René Redzepi @ Freemasons’ Hall
Londonist, November 9, 2010 1:00 PM
Following his appearance on BBC2’s Masterchef and celebrating the launch of his new book, NOMA: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine, chef and restauranteur René Redzepi will be at Freemasons’ Hall this Friday, November 12th, cooking and talking about the inspiration and philosophy behind his innovative Nordic cuisine and his rise to culinary fame.
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Preview: Top Chef René Redzepi @ Freemasons’ Hall
Dead Set on Having Fun in Mexico City
Qype Community, November 8th 2010
If you ever get a chance to visit Mexico City during the Day of the Dead festivities don’t think twice, just go. I reckon this Meso-American megalopolis is a delicious, vivid and fun place to be anytime of year, but come the end of October the whole cuidad seems to turn into one big Aztec-tinged Halloween fiesta that’s bizarrely as sombre and macabre as it is fun: Kids done up like vampires and spooks roaming the streets for candies and coins, fancy dress parties and paper mache skeletons everywhere … it’s a hoot. Here are just a few highlights from my recent trip.
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Dead Set on Having Fun in Mexico City
New Restaurant Review: Pizza Metro Pizza
Londonist, November 6, 2010 12:37 PM
Taking the short walk from Notting Hill Gate Station to the few months old Pizza Metro Pizza, you’ll pass at least three other pizzerias (the usual suspects such as Ask and Pizza Express). But based upon the experience of our invited visit, you’ll probably be doing yourself a favour by ignoring the rest of the lot and heading straight to this fledgling sister resto of the nearly 20 years old Battersea eatery that shares the same name.
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New Restaurant Review: Pizza Metro Pizza
Can you tell a Londoner by the way s/he dresses? I think I can. I might not be able to put my finger on it exactly, but there’s just something about the way London folk get dudded up that distinguishes them from the rest of the globe’s urban dwelling lot. Compared to world fashion capitals such as New York (where I lived before moving to London), Paris and Milan, people here in London don’t seem to be nearly as afraid to take a few sartorial chances, to show a bit of colour and to use what they wear as a means of expression. So often in big cities, black and grey uniforms of whatever are the popular designers/trends/brands dominate how people present themselves. There’s definitely a bit of that going on here, but just a lot less than in other places I’ve visited.
Watching the world go by from the window of a cafe off Oxford Street on this drab November morning, it’s certainly discernible who’s the local and who’s the visitor (but one thing’s for sure: both like to shop). Individual clothing preferences obviously vary to a great extent. Still beyond class, income and lifestyle, there seems to be a common thread. From the City worker in the pinstripe suit, loud(ish) shirt and clashing tie to the Shoreditch hipster trying to squeeze everything 80s into a primly messed up mélange, London clothing seems to be about taking risks and not taking oneself too seriously.
Experience Fantasy Island @ A Fluid State Food & Drink Festival
Londonist, November 5, 2010 11:30 AM
Inspired by the hit film and TV series from the 70s (and merely one of five main experience areas to transform an as-yet undisclosed Central London venue), Fantasy Island at A Fluid State will offer a world of food and drink pairings, experiential cocktails and fantasies brought to life.
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Experience Fantasy Island @ A Fluid State Food & Drink Festival
The Folly Opens in The City Near Monument
Londonist, November 4, 2010 9:00 PM
Open for breakfast, brunch, dinner and with a late license until 1am on Thursdays and Fridays, a “mixology table”, a flower shop, a deli, a secret garden, an “evolving pop-up shop providing guests with something current, seasonal and fun to explore time and time again” and more: there’s a lot going on to suck the cash from City Workers here.
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The Folly Opens in The City Near Monument
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