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Tag Archives: Food
Chris Levine Laser and Sound Installation at sketch Gallery
In celebration of the festive season, sketch has partnered with artist Chris Levine to create Silent Light – a laser and sound installation in its gallery. Continue reading
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Posted in Bars, Drink, London, Luxury, Restaurants
Tagged 9 Conduit Street, Art, BARS, Chris Levine, christmas, Drink, Food, galleries, laser installation, luxury, mayfair, restaurants, reviews, silent light, sketch, sketch Gallery, sound installation, W1, W1S 2XG, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Tagged Food, Leggera, pizza, pizza express, Pizza Express Leggera, reviews, Shopping
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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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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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Posted in Cars, Falling for Scotland, Food, Restaurants, road trip, Scotland, Travel
Tagged cars, edinburgh, Falling for Scotland, Food, glasgow, highlands, inverness, Le Roi Fou, mokka, mokka x, restaurants, road trip, road trips, scotland, Scottish Highlands, Travel, vauxhall, vauxhall mokka, vauxhall mokka x
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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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Tagged 400 Rabbits, beer, CRAFT BEER, Drink, Evelina Road, Food, Four Hundred Rabbits, italian food, lewisham, London, nunhead, pizza, SE15, SE15 3HB, SE153HB, sourdough pizza, south london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Spitalfields Food: A Cut Above the Rest
One of London’s most historic and popular places to shop is also one of its ch Continue reading
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Posted in Pizza, Street Markets
Tagged cheesesteak, Drink, E1, E1 6EW, east london, falafel, Food, liberty cheesesteak, liberty cheesesteak company, old spitalfields market, philly cheesesteak, Pilpel, pizza, restaurants, Shopping, spitalfields, spitalfields market, street food, street markets, Sud Italia, Taberna do Mercado, The Liberty Cheesesteak Company, Travel, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Posted in Art, Design, Drink, Falling for Scotland, Food, Luxury, Restaurants, Scotland, Travel, Wine
Tagged Art, british food, Chef Jerome Henry, design, Drink, edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 3JX, EHi, Falling for Scotland, Food, Forth Street, Isolde Nash, Jerome Henry, Le Roi Fou, luxury, restaurants, road trip, road trips, Sam Webber, scotland, scottish food, Scottish Food Awards, Travel, wine
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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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Posted in Bars, Books, Drink, Food, London, Recipes, Restaurants, Shopping
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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Posted in Art, Drink, Falling for Scotland, Food, Hotels, Luxury, Museums, Pizza, Restaurants, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Art, british food, Bruntsfield Links, Chef Jerome Henry, Chef Paul Wedgwood, Dough Pizzeria, Drink, edinburgh, Falling for Scotland, Food, Gillespie Place, Harajuku Kitchen, Harajuku Kitchen Japanese Bistro, HAYMARKET, Haymarket Hub Hotel, hotels, italian food, japanese food, Jerome Henry, Le Roi Fou, luxury, museums, National Galleries of Scotland, Paul Wedgwood, pizza, restaurants, road trip, road trips, Rose Street, royal mile, scotland, scottish food, Surgeon’s Hall Museums, sushi, The Dental Collection, the History of Surgery Museum, Travel, Wedgwood, Wedgwood the Restaurant, Wohl Pathology Museum
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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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Posted in Drink, Food, Halloween, London, Restaurants
Tagged Balls and Company, Drink, Food, Ghouls and Company, greek street, halloween, restaurants, reviews, soho, W1, W1D 3DY, wine, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Tagged Black Forest Cake Doughnut, burgers, CAMBRIDGE CIRCUS, Chick'n Shack, chicken burgers, Crosstown Doughnuts, doughnuts, DRINKS, Food, hamburgers, London, MILKSHAKES, neal's yard, restaurants, reviews, seven dials, Shake Shack, Shake Shack Cambridge Circus, Shake Shack Victoria Nova, Shake Shack Victoria Station, soho, SW1, SW1E 5LB, The Yard Burger, Victoria Nova, Victoria Street, WC2, WC2H 8PA, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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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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Tagged baked beans, BBQ, BBQ baked beans, BBQ Sauces, Drink, Food, JACK DANIEL'S, Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauces, Jack Daniel's Smokey Sweet BBQ Glaze, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, Recipe for baked beans, recipes, Shopping, Smokey Sweet BBQ baked beans, Southern style baked beans, tikichris recipes, whiskey
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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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Tagged #SouperFreshTaste, Food, Fragrant Thai Carrot & Coconut, heinz, Heinz Soup of the Day, recipes, Shopping, soup, Souper Fresh Taste
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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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Posted in Competition, Drink, Food, Freebies, Shopping
Tagged #PaleoFoodsWin, almond milk, breakfast, Cereal, competition, Drink, Food, free, freebies, Granola, paleo, paleo diet, Paleo Food, Paleo Foods, Paleo Foods Co, plant-based milks, RT to win, Shopping, super foods, The Paleo Foods Co, twitter competition, vegan
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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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Tagged brain food, Children, Drink, Food, Shopping, super foods
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Win a Taster Box of Award-Winning Hand Cooked Corkers Crisps
Grown and hand cooked on a family farm in East Anglia, award-winning Corkers crisps are a cut above the standard British crisp. And I’ve got a big box full of them to give away so one lucky tikichris reader can taste the difference for free. Continue reading
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Waka: Nikkei Take Away Takes Off in the City
Waka is a newly opened eatery located near Monument specialising in Nikkei cuisine that’s ready for take away and offered at super competitive price points. Continue reading
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Tagged city of london, Drink, Eastcheap, EC3, EC3M 1DE, Food, japanese food, lunch, monument, nikkei, peruvian food, restaurants, reviews, sushi, take away, Waka, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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El Tigre Tacos and Pink Flamingos at Nine Lives
For London Cocktail Week, recently launched yet already smooth sailing London Bridge bar, Nine Lives, shipped in bartender/luchador EL Tigre from his family restaurant, Los Barcos, in Mexico for limited run tacos paired with tequila cocktails. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, bermondsey, BERMONDSEY STREET, borough, cocktails, Drink, El Tigre, Food, Holyrood Street, London, london bridge, London Cocktail Week, Los Barcos, mexican food, Nine Lives, Pink Flamingo, reviews, SE1, SE1 2EL, south london, southwark, tacos, tequila
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A Perfect Gin and Tonic at Brasserie Blanc
Demi Perera attended the Festival of Flavour at the Fulham Reach branch of Brasserie Blanc last week to celebrate its new autumn menu. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Uncategorized
Tagged Bombay Sapphire, Brasserie Blanc, cocktails, Demi Perera, Drink, FEVER TREE, Food, french food, fulham, Fulham Reach, G&T, gin, Gin & Tonic, gin and tonic, London, Parr’s Way, restaurants, reviews, W6, W6 9AN, west london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Hot Pot Restaurant on Wardour Street
A fun and spicy time was had during a recent dinner at Hot Pot on Wardour Street. Continue reading
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Tagged china town, chinatown, chinese food, Drink, Food, hot pot, Hot Pot Restaurant, restaurants, reviews, soho, W1, W1D 6PJ, wardour street, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Cook Islands Idyll | Aitutaki
For a couple of nights during my Cook Islands Idyll I enjoyed the chilled out serenity of the tiny atoll of Aitutaki. Continue reading
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Tagged Aitutaki, Aitutaki Escape, Cafe Tupuna, Chef Thomas Koteka, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Idyll, Drink, Food, hotels, luxury, Ngaakitai Pureariki, One Foot Island, polynesia, Punarei Cultural Tour, Punarei Cultural Village, resorts, restaurants, Rumours Café, Rumours Café at Aitutaki Escape, Snorkel, Snorkeling, south pacific, Tamanu Beach Resort, Teking Lagoon Tours, Thomas Koteka, tiki, Travel, Tupuna’s Restaurant
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National Curry Week at Darbaar
National Curry Week is on from 9 to 15 October and among the restaurants celebrating it in London is Darbaar, with Chef Abdul Yaseen creating a range of limited run curry dishes especially for the occasion. Continue reading
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Tagged Abdul Yaseen, Chef Abdul Yaseen, city of london, curry, Darbaar, Darbaar by Abdul, Darbaar by Abdul Yaseen, Darbaar Restaurant, Drink, EC2, EC2A 2DQ, Food, indian food, national curry week, restaurants, reviews, Snowden Street, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Cognac: Spirit of Place | Epilogue
Cognac (the place) and Cognac (the drink) both represent the best that southwestern France have to offer in terms of dedication to craft and tradition, impeccable taste and a desire to produce the highest quality spirit possible. Continue reading
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Tagged Charente, Charente-Maritime, cognac, Cognac Spirit of Place, Drink, Food, france, luxury, Shopping, Travel, wine
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Maison Pierre Marcolini 2017 Christmas Collection
Pierre Marcolini is a chocolatier known for sourcing premium cocoa directly from independent producers in Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Madagascar and Vietnam. Continue reading
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Tagged bean-to-bar chocolate, belgian chocolate, chocolate, chocolatier, christmas, christmas gifts, Food, luxury, Maison Pierre Marcolini, marylebone, MARYLEBONE HIGH STREET, Pierre Marcolini, Shopping, W1, W1U, W1U 4EQ, Zay Ahmed, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Mister Lasagna Opens Across from Victoria Station
Mister Lasagna has launched its fourth outlet, conveniently across the street from Victoria Station. Continue reading
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Tagged Drink, Food, italian food, lasagna, Mister Lasagna, Mr Lasagna, restaurants, reviews, SW1, SW1V 1AA, Vauxhall Bridge Road, VICTORIA, Victoria Station
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The Greek Larder + London Greek Wine Festival
Returning to London for its third consecutive year is the London Greek Wine Festival. Organised by Theodore Kyriakou and the team behind The Greek Larder Restaurant, the celebration will run 13 and 14 October at West Handyside Canopy near King’s Cross Station and maybe a minute’s walk from The Greek Larder. Continue reading
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Tagged ArtHouse, Drink, Food, greek food, Greek Larder, Greek Wine, Handyside Street, king's cross, London, London Greek Wine Festival, N1, N1C, N1C 4AS, N1C 4TB, restaurants, reviews, Shopping, The Greek Larder, wine, York Way, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Cognac: Spirit of Place
Cognac. It’s a drink. It’s a place. It’s an experience to be savoured.
Or at least my summertime visit to the town of Cognac and vineyards sprawling across it nearby countryside was a memorably delicious trip. I was there to become better acquainted with the area’s eponymous spirit and the age-old traditions that have gone into making it such a distinctive drink. Continue reading
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Tagged Charente, Charente-Maritime, cognac, Cognac Spirit of Place, Drink, Food, france, Hôtel François Premier, Hôtel François Premier Cognac, Hôtel François Premier Cognac Centre, hotels, luxury, Shopping, Travel
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Yodel for Valais | Index
I hope you had fun too reading about my trip to Valais and that my tales may help you plan your own Alpine adventures. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Entertainment, Food, Live Performance, Music, Restaurants, Switzerland, Travel, Yodel for Valais
Tagged Aletsch Arena, alps, Brig, Brig-Glis, Brig-Simplon, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Jodlerfest, Jodlerfest 2017, Jodlerfest Brig, music, Portes du Soleil, restaurants, swiss, switzerland, Travel, Valais, Wallis, Yodel, Yodel for Valais, Yodeling, Yodelling
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Miss P’s, BBQ in East Croydon
Deep South BBQ and more in far South London? Miss P’s in Croydon brings it. Continue reading
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Tagged Addiscombe Road, american food, BBQ, cocktails, CR0 6SG, cronx, croydon, Drink, east croydon, Food, London, Miss P's, Miss P's Barbeque, restaurants, reviews, south london, Лондон, لندن, ロンドン, 伦敦
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