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Restaurant Review: Central & Co, Great Marlbourgh Street, Soho
What’s with all this “& Co” business in London these days? Here’s my third review in a row of an eatery with such a suffix to its name. Fortunately, my & Co trio has provided me with more than decent grub. In the case of Soho brasserie with chic basement bar, Central & Co, I found an especially convenient and fairly swank venue offering a something-for-everyone approach toward food and drink. Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Restaurants, Wine
Tagged & Co, all day dining, bar, BRASSERIE, carnaby, carnaby street, central & co, cocktails, Drink, Drink the Classics, fish and chips, Food, great marlborough street, hungarian wine, London, London blog, Moonriver Danube, Moonriver Danube 2011, Moonriver Danube 2011 Pinot noir, MUSSELS, new restaurant review, oxford circus, pinot noir, red wine, regent street, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, soho, W1, W1F 7HU, wine, zomato, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Untitled
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Check Out Spianata & Co for a Tasty Lunch with Roman Style
Last week I had a fantastic lunch at Spianata & Co. The Roman bakery and paninoteca has been in London for a number of years, but I’m just now getting wise to its tasty range of freshly made sandwiches, pizza rossa and more. Continue reading
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Posted in Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged bakery, brushfield street, coffee, E1, E1 6AA, east london, flat bread, gorgonzola, lasagne, London, London blog, lunch, old spitalfields market, paninoteca, pizza rossa, restaurant review, review, roman bakery, sandwich bar, sandwiches, spianata, spianata & co, spianata&co, spitalfields, spitalfields market, TIRAMISU, toasted sandwich, zomato, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Photos from the 2013 Mr and Ms Mango Tree Competition
Last night’s Ladyboy beauty pageant at Thai restaurant, Mango Tree, not only celebrated ten years of he/she glamour competition but was also the restaurant’s 12th birthday birthday. Compared to past events, the 2013 “Mr & Miss Mango Tree Ladyboy Safari” had a touch more of a gala air about it (the canapés were tastier than I remembered as well). Continue reading
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Posted in Drink, Food, London, Photography, Restaurants
Tagged BEAUTY PAGEANT, BELGRAVIA, cocktails, Drink, Food, KATHOEY, KATOEY, ladyboy, Ladyboy competition, ladyboys, London, London blog, mango tree, Miss Mango Tree 2013, Mr and Miss Mango Tree, Mr and Miss Mango Tree UK Ladyboy competition, photographs, Photography, restaurant, restaurants, SHEMALES, SW1, SW1X 7EQ, thai, thai cuisine, thai food, thai restaurant, TRANNIES, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSVESTITES, uk ladyboy competition, VICTORIA, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: St Helen’s Church Bishopsgate by @anthonyepes
Photograph by Anthony Epes. To see more of Anthony’s work, visit citiesatdawn.com. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Get Ready
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Tagged east london, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: In the Hole
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Tagged LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Mango Tree Celebrates 10th Annual Ladyboy Beauty Pageant This Sunday
Upscale Thai restaurant Mango Tree’s now legendary annual ladyboy beauty pageant will return for a 10th year this Sunday night, the 15th of September. The 2013 event will feature a “safari” theme along with special guest hosts and judges as wells as DJs, musical performances and the “lively, buzzing atmosphere that Mango Tree is famous for”. Continue reading
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Tagged BEAUTY PAGEANT, BELGRAVIA, cocktails, dirnk, Drink, Food, KATHOEY, KATOEY, ladyboy, Ladyboy competition, ladyboys, London, London blog, mango tree, Miss Mango Tree 2013, Mr and Miss Mango Tree, Mr and Miss Mango Tree UK Ladyboy competition, restaurant, restaurants, SHEMALES, SW1, SW1X 7EQ, thai, thai cuisine, thai food, thai restaurant, TRANNIES, TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUALS, TRANSVESTITES, uk ladyboy competition, VICTORIA, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Circling
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London Daily Photo: The Good, the Bad and the Kitty
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Tagged east london, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Dawn Breaks at Westminster Bridge by @anthonyepes
Photograph by Anthony Epes. To see more of Anthony’s work, visit citiesatdawn.com.
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Tagged anthony epes, cities at dawn, dawn, LDP, London, london at dawn, London blog, London Daily Photo, london eye, morning, Photography, street photography, streetlights, sunrise, westminster, westminster bridge, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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All Day Soho Dining at Damson & Co on Brewer Street
Two current trends in the London dining scene at the moment are creating all-day-dining menus and adding a gratuitous “& Co” to the end of your business’s name. Newly opened Damson & Co twirls a double braid of zeitgeist to offer the constant flow of Soho shufflers a handy little place for a full-on dinner or a dabbling dash with libation – be it booze, fresh juice or quick shot of espresso. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Coffee, Drink, Food, London, Restaurants
Tagged all day dining, bar, beer, brewer street, cafe, coffee, damson & co, deli, flat bread, juice, London blog, new restaurant review, restaurant, restaurant review, restaurants, review, soho, W1, W1F 0RL, wine, zomato, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Under the Rebar Sky
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Tagged building site, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, rebars, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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My 3D Lipo Non-Surgical Fat Removing Experience
I get some pretty wacky invitations landing in my inbox these days. Having a several years old blog and a rather flexible attitude toward what makes a relevant story often adds up to me getting to check out a lot of things I might not have even known about otherwise. Latest of these larks that I actually agreed to try out was the opportunity to book a non-surgical 3D Lipo fat removing and skin tightening session at Skin Associates in Central London which resulted in me loosing 2cm from my waistline. Continue reading
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London Daily Photo: Blue Skies
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American Expat Living in London, Meet Chris (Expats Blog)
Just because Britain and America share a common language, doesn’t mean there aren’t significant cultural differences between them. If you’re coming here from the States, don’t assume things are the same as “back home.” You are in a foreign country. And when you do encounter differences, don’t immediately assume that the Brit way is inferior or even an adaptation. Continue reading
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Posted in Blogs, interview, London, Travel
Tagged Blogs, ex patriot, expats, Expats Blog, interview, living overseas, London, London blog, Travel, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Good Stuff and Great Taste at the Specialty & Fine Food Fair 2013
Here’s a quick list of just some of all the good stuff I came across this afternoon at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2013, the “UK’s largest showcase of fine food and drink”. The fair continues tomorrow and Tuesday at Olympia Exhibition Centre. I loved my nibbling meander through the fair and thought it presented a fabulous opportunity to sample a range of great products from Britain and abroad while chatting with passionate producers and entrepreneurs. Continue reading
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Tagged ¡Cho! Gazpacho, breckland orchard, cheese, chimi mayo, chimichurri, Chipotle Ketchup, ciccioli, cream soda, Drink, drinking gazpacho, extremaduran, extremaduran cheese, extremaduran warehouse, Food, Gigi il Salumificio, good stuff, kensington, lomito, London, London blog, northwood, olympia exhibition centre, restaurants, restaurnats, royal ham, sfogliagusto of ciccioli croccanti., sheep cheese, Shopping, smoked meats, soft drinks, spanish cheese, speciality & fine food fair 2013, strawberry gazpacho, tikchris, torta del casar, torta del casar dop, W14, W14 8UX, west london, woodall's, woodall's charcuterie, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Carnaby Style Night – London Shopping Event (OneTravel)
The evening of Thursday the 12th of September will present an opportunity to experience one of London’s most iconic shopping districts with a “Style Night” focused on the best of men’s fashion and more. Continue reading
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Tagged BARS, beer, carnaby, carnaby street, carnaby style night, Drink, DRINKS, fashion, Food, London, London blog, mens fashion, menswear, OneTravel, pubs, restaurants, Shopping, soho, style, tikchris, Travel, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Old Spitalfields Market
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London Daily Photo: Thomasina Miers, Burrito Mama
Thomasina Meirs (fresh back to work from several months’ maternity leave) and the folksbehind popular London restaurant group, Wahaca, have announced plans to open Burrito Mama – a new takeaway restaurant at One New Change (along with an actual Wahaca outlet in the same shopping complex) – at the end of October.
For a taste of what’s to come, head over to Street Feast in Dalston today where Tommi and crew will be slinging beans and stuffin’ ’em in toasted tortillas at a pop-up market stall (don’t worry – there’s covered seating if it rains). I dropped by last night for a pork pibil “Mexicana Mama” (sin rice but abundantly filled with pork and crunchy slaw). Yum. Continue reading
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Tagged burrito mama, burritos, dalston, east london, Food, hackeny, hackney, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, mexican food, new restaurant, Photography, photography blog, pop-up, street feast, street food, street market, street photography, THOMASINA MIERS, tommi miers, wahaca, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Theatre Review: Dirty Market’s Oxbow Lakes
That was some seriously fucked up shit. And if you know me at all, then you know that by “fucked up shit” I mean you should totally check this out. Fancy a bit of creeped-out absurdity with your surrealist theatre? Oxbow Lakes is for you. Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Market, east london, hoxton, London blog, N1, N1 7ET, oxbow lakes, Parr Street, play, review, surrealist theatre, theatre review, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Preview of Daniel Silver’s Dig
Daniel Silver’s DIG opens Thursday 12 September at “an abandoned, overgrown landscape in central London” (the Odeon Site, 24 Grafton Way, WC1E 6DB, just off Tottenham Court Road) and will be free for the public to view Tuesday to Sunday until 3 November. Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Daniel Silver, Dig, grafton way, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Odean Site, Photography, photography blog, preview, public art, sculpture, street photography, tottenham court road, WC1, WC1E 6DB, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Turn Green Chinese
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Tagged chiswick, east london, hackney, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, TURNHAM GREEN, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: La Vie Est Belle with Pierre Hermé
I spent yesterday afternoon at the Residence de France at 11 Kensington Palace Gardens (the official home of the French Ambassador) previewing some seriously delectable macarons and more by pâtissier-confectioneur extraordinaire Pierre Hermé. Much of what I tasted is under strict embargo until later this year, but let me assure you that it’s all well worth the wait. So stayed tuned for more details. Until then, I can tell you that Hermé’s Fetish Ispahan range will be available from 22 October to 8 December. A blend of rose, lychee and raspberry, the “Ispahan” flavour comes in variety of forms such as macarons, granola, bonbon and confiture. Yum. Continue reading
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Posted in London, Photography
Tagged confectionary, Fetish Ispahan, Food, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, macaron, macarons, macaroons, pastry, patisserie, pâtissier, pâtissier-confectioneur, Photography, photography blog, piere herme, Pierre Hermé, Pierre Hermé Fetish Ispahan, pierre herme les jardins, pierre herme paris, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Where to Eat Hot Wings in London (CheapOair)
Winging it for next meal in Central London? Here are five London eateries with chicken-rific menus serving awesome wings that you should give a cluck about. Continue reading
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Tagged BARBECUE, BARBEQUE, BBQ, Bodean's, buffalo wings, cheapoair, chicken, chicken wings, clockjack oven, fast food, fried chicken, grilled chicken, hot wings, jubo, London, London blog, nando's, orange buffalo, rotisserie chicken, street food, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Glass Maze
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Tagged LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Win a Free Pair of Tix to the British Craft Beer Challenge at @LdnFldsBrewery
The British Craft Beer Challenge at the London Fields Brewery’s Brewhouse brings together some of the best beers from around the world for a head to head taste-off. There are only 500 tickets available per day for this event. But I’ve got a free pair of them to share. Continue reading
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Posted in Beer, Competition, Drink, Food, London, Pubs
Tagged beer blog, brewhouse, competition, contest, Drink, east london, Food, free beer, hackney, London, London blog, london fields, LONDON FIELDS BREWERY, london fields brewhouse, pub, pubs, street food, the brewhouse, twitter competition, win free tickets, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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Coming Soon: The Clockjack Chicken Burger
Sometime this week, Soho’s Clockjack Oven will launch the Clockjack Chicken Burger – a fried chicken thigh burger with a bit of a kick to it. Lucky clucker that I am, I had a chance to sample a prototype of the new burger last week. It was truly delicious and I reckon will prove to be a very popular addition to an already tasty menu. Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, chicken burger, chicken thigh, clockjack chicken burger, clockjack oven, DENMAN STREET, Food, free range chicken, fried chicken, London, London blog, lunch, new menu, preview, restaurant, restaurant review, rotisserie, rotisserie chicken, soho, W1, W1D 7HJ, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Angry Face
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Tagged Angry Face, east london, Graffiti, hackney, Hackney Road, hoxton, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street art, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Thirty Days
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Tagged LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Sud de France on Thames
I had a great time checking out the Sud de France festival at Bernie Spain Gardens (on the South Bank next to the OXO Tower) earlier today. It’s free to attend with festivities running until this evening with DJ Gilles Peterson taking the stage around 7pm. Continue reading
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Jack the Tripper by @judeswalko
Jack Grimsby was an ordinary man. So ordinary, in fact, that in and of itself there is nothing out of the ordinary to say about his life, ever… until now that it is. Continue reading
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Tagged jack the ripper, jack the triper, Jude S Walko, jude walko, London, London blog, short story, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: No Brakes
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Tilia: Online Home Delivery Service of Artisan Food and Drink. Try it and Love it!
Tilia is a new online home delivery service connecting Londoners with local suppliers of artisan food and drink. At the moment, it’s a London only thing, but there are plans for rapid nationwide expansion. I recently gave Tilia a twirl. Completely impressed, I loved everything aspect of my experience. Indeed, I’m keen to try the service again (and again!) and can wholeheartedly recommend it as an incredibly convenient way to get top quality grub to your table. Continue reading
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Tagged allen's of mayfair, artisan food, artisan food and drink, artisan food and drink delivery service, artisan food delivery, belle epoque, belle epoque patisserie, breakfast, butcher, coffee, cooking, deli, delivery, Drink, fishmonger, Food, food shopping, gourmet, groceries, London, London blog, mortimer & bennett, online delivery, online home delivery, online shopping, patisserie, review, seafood, Shopping, steve hatt, tilia, tilia.co.uk, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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London Daily Photo: Journey into the Unknown
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Tagged fun fair, ghost train, LDP, London, London blog, London Daily Photo, Photography, photography blog, street photography, Лондон, ロンドン, 伦敦
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