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Ice Cream Preview: Icecreamists Launch at Selfridges (Londonist)
Ice Cream Preview: Icecreamists Launch at Selfridges Londonist, September 1, 2009 11:50 AM Taking inspiration from Voltaire’s quote, “Ice cream is equisite. What a shame it isn’t illegal,” the so-called Icecreamists “subversive new ice cream brand” is to launch a … Continue reading
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Ramadan Menu Review: Awana Malaysian Restaurant (Londonist)
Ramadan Menu Review: Awana Malaysian Restaurant Londonist, August 26, 2009 12:08 PM Whether celebrating the Ramadan season with close friends and family, looking for a good venue for a romantic night out or simply hankering for a sampling of good … Continue reading
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Ladyboy Beauty Contest Preview: Lady Boy 2009 at Mango Tree (Londonist)
Ladyboy Beauty Contest Preview: Lady Boy 2009 at Mango Tree Londonist, August 25, 2009 3:23 PM This annual event takes place on the 13th of September (6pm to late) and will showcase contestants from across the globe as they show … Continue reading
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Seasonal Game Menu Review: The Compass (Londonist)
Seasonal Game Menu Review: The Compass Londonist, August 24, 2009 5:25 PM The Compass is located at 58 Penton Street on the north end of Chapel Market. A short and sweet (and delicious) menu; a good wine list and plenty … Continue reading
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Review: Burrito Bros (Londonist)
Review: Burrito Bros Londonist, August 18, 2009 1:43 PM The criticisms and concerns could continue. But perhaps it’s best to leave it at this: as things stand, Burrito Brothers adds nothing to a pre-existing scene. Give ’em a friendly benefit-of-the-doubt … Continue reading
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Preview: Ramadan Menu at Awana (Londonist)
Preview: Ramadan Menu at Awana Londonist, August 17, 2009 1:18 PM For those Londoners observing Ramadan (starting next week) – or simply interested in sampling traditional Malaysian street food in a fancy schmancy Chelsea resto – consider Malaysian restaurant Awana’s … Continue reading
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Men’s Fashion Boutique Blaqua Opens in Soho (Londonist)
Men’s Fashion Boutique Blaqua Opens in Soho Londonist, August 17, 2009 12:40 PM … the Blaqua opening extravaganza last Thursday in Soho, where a sea of loud (but in a tailored, contemporary and stylish sort of way) shirts paraded about … Continue reading
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Tagged blaqua, fashion, London, Londonist, menswear, newburgh street, shirts, soho
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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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Cocktail Review: Mar-tea-ni at the Cavendish Hotel (Londonist)
Cocktail Review: Mar-tea-ni at the Cavendish Hotel Londonist, August 13, 2009 12:43 PM It was a muggy day yesterday and, to reach Mayfair’s Cavendish Hotel in time to sample the hotel’s latest addition to its cocktail menu, Londonist bravely had … 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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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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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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Tagged art of good taste, camino, free, London, Londonist, masterclass, sherry, tapas, tio pepe
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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: Pants Amnesty (Londonist)
Review: Pants Amnesty Londonist, July 8, 2009 12:17 PM It could have been yesterday’s gloomy, drizzly weather or maybe just the cold feet that accompanies the thought of bopping about the City of London in your underwear. Whatever the case, … 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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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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Preview: Pants Amnesty (Londonist)
Preview: Pants Amnesty Londonist, July 6, 2009 7:44 PM Tomorrow around 1pm, thousands of people from around the world (including some undisclosed celebs) are expected to descend upon the Royal Exchange for (as far as Londonist can ascertain) the world’s … 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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Londonist Gets Spanked and Flogged – and (ooh) Kinda Likes it!
Londonist Gets Spanked and Flogged – and (ooh) Kinda Likes it! Londonist, June 19, 2009 9:59 AM Bulldog Gin invited Londonist to tag along to their cocktail party last night at the Brompton Cross location of erotic boutique Coco de … 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
