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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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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

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(P)review: Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? Slinkachu at Andipa Gallery (Londonist)

(P)review: Whatever Happened to the Men of Tomorrow? Slinkachu at Andipa Gallery  Londonist, June 4, 2009 9:54 AM Whatever happened to the men of tomorrow? Judging from the photos in the Slinkachu solo exhibition at Andipa Gallery, they got decrepitly … Continue reading

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Londonist Interviews Jamie Oliver (Londonist)

Londonist Interviews Jamie Oliver Londonist, June 3, 2009 3:14 PM A couple of weeks ago, Londonist got the chance to sit down with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver at the Debenhams launch of his new range of cookware. We were impressed … Continue reading

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Cupcake Throwdown! And the Winner is (Londonist)

Cupcake Throwdown! And the Winner is Londonist, June 1, 2009 1:26 PM We’d like to say that the competition was close. But it wasn’t. Three London bakeries stole the show: Faircake, Bea’s of Bloomsbury and Sweet Things. READ THE COMPLETE … Continue reading

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Cupcake Throwdown Update (Londonist)

Cupcake Throwdown Update  Londonist, May 26, 2009 1:20 PM … the final list of all fifteen entrants for our first ever Londonist Cupcake Throwdown … READ THE COMPLETE POST & SEE THE LIST OF ENTRANTS:  Cupcake Throwdown Update

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Restaurant Review: 222 at the Landmark Hotel (Londonist)

Restaurant Review: 222 at the Landmark Hotel  Londonist, May 22, 2009 11:40 AM Twotwentytwo – aka 222 – is the entirely redesigned, new bar and restaurant at the Landmark Hotel. Located downstairs on the side where Cellars used to be … Continue reading

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Great 20th Century Photography and More on View at Liberty (Londonist)

Great 20th Century Photography and More on View at Liberty  Londonist, May 20, 2009 4:07 PM May 18th marked the launch of “A Taste for Life“, a photography exhibition held on the top floor at Liberty department store. The show … Continue reading

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If You Could Ask Jamie Oliver Anything … (Londonist)

If You Could Ask Jamie Oliver Anything … Londonist, May 20, 2009 9:50 AM Londonist has a chance to meet with Jamie Oliver tomorrow afternoon and ask him a few questions … and … READ THE COMPLETE POST:  If You … Continue reading

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Preview: Evocative Foods and More to Feed Your Imagination (Londonist)

Preview: Evocative Foods and More to Feed Your Imagination  Londonist, May 19, 2009 12:50 PM A collaborative event developed by MA Design Studies students at Central Saint Martins along with Chef Nuno Mendes and food futurologist Dr Morgaine Gaye, Evocative … Continue reading

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Only a Few Days Left for Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Survey – Get a Free Book! (Londonist)

Only a Few Days Left for Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Survey – Get a Free Book!  Londonist, May 18, 2009 1:22 PM … as we mentioned last month, we’ve teaming up with the Hardens to help spread the word about their … Continue reading

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Londonist Cupcake Throwdown (Londonist)

Londonist Cupcake Throwdown  Londonist, May 17, 2009 2:26 PM Well, Londonist has decided to see which of London’s cupcake peddlers can hold their own in a Cupcake Throwdown! The competition is to happen on the 29th of May, when Londonist … Continue reading

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Sous Vide (Bathtub) Salmon with Jonathan “Browners” Brown (Londonist)

Sous Vide (Bathtub) Salmon with Jonathan “Browners” Brown Londonist, May 15, 2009 4:53 PM Londonist’s own sandwich seeking flâneur, Jonathan “Browners” Brown, isn’t just sarnie obsessed. Indeed, have a look at his own blog, Around Britian with a Paunch, and … Continue reading

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Lazarides Rathbone Now Open to the Public (Londonist)

Lazarides Rathbone Now Open to the Public  Londonist, May 15, 2009 2:22 PM As for the new mega-space at Rathbone Place, it’s luscious. In fact, we wish we were still there now (schmoozing with the glitterati and the art-wise) and … Continue reading

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Jeff Soto’s Inland Empire at Stolenspace (Juxtapoz/Londonist)

Jeff Soto/Inland Empire pics for Juxtapoz and a write up for Londonist: First Look: Jeff Soto’s “Inland Empire” in London  Juxtapoz, Thursday, 15 May 2009 “I approach the same global issues as many of the other artists working today but … Continue reading

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Donna Margherita: the Best Pizza Outside of Italy? (Londonist)

Donna Margherita: the Best Pizza Outside of Italy? Londonist, May 14, 2009 4:07 PM When a press release about Lavender Hill’s Donna Margherita restaurant having the “best pizza outside of Italy” landed in our inbox, we scoffed at it but … Continue reading

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Gourmet a la Carte Breakfast at Island Restaurant & Bar (Londonist)

Gourmet a la Carte Breakfast at Island Restaurant & Bar  Londonist, May 13, 2009 2:32 PM Londonist got thoroughly stuffed last Friday at Island Restaurant & Bar while sampling its new gourmet a la carte breakfast menu. Located directly above … Continue reading

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(P)review: Past Future Perfect – Contemporary Russian Art at Calvert 22 (Londonist)

(P)review: Past Future Perfect – Contemporary Russian Art at Calvert 22 Londonist, May 12, 2009 3:42 PM Past Future Perfect, Calvert 22’s inaugural show, brings together works by five leading Russian artists: Alexander Brodsky, Pavel Pepperstein, Haim Sokol, Leonid Tishkov, … Continue reading

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Review: The Hot House Maiden Melee (Londonist)

Review: The Hot House Maiden Melee Londonist, May 6, 2009 5:10 PM … the Hot House Maiden Melee with its 1930s style of cheeky burlesque decadence and mandatory dress code (1930s black tie, tuxedos and furs) set at No 5 … Continue reading

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Bollywood Dinner & Dance at Moti Mahal (Londonist)

Bollywood Dinner & Dance at Moti Mahal  Londonist, May 6, 2009 9:57 AM Here’s a fun idea. Take a 45 minute Bollywood dance class before tucking into a delicious two-course Indian meal. 6.30pm every Tuesday, the downstairs dining area of … Continue reading

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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show … Cocktail (Londonist)

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show … Cocktail  Londonist, May 1, 2009 3:48 PM Take some Gin, a little lychee liqueur and rosé Champagne, then mix with cranberry juice, cranberry syrup, and orange bitters and you’ve got the makings of a … Continue reading

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Women Need to Drink More Beer (Londonist)

Women Need to Drink More Beer Londonist, April 30, 2009 6:35 PM Alright ladies! Y’all know you need to drink more beer. It’s good for ya. Or at least, that’s what the folks behind the BitterSweet Partnership wanted us to … Continue reading

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Dim Sum and Then Some at Royal China, Baker Street (Londonist)

Dim Sum and Then Some at Royal China, Baker Street  Londonist, April 30, 2009 10:06 AM One of the great things about dim sum is the noncommittal attitude the diner is allowed toward the food. Take a bite of something … Continue reading

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New Digs for the Irish Club (Londonist)

New Digs for the Irish Club  Londonist, April 29, 2009 1:17 PM You know you’ve been in London too long when the kind act of some random stranger approaching you for a friendly conversation gets all your hackles up and … Continue reading

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Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Guide, Londonist, and YOU! (Londonist)

Yes, I usually just post references to my work on Londonist, but this time I really want to get the word out about this special Londonist/Harden’s Restaurant Guide offer. Check it out and please help! Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Guide, Londonist, … Continue reading

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Review: Bompas & Parr’s Alcoholic Architecture (Londonist)

Review: Bompas & Parr’s Alcoholic Architecture Londonist, April 17, 2009 10:17 AM Donning special protective suits to spare our clothes from the boozy mist (ah, boozy mist), we ambled in, snatched up our complimentary (liquid-form) G&T and headed into the … Continue reading

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Saints and Sinners Menu at K West Hotel’s Kanteen (Londonist)

Saints and Sinners Menu at K West Hotel’s Kanteen  Londonist, April 16, 2009 3:31 PM Kanteen, the chic little eatery at K West Hotel and Spa near Shepherd’s Bush Station, has recently introduced a new “Saints and Sinners” menu, with … Continue reading

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Don’t Forget the Shochu! Hanami/Cherry Blossom Festival Reminder (Londonist)

Don’t Forget the Shochu! Hanami/Cherry Blossom Festival Reminder  Londonist, April 15, 2009 10:25 AM Just a quick word to remind folks that from today until the 25th of May, Akashi-Tai Sake Brewery, along with a number of London-based Japanese restaurants, … Continue reading

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FREE Copies of the New Fancyapint? London Pub Guide! (Londonist)

FREE Copies of the New Fancyapint? London Pub Guide! Londonist, April 15, 2009 8:54 AM To be launched at the end of this month, Fancy a Pint? in London will be the book form of Fancyapint.com’s award-winning website … If … Continue reading

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Yeast-Risen Doughnuts and Vanilla Glaze with Jennifer Klinec of Eat Drink Talk (Londonist)

Yeast-Risen Doughnuts and Vanilla Glaze with Jennifer Klinec of Eat Drink Talk Londonist, April 14, 2009 5:15 PM Hot damn! Jennifer Klinec’s yeast-risen doughnuts (you know, the deep fried “Krispy Kreme style” diet destroyers) brought a tear of sheer gluttonous … Continue reading

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