Restaurant News from Foodepedia
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Fish and Grill and all that jazz
Thursday February 2nd, 2012The bar is so new you can still smell freshly-sawn wood but its intimate and cosy. At the far end, two almost horizontally laid-back old blues player are showing how it’s done. ‘I don’t want the music down here to be drowning out conversation, but be behind it,’ Malcolm adds while trying one of his own mini puddings of slow-braised ox cheek.
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New foods on the block
Friday January 20th, 2012A rolling round up of things we either get sent to try in the office or pick up on our travels.
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Top Spots to Drop While you Shop
Sunday January 8th, 2012It seems clothes, shoes and bags aren't the only things on sale this January. Take a look at these top spots around the city for snacking and sipping.
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Giorgio Locatelli Unpacks Sicily
Wednesday January 4th, 2012To celebrate Giorgio Locatelli’s BBC 2 series, Sicily unpacked, Refettorio, will be staging a themed three-week Sicilian promotion to coincide with the programme.
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Charlotte's on the game in Chiswick
Wednesday January 4th, 2012Punchy mouthfuls with a huge aftermath sum up this evening – an exciting menu that explores the best of this season's game, at a special game night on 23rd January at Charlotte's Bistro in Chiswick. With a Michelin Bib Gourmand, it's worth the 20 minute tube journey to experience chef Wesley Smalley's award-winning skills. Get there like a shot, recommends Joanna Biddolph.
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Scottish brewers Brewdog open first English bar in London
Tuesday December 20th, 2011Never ones to make a scene, Scottish beer craftsmen and guzzlers Brewdog have rolled into the Big Smoke, on a tank
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Fashion High Tea at The Mandeville Hotel
Thursday December 15th, 2011The doyenne of fashion design Zandra Rhodes continues to make waves in matters concerning taste with her personally designed ‘Iconic Afternoon Tea’ exclusively wrought for The Mandeville Hotel near Bond Street.
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Good grub in Rosalind’s Kitchen
Tuesday December 13th, 2011A nice little place with a nice little taste, Rosalind’s Kitchen is just off the main drag in London’s Little Portland Street. It’s a take out cafe using seasonal ingredients sourced from specialist suppliers with meat and poultry from Sheepdrove Organic Farm and all dairy, eggs, root vegetables and flour is organic.
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Soho is about to get spicy!
Thursday December 8th, 2011The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen's Soho site will offer modern contemporary Indian cuisine using quality ingredients, but at a lower spend per head to reflect its more relaxed and informal surroundings.
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Chez Leon to Open in London
Wednesday December 7th, 2011One of Belgium’s oldest and best loved restaurants, Chez Léon, famed for its exceptional moules frites and hearty Flemish classics, has chosen London for the setting of their first International branch of its Léon de Bruxelles franchise
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Ginger up Xmas at the Langham
Friday December 2nd, 2011To celebrate the festive season, The Langham, London is offering a complimentary Afternoon Tea for two in Palm Court for the person who can guess the weight of gingerbread (to the nearest kg) used in the construction of their gingerbread house.
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Leluu & Blyde Supper Club
Friday December 2nd, 2011A cosy alternative to Michelin’s starched linen, a novel way of meeting new people (and even partners to be), and a means to eat a style of food not available in the mainstream, supper clubs have taken root in the capital over the past three years. Douglas Blyde, one of our correspondents, is the latest home cook to test his abilities on the public...
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The Chocolate Festival is back!
Thursday December 1st, 2011If your idea of bliss is to cover your face with sticky smears of chocolate, make time for this year's London Chocolate Festival from 9th to 11th December.
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Indulgent festive Thai feast coming to Mango Tree
Saturday November 19th, 2011On 28th November Mango Tree, the award-winning Belgravia restaurant, will launch a festive Thai feast that gives traditional English Christmassy food a Thai twist for only £39 a person.
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Great British Chefs Website
Friday November 18th, 2011The relaunched Great British Chefs website hosts an impressive and well-executed online recipe collection that's worth a visit for any ambitious home cook.
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Welsh Rarebit on a Burger? We taste test Byron's Gizz-mo
Wednesday November 9th, 2011We went to try Byron's new Movember offering, the Gizz-mo burger, to see if welsh rarebit cuts the mustard as a burger topping.
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Great Taste Triumphs at Boisdale & Wright Brothers Oyster Tasting Championship 2011
Wednesday November 9th, 2011After a day of judging with 585 oysters shucked in the two categories of oyster tasted and 13 producers represented in front of 15 epicurean judges, the results are in from the inaugural Boisdale & Wright Brothers Oyster Tasting Championship 2011.
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Looking Foreword: Ex Noma Chef's new pop up
Wednesday November 9th, 2011Pop ups are ten a penny these days, but rarely is the chef of such pedigree. Tom Sellers has worked with Tom Aikens,
Thomas Keller, Adam Byatt, and more recently, Rene Redzepi at Noma. The pop up,called Foreword, is for two nights on the 28th and 29th of November with the Rebel Dining Club. -
A Great Night with a Conscience
Monday November 7th, 2011On November 9, central London restaurant Floridita will be pulling out the stops to raise money for The Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2011 with an extra special charity performance of Cabaret Floridita, its fabulously glamorous live music and burlesque night.
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Big warm flavours from Tamarind's autumn menu
Wednesday November 2nd, 2011The launch of a new menu is excuse enough to go back to a favourite restaurant, even if you know you will find the regular signature dishes irresistible - as Joanna Biddolph discovered when she nipped back to Tamarind to test its autumn menu.