Restaurant News from July 2009
July 2009 Restaurant News Archive from Foodepedia
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New chef at the National Dining Rooms and Cafe
Friday July 31st, 2009
Champion of British produce Oliver Peyton has newly appointed Executive Chef Simon Duff, to bring his wealth of experience to the National Gallery restaurants, The National Dining Rooms and the National Café. -
Jazz at The Archduke
Thursday July 30th, 2009
Recently bought and refurbished by Black & Blue steakhouses, The Archduke on the South Bank is introducing a programme of late jazz nights – Archduke Live! - on Friday and Saturday evenings, launching with a special night on Saturday 15th August, from 11pm – 1am. -
London's top chefs set to wow the City at Action Against Hunger's Fine Wine Auction 2009
Thursday July 30th, 2009
Culinary luminaries Heston Blumenthal, Angela Hartnett, Fergus Henderson and Herbert Berger are combining their formidable forces this October to host the celebrated Action Against Hunger Fine Wine Auction and Dinner 2009. -
Game on at The Cinnamon Club
Wednesday July 29th, 2009
The guns are loaded, the wellies are polished and Prince Philip has a dangerous glint in his eye. The game season approaches and the kitchen brigade, at Westminster’s fine dining Indian restaurant The Cinnamon Club, is buzzing with the excitement of preparing dishes using some of the UK’s finest wildfowl and deer. -
Claim your free food at Tokyo City
Monday July 27th, 2009
To lift the mood and cheer up those left in the City in August, Tokyo City will be offering all diners free food on Tuesdays throughout the day for the entire month of August! All you pay for is the service charge of £2.50 and your drinks. -
Thai Festival takes off
Friday July 17th, 2009
The UK's most popular Thai event, the biannual festival in Surrey, is fast approaching and this yea's extravaganza promises to be better than ever with over 40,000 visitors expected. The event is organised by Mudita Trust, a UK registered Charity supporting the secondary education of boys and girls from some of the poorest villages in Thailand helping prevent them from entering into the sex trade and instead using education as a tool in helping them make a better future. -
Gourmet Burger Kitchen - now quality comes bite sized
Friday July 17th, 2009
Never ones to turn down a free lunch we happily took delivery of a sample bag of GBK's new smaller lunch burgers at the office. At this point we should perhaps tie ourselves up in moral knots about the propriety of being ‘bribed’ in this way, but we won’t. GBK took a chance - if the burgers and fries had turned out to be crap we would have said so quite happily. Instead we liked them a lot. -
Mango Tea - Mango Tree does the afternoon nicely
Thursday July 16th, 2009
'You have to mash the bananas by hand, squeeze them through your fingers. you can't use a blender.' Mark Read Head Chef at Mango Tree and at Awana is telling me how to make Thai Banana cake accompanied by hand gestures reminiscent of someone milking a particularly recalcitrant cow, 'you want the lumps,' he says. 'Like Guacamole?' I suggest. 'Exactly!' -
Bite me. Vanilla Black does discount Gourmet Veggie
Thursday July 16th, 2009
My brief experiment with vegetarianism foundered on the large rock that is a bacon roll. At 6 a.m your defences are down and the waft of ketchup is too much to resist. Maybe I would have stayed loyal to the cause had there been dishes like the ones Vanilla Black are creating. -
Harry Morgan celebrates new refurbishment and menu with 50% off limited offer
Tuesday July 14th, 2009
Harry Morgan, the most famous New York Style Deli Restaurant in London celebrates its new menu and refurbishment with a 50% off discount offer*. The offer runs at the St John’s Wood High Street restaurant from Monday 20th to Sunday 26th July. Diners can enjoy the new interiors and expanded menu, then following their meal, watch as their bill is halved. -
The Light Bar at St Martins Lane, launches Salsa dance nights during August
Tuesday July 14th, 2009
Perfectly timed for the summer, during the month of August, the award winning Light Bar of St Martins Lane has collaborated with the London Salsa dance school- Salsatecca, to host salsa dance classes. The first scheduled Salsa nights on 11th and 18th August will take place in the spacious marble event studios of the hotel, offering an hour packed full of fun salsa moves and great exercise. -
All the right criteria -The Criterion reopens
Monday July 13th, 2009
Criterion Restaurant, a stalwart of the London restaurant scene, has reopened under new ownership and with a new head chef. -
Get bowled over at The White Hart
Sunday July 12th, 2009
The bar at The White Hart is an ideal spot to wile away the afternoon and evening watching the cricket on the big screen or to gather a crowd for your own screening in The White Hart’s upstairs private room with its plasma screen and Sky Sports. Whether it’s the Ashes (8th July—24th August) or the One Day Internationals and Twenty/20 vs Australia (30th August—17th September) -
Searcys Champagne Bar at Westfield launches Pommery’s Time for only £15
Wednesday July 8th, 2009
Searcys 1847 Champagne Bar at Westfield London has teamed up with Pommery Champagne to launch an exclusive Pommery’s Time offer. Pommery is the only Champagne house to produce seasonal Champagnes. Guests can enjoy all four served in miniature glasses, matched with specially selected dishes from the menu for only £15 -
Celebrate Britain’s Finest Food at The National Dining Rooms
Wednesday July 8th, 2009Take a culinary tour around Britain without leaving the table at Oliver Peyton’s celebrated London restaurant, The National Dining Rooms at The National Gallery. Following on from June’s Cornish medley, the fabulous bespoke ‘County of the Month’ menus continue throughout July and August, showcasing the best Gloucestershire and Devon has to offer. -
Yalumba - A Worthy Wine Event At The Cinnamon Club
Monday July 6th, 2009
On Friday 17th July, the highly acclaimed fine-dining Indian restaurant, The Cinnamon Club, is hosting an intimate wine and spice evening with Yalumba, Australia’s oldest family owned winery. -
Raise a glass to the launch of The Meet & Wine club
Sunday July 5th, 2009
The Meat & Wine Co is delighted to announce that its eagerly awaited new wine club, The Meet & Wine Club, will launches on Tuesday 2 June with a special event in association with the legendary Champagne house, Taittinger. -
Celebrate a barbecue summer at the Meat & Wine Company
Sunday July 5th, 2009
If you don’t relish the idea of burnt bangers and charred kebabs in the back yard, then The Meat & Wine Co’s weekend barbecues offer the perfect alternative. -
Think happy thoughts and visit The Royal Garden this summer where Peter Pan welcomes you
Saturday July 4th, 2009
The Royal Garden Hotel will remain forever young this summer thanks to being the official hotel partner for the inaugural performance of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Until 30th August the hotel will play host to a series of Peter Pan inspired tributes, including themed cocktails, through to pre and post theatre menus inclusive of tickets to the show, all of which will guarantee that you too take a trip to Neverland. -
Strada launches its new Summer menu
Saturday July 4th, 2009
Combining the freshness of Italian cooking with great new ingredients, Strada has launched 12 new dishes on its summer menu. -
Smirnoff Black screenings at Bluebird
Friday July 3rd, 2009
Following the sell-out success of last year’s 1950’s era Hollywood series, the Smirnoff Black Screenings will be returning to Chelsea favourite Bluebird this summer with an altogether more gentlemanly vibe. Celebrating leading modern gentlemen of the silver screen, the Smirnoff Black Screenings will kick-start a two month residency on 15th July 2009. -
Hampshire Food Week at The Peat Spade
Friday July 3rd, 2009
The Hampshire Fare runs the whole month of July with over 200 food, drink and craft businesses involved, from pig farmers and wine makers to farm shops and hotels. -
Weekend Brunch at Le Bouchon Breton
Thursday July 2nd, 2009
The Spitalfields brasserie has launched its brand new, all day, weekend brunch menu.
