Restaurant News from July 2011

July 2011 Restaurant News Archive from Foodepedia

  • Vintage Festival returns!

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    Monday July 25th, 2011

    Vintage, the festival voted UK's Best New Festival at the 2010 Festival Awards last year, is back. This year, it forms part of the Festival of Britain's 60th anniversary celebrations and takes place at the Southbank Centre over the weekend of the 29th to 31st of July.

  • The Cloudy Bay Shack forages with Skye Gyngell

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    Tuesday July 19th, 2011

    Cloudy Bay wine is bringing the Cloudy Bay Shack – a pop-up airstream that offers  the chance to experience some of the best Cloudy Bay wines matched with bespoke food dishes.

  • Jun Tanaka cooks up a storm with his Summer Seafood Barbecues

    akandpa (Alan King)
    Tuesday July 19th, 2011

    We’d arrived to a glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne, to sip before and during the demonstration, and pretty soon after Jun Tanaka was setting about the creation of five ‘simple’ dishes, in his words. And were they simple? Well, I’ll certainly try a few at home when the opportunity arises.

  • Kirin Ichiban’s “Pop-Up” Yatai Restaurant

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    Monday July 18th, 2011

    Kirin Ichiban, Japan’s Prime Brew has announced the launch of their “pop-up” Yatai in conjunction with the head chefs of London’s Japanese restaurant Yashin sushi & bar and their  Kushiage style restaurant set to launch in 2012.

  • A Grelha, at the Gun

    Phillip Azevedo
    Monday July 18th, 2011

    There’s something about summer that just calls for some outdoor eating; we went to A Grelha at the Gun in London’s Docklands for some Portuguese-inspired food and fresh-as-a-daisy fish, all al fresco, with the Thames a shimmering backdrop. Go while you can, because it won’t be there forever. Just don’t forget to take a jumper.

  • Champagne & Strawberries at The Mount Street Deli

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    Thursday July 14th, 2011

    On Tuesday 19th July, The Mount Street Deli will host an evening tasting of Grower’s Champagne, hosted by Tom Harrow from Wine Chap, the leading experts on wine selection. The champagnes will be accompanied by canapés created by the deli’s head chef, Mary Lewis.

  • Ocado stock Reflets de France products

    akandpa (Alan King)
    Thursday July 14th, 2011

    From this Bastille Day, i.e. today, Ocado will, we are told, become one of only a few retailers in the UK to sell the Reflets de France range from Carrefour. So if you’re a bit of a Francophile, and one of those among us who make regular trips to France to stock up on some authentic French produce (err, well and booze, of course) you might need to make that trip to Calais or Boulogne less often that you have in the past.

  • Luncheon: a new Sunday lunch dining club for London.

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    Wednesday July 13th, 2011

    Luncheon is a new Sunday lunch dining club from Ben Tish, executive chef of The Salt Yard group and Max Halley, a freelance food journalist.

  • Maille Mustard Boutique to Open in Spitalfields Market

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    Monday July 11th, 2011

    For one week only in the heart of Spitalfields Market, Maille Mustard will be operating a mustard Boutique. The Boutique will be open from Wednesday 13th to Sunday 17th July and will be located in Spitalfields’ Victorian market hall.

  • First Som Tam bar arrives in London in September

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    Friday July 8th, 2011

    London's first Som Tam bar, SUDA, will open in September 2011 in St Martin’s Courtyard, a new development in Covent Garden off Upper St Martin’s Lane.

  • Costa Coffee launch new 'Costa Light' Range

    Lee Bell
    Thursday July 7th, 2011

    At less than 80 calories for a primo serving (the smallest cup size) Costa Light involves a new production technique of adding Costa’s Mocha Italia espresso to skimmed milk in its own jug, and frothing, which creates a milder, lighter coffee.

     

  • Street Kitchen - they're on their mobile!

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    Tuesday July 5th, 2011

    Having successfully launched at last year’s London Restaurant Festival, Street Kitchen is out of its garage and will be hitting the streets, popping up at various locations this summer, kicking off with Finsbury Avenue Square at the British Land / Blackstone-owned Broadgate, the premier office campus in the City.

  • Awana’s Seafood Festival

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    Monday July 4th, 2011

    Malaysian restaurant Awana is celebrating the very best of the sea by hosting a two-week Seafood Festival from Monday 4th – Sunday 17th July. The restaurant’s head chef, Virasamy Poliah has devised a mouth-watering feast, blending exotic flavours and traditional Malaysian ingredients.

  • Deluxe Bento Boxes at Great Eastern Dining Room

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    Monday July 4th, 2011

    The newly launched four-strong selection of Japanese-inspired bento boxes offers a snapshot of the restaurant’s contemporary Asian menus. Summery Duck and Watermelon Salad, Maki Rolls and Black Cod and Yuzu Miso – all favourites from the Great Eastern Dining Room – make an appearance on the bento menu alongside superior Sushi and Sashimi and classic Tempura.

  • Cakey Perry High Tea

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    Saturday July 2nd, 2011

    Cakey Perry is a unique culinary experience entirely inspired by the Katy Perry’s California Girl’s video which is set in a fantasy Candyland landscape.