Mix and Match Ladies Lunch at Dockmaster's House
Learn how to organise your wardrobe, have some fun and eat well with the Mix and Match Ladies Lunch at Dockmaster's House
Redhook, Clerkenwell
I really wanted to like Redhook but there’s a balance between making customers feel like part of the crew and casting them out on such a long line that they feel lost and forgotten, bobbing around in a sea of other thirsty and hungry people. Put some welly into front of house and Redhook could be reeling them in.
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Word on the Street
The London Restaurant Festival isn't all fat cats revolving in the Eye. Jun Tanaka and Mark Jankel will be feeding the masses fine food from a converted Airstream trailer as they trundle around London. We went for a pre-tasting of their mobile munchies.
Oyster Season at Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill
Celebrate native oyster season at Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill. With more than 1,000 oysters sold every day at this London restaurant, you can be sure the oysters are fresh!
Gail's 5th Garden Party
Gail's Bakery will be hosting their fifth annual Garden Party this year, on the 11th September at their Hampstead store in London.
Bibendum
I rang the restaurant upstairs and said ‘Hello I’m eating oysters downstairs and its freezing and making me sad. Can I come and have lunch in your nice warm restaurant please?’ And the man said ‘Yes but you have to order in the next six minutes because the kitchen closes at 2.30.’
Bavarian Beerhouse, Tower Hill
You can tell a lot about a person from their sense of humour, and while, naturally, I take great pleasure in witty wordsmithery and ..., my funny bone belongs to sauce. So when I saw that the new Bavarian Beerhouse is located in Crutched Friars, I confess that I allowed myself a small, but heart-felt 'oo-er'.
Tempo
Tempo, with its barley-coloured walls and splendid turquoise upholstered chairs could seem formal when empty. But as a Regency drawing room in a listed building, its cornices, fittings and curves substituted any lack of warmth. Perhaps the waffle ceiling and square arch could be more sympathetic but they also showed boldness- like the food.
Dinner & Jazz At 1 Lombard Street
This September 1 Lombard Street and Jazz FM are putting on a series of jazz diners at the popular restaurant, so guests can enjoy a delicious meal whilst being entertained by top jazz singers and musicians.
L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Why anyone would want to traipse out to East London to eat pompous self-indulgent food when Robuchon is in town is beyond me. At L’Atelier the balance of creativity with common sense and clear cooking skills is perfect, the room delightful and the staff, even when wielding fire extinguishers, cool and solicitous.
Geales to open in Chelsea Green
Restaurateur and hotelier Mark Fuller will be opening a second branch of the Notting Hill favourite, Geales, on the 16th of September in Chelsea Green.
Busaba Eathai Old Street Launch
Busaba Eathai already serves up their own unique casual thai dining experience at their West End venues but now they've gone east, to Old Street.
Dishoom
Inside Dishoom it's as false as any other themed place in London. Packed with patina that you pay for and then install in great swathes. So what though? The pictures are actually rather interesting, the interior clean and bright and I am not eating the décor, even if some critics appear to be chewing the carpet.
Namo
How many restaurants can lay claim to a Banksy on their wall? The answer is probably not many. But Namo, a modern Vietnamese restaurant in the heart of leafy Victoria Park, can boast one. Well, almost one as it's been partially painted over and graffitied on since it's inception.
Wartenberger Mühle: Schlossberg
Scharff, who wears a chef’s jacket embroidered with as many logos of professional bodies as a racing car driver sports adverts, is patron of ‘Wartenberger Mühle’, Pfaltz, a restaurant, brasserie, boutique hotel and substantial, sweet smelling, stepped herb garden...
Fish Taco Tuesday's At Tortilla
Those who can't get enough fish and want it in every meal they eat are in luck because Tortilla has just launched Fish Taco Tuesday's!
Spaghetti House, Sicilian Avenue, London
Whilst we were eating we saw several people queuing for tables, given that this was a Wednesday evening, this is a popular restaurant indeed. I imagine this is for two reasons, the food is very good and it is very reasonably priced.
Heston Blumental comes to London with Dinner
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal will be opening his new London restaurant on the 1st of December 2010 serving history inspired modern dishes. The restaurant, accessible from the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, will have private dining room for up to ten guests and will command views over Hyde Park.
Picnic pick-up from John Lewis
If you want to go on a picnic but don’t want the hassle of making a hamper yourself, why not take advantage of John Lewis’ new ‘picnic pick up’ service?
