This is a novel and very tasty twist on a traditional English cooked breakfast from Lesley Holdship. It’s not just for breakfast though – it makes a great meal at any time of the day!
East London Liquor Company – Discovering Drinks in the East
The East London Liquor Company. What a place to visit! A two still distillery, encased in glass as the centrepiece of an incredibly cool bar.Yes it’s East, yes it’s next to a canal, yes its industrial chic, the barman has a beard and the head distiller wears trendy spectacles. Blah blah blah, insert hipster joke here. Still, for all hipsters and non-hipsters alike, it’s worth the ‘journey’ east.
The Tommy Tucker review
The owner of Claude’s Kitchen has turned his attention to gastropubs but what becomes of his refined British food when it’s meant to seem all casual? Thankfully not a lot, finds William Morris
London Beer Week – 16 – 22 February 2015
From the same team behind London Cocktail Week, now in its sixth year, and London Wine Week, London Beer Week is set to hit the capital from February 16 – 22.
Five: 150 effortless ways to eat 5+ fruit and veg a day
Five a day has been used as a stick for government health professionals to beat the lardy meat eaters for some time now, but many people still have no more idea of what it means in quantity than they do about what constitutes a unit of alcohol. A glass? A bottle? It’s a bottle, right?
Sconnoisseur – The finest scones, delivered!
Sconnoisseur are a company who will send you, by post, a box of scones in an ornate box. It’s not exactly the hoverboards and self-lacing trainers of the future Michael J. Fox promised, but it’s certainly a step in that direction. Right?
Umai Saturday lunch at Sake No Hana
‘That’s a bargain!’ is not something you hear uttered a lot in the vicinity of St James, but that’s definitely what Umai Saturday lunch at Sake No Hana is. And I say that as someone who’s not content until he’s haggled shopkeepers to within an inch of his life.
Japanese Char Siu – Slow Cooked Pork with Green Tea
A recipe from ‘Yuki’s kitchen ‘
Yuki’s kitchen The elegant art of sushi making
Scared of sushi? It’s the cookery challenge few want to take up, but as Anita discovered when Yuki Gomi is your sensei master then rolling the rice is not as hard as it seems. Just don’t forget your hairdryer.
Ethos
ETHOS is a little place tucked away behind the shopping hordes of Oxford Circus and still feels like a little secret, despite its growing popularity and notoriety with London vegetarians. Emma dropped by on a Tuesday for lunch to try ETHOS’ latest additions to their menu – a selection of fermented dishes.