The room is lovely, a 1930-s ish central bar/dining four sided island with the open kitchen facing one side and a Carrara marble deli counter with fifty varieties of cheeses and British cured meats facing the other, it’s lit and furnished in a way that makes you think of classic French brasseries. It feels right straightaway.
Dram and Smoke
Dram and smoke is located in one of those big old yards, a yard you know is going to be on Grand Designs in a few years time. A graphic artist and his pushy, rude wife, will be smugly telling Kevin how they intend to turn it into a giant living space at phenomenal expense.
HOAX & Hopskotch
A cut above the rest hostel in Liverpool with its very own street kitchen.
Chicken tarragon and mustard fried bread pudding
Experiment with your cooking to showcase your kitchen talent to your family and friends with this tender and succulent chicken dish.
NSPCC Celebrity Chef National Picnic Week Auction
Lake District chef and ITV1 Britain’s Best Bakery’s Peter Sidwell is organising seven different picnics during National Picnic Week (17-22nd June), all to be auctioned for the NSPCC Cumbria.
Kerbisher opens in Abbeville Road, Clapham
Kerbisher & Malt is opening its 4th site this week in Abbeville Road, Clapham joining Bistro Union, The Ginger Pig and the Abbeville Kitchen in a top foodie area
Hutong celebrate the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
To celebrate the traditional Chinese’Double Fifth’ Dragon Boat Festival on the 2nd June, award winning restaurant Hutong located in The Shard, will be offering a special menu of five dishes from five different regional Chinese culinary traditions.
Win a load of buttery goodies, if you think you’re adventurous enough!
Crown and Anchor, Chiswick
The Crown and Anchor pub , something of a Chiswick institution, has undergone a major refurbishment and is aspiring to be The W4 place to be with an elegant upstairs gallery bar, open kitchen and a fresh new menu.
Revolutionary French Cooking by Daniel Galmiche
Daniel Galmiche, head chef of The Vineyard at Stockcross, Berkshire, goes hard with a range of recipes that grabs French cooking and shoves it into a blender with ingredients and styles from all over the world.