I’m sitting in a comfortable neo-Milanese room, looking out at the torrential rain currently turning Islington from bright and sunny to soaking wet. The decor is smart and modern, with dashes of lime green breaking up the otherwise clean, white interior. A waitress places a starter of butterfly king prawns on Italian bread before me; it looks strangely familiar.
Anjum’s Quick & Easy Indian by Anjum Anand
Quick? Yup. Easy? Most certainly. Indian? Well, yes – but there’s also a lot more to Anjum Anand’s innovative recipes.
Play misty for me
The Cooking Mist is from the new Lurpak Cook’s Range we’ve been experimenting with for the past few weeks. We’ve already enjoyed trying the Clarified Butter and Cooking Liquid and found them worthy products, the mist we were however initially but unecessarily a bit suspicious of.
Cote de boeuf with oven chips and chimichurri
This is arguably the king of steaks – a beast of a rib eye, cooked on the bone. Perfect dinner for two.
The martini; cool, classic, elegant and strong.
Whether you like your martini mixed with the botanical richness of gin or the stark flavour of vodka, one thing is for certain: a martini can never be too dry, too wet or too perfect.
Chocolate cocktails for Easter
The makers of the infamous’Crème Egg Mojito’ have gone one step further this Easter to bring you not one but’a collection’ of chocolate offerings .
Hyde Park’s Angelus Restaurant launches new Brunch Menu
With three upcoming long weekends and coinciding with the arrival of spring, Angelus, the award-winning French restaurant in Hyde Park, has launched its new brunch menu this week.
Lurpak Cooking Liquid
This Cooking Liquid is perfectly balanced. It comes in a squeezy bottle that fits nicely into the fridge door, simply aim at your pan and fire. It makes a noise that sends small children into fits of giggles and creates a puddle in the pan that makes adults snigger
What’s On: Easter
The kids are off, Lent is almost over and the chicks are twittering; spring has sprung in yellow and lo, chocolate eggs are almost here. Whether it’s egg painting or chocolate tasting, Foodepedia has the skinny (though you might not be when it’s all over) on what is fresh this Easter. Put all your eggs in our basket and join us for this rolling and regularly updated food-fest.
Pacata, Covent Garden
Keith Lewis reviews Yasuji Morizumi’s Michelin starred chef menu at Pacata.