You’ve donned your gayest apparel and you’re ready for the festive season…so what is one more spectacularly seasonal feast? Climb aboard my snow mobile for a ride along to a merrily (and occasionally Michelin starred) Christmas bonanza that’ll ding dong merrily on high and keep you well fed for the twelve days of Christmas and beyond.
One Canada Square
There is real skill here, with delicious food and friendly, well-informed service. It just feels as though they’re trying a bit too hard, as though the seriousness of the location has overshadowed the key task of delivering consistently delicious plates of food.
Christmas recipe: Sliders with Danish Blue cheese
Dude food has never been so cheese-y. Hix Restaurants’ chef Ronnie Murray serves these sliders on brioche buns along with more trimmings than the turkey.
House of Ho to ho ho hopen January 6th
Bobby Chinn will open his new London restaurant – The House of Ho – on Monday, 6 January 2014 on London’s gayest street, Old Compton Street, in Soho for dinner only and with a preview menu offering a 50% discount on the food, but full price for drinks.
Snowflake Gelato
What do you do when you feel like rebelling against the idea of seasonally-appropriate food? Have ice cream in December, of course.
The Niftiest Gift List – Caution: do not eat
It’s highly likely even the greediest gourmet will have had their fill of festive edibles by the time gift-opening rolls around. So how about presenting them with a bit of kit that’ll help them cook up something special once they get their appetite back?
The Niftiest Gift List – Savouries to savour
Not everyone goes crackers for sugary Christmas goodies – indeed, some would rather their crackers came accompanied by a nice chunk of cheese. This part of our gourmet gift guide is devoted to those devoid of a sweet tooth.
The Niftiest Gift List – Sweets and confectionary
For the majority of Brits, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a bumper bundle of buttered Brazils, Turkish delight, marzipan and other sweet treats. These gift ideas are sweet enough to give you toothache.
Book review – The Vintage Sweets Book – Angel Adoree
Vintage vixen Angel Adoree’s new book is the cookbook equivalent of a selection box as it oughta be;’all killer, no filler’.
What’s on at The Ritz this Christmas
Grab your glitz and head for The Ritz this Christmas – there’s a lot occurin’.