Happy Nasjonaldagen! 17th May marks the anniversary of Norway’s independence, so why not mark this felicitous occasion with a selection of the finest foods our Scandinavian friend’s have to offer – Take a longboat and twenty of your finest men and head to culinary Valhalla…
Thai High Tea in London
Afternoon tea gets a welcome facelift courtesy of Nipa at Lancaster London
Copa de Cava – Bubbling under
Cava has long been the poor relation of the fizz family, but that looks set to change with the opening of the UK’s first dedicated cava bar
More than a hound dog
Stefan Nicolaou relishes StreetKitchen’s gourmet spin on the hot dog at The Miller in Bermondsey.
Gefiltefest 2013- The fourth annual Jewish food festival on 19th May
Jewish food is pure comfort and often as rich as the culture that spawned it. Both will be celebrated with just the right amount of schmaltz at the fourth annual Gefiltefest on May 19th, held at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
Propping Up The Bar at Propstore
The National Theatre’s summer pop up bar/cafe is returning to the Southbank for its second year so Lucy goes to have a drink amongst theatrical relics no, not the knighted kind
The best New York Strip in London
The famous steakhouse chain from the States has one restaurant in London and it’s a great choice if you want a thick, juicy and well-cooked steak.
Dualit’s new repairable hand mixer
Prize the box from its bubble-wrapped sarcophagus; unfasten the tabs with the mounting excitement of a 90’s kid unwrapping a Furby on Christmas morn; sloooowly lift the lid to reveal my shiny, shiny loot.
High cocoa chocolate – tasted and rated
Down your Dairy Milk and prick up your ears. I’m going to ask you to eschew that sweet milky marvel made with a full’glass-and-a-half’. For, when it comes to choc, black is the new tan.
Book review: Urban Rajah’s Curry Memoirs – Ivor Peters
AKA the book I wish I’d penned. And, were I a British-born son of the Subcontinent with a way with a word, a dashing, dandy-ish dress sense, and a slim pencil moustache, I may well have pipped him to the post.