Revealing itself like one of Tsarina Alexandra’s glamorous Fabergé eggs from its rather theatrical (if not to say OTT) presentation case, a bottle of Russian Standard Gold Vodka cannot be described as a’shrinking violet’ in the spirits marketplace.
Best of British chefs IDCF charity dinner 17th September 2012
To mark the end of their Best of British festival, Plateau is hosting a special charity dinner in support of the IDCF, a Tower Hamlets charity which aids disadvantaged communities in the borough. Taking place on September the 17th, the one-off occasion will see Plateau head chef Alan Pickett joined in the kitchen by a trio of some of Britain’s finest culinary experts.
Like a headless chicken, our expert reviewer joins the fried fowl craze
Mmmm chicken, lovely, lovely chicken. You can keep your disgusting foie gras, your morbid pate en croute and your silly pan fried medallions of monkfish, it has to be fried chicken for me every time! Who would have thought that it was so very, very good?
Benares chef’s table
When a clearly straight, urbane waiter compliments you on your heels, you can’t help but love a restaurant. Especially when said heels are transporting you to the Benares chef’s table to gulp a fishbowl-sized gin-and-champagne cocktail and watch a Michelin-starred craftsman do his thing with an ocean of seafood.
Fire up the Grey Matter, an El Camion working lunch
Will a spicy working lunch raise morale and get the ideas flowing? El Camion think so and sent us round a sample of their office takeaway to prove the point. It certainly made everyone happy, if not exactly Speedy Gonzalez fast.
Mango Tree Olympic Feast
Running until the end of August, the Mango Tree’s Head Chef Ood and consultant chef Ian Pengelly (of Gilgamesh fame) have devised a six course Thai feast to celebrate the event that so seduced the nation.
The Wonderful World of Menu Mis-spellings, Troublesome Translations and Diabolical Descriptions
Fancy a laugh? Pick up a gatefold menu next time you’re passing the local takeaway, and prepare to enter a surreal comedy world where dishes ‘sauteed with springs’ are the least of your worries- and you’re every bit as likely to quash your appetite as awaken it.
Waterloo Wine Co.
Looking for real quality wines at affordable prices? Waterloo Wine Co. may be trade supply experts but you can buy there too.
The North Pole Pub, Islington
An independent free house, The North Pole is everything a pub should be; comfortable, excellent beers from far and wide, excellent food and good tunes. There’s nothing left to say really. If it’s your local, and hell, even if it isn’t, don’t waste time anywhere else.
Indian, Pakistani & Bangladeshi dinner at Global Feast 2012
Balls and tarts out on display in Stratford on a Friday night? Hardly a midsummer night’s dream, but not out of the ordinary, either. Okay, try this- a gigantic scale map of the UK has been erected in the courtyard of the Old Town Hall, functioning as the table for a series of world food dinners, aptly entitled Global Feast 2012. And, tonight, we eat the Subcontinent.