It takes more than a hearty interest in food, and decades of greedy eating out, to pull together an insightful and expansive tour that opens doors and minds to new experiences and, importantly, to parts of the London foodie scene that you have walked past repeatedly and snootily ignored – as Joanna Biddolph discovered on Celia Brooks Brown’s new Covent Garden gastrotour.
Star chefs in da house.Spaghetti House holds a great relaunch party
Look there’s Francesco Mazzei, Giancarlo Caldesi and even, rather surreally,Ken Hom, what are they doing in a Spaghetti House of all places? The answer is that this is a party for ‘the’ Spaghetti House, the original in Goodge Street and founded 55 years ago by Simone Lavarini and Lorenzo Fraquelli, immigrants from Italy who missed their food and were shocked by spaghetti in tins and on toast.
Summer menu arrives at Corrigan’s Mayfair with BYOB option
hef Richard Corrigan has created a Summer of Elegance menu based around seasonal ingredients such as Cornish mackerel, Formby asparagus and English strawberries. The menu, available daily at the bar only, is available until the 15th of July and is priced at £25 for three dishes or £55 for nine.
New premium wines arrive from New Zealand
Invivo, a premium New Zealand winery, launched its range of wines in London this week. The company was founded in 2007 by Tim Lightbourne and Rob Cameron who look after the marketing and winemaking respectively.
Suda Thai goes mangotastic
June is the month to head down to Suda, the Thai cafe and restaurant in Covent Garden, for some delicious mango dishes. Until the 30th of June, Suda has a special mango menu to celebrate mango season in Thailand.
Vinoteca restaurant Soho
53-55 Beak Street W1F 9SH vinoteca.co.uk When you get to my age, you really dislike […]
Find Your Feet’s Curry For Change campaign teams up with Cafe Spice Namaste
Goodness gracious me! Nina Wadia’s kitchen skills are under intense scrutiny from Cyrus Todiwala. She’s getting quite a drubbing over her onion chopping. Luckily, it’s all in jest- the two friends make an engaging double act as they cook up a mini-feast showcasing Cafe Spice Namaste’s menu in aid of charity Find Your Feet’s Curry For Change campaign.
The Pier – historical waterfront hotel in Harwich old town
‘Frinton for the incontinent, Harwich for the continent,” says the hotel manager while taking us […]
A Denhay Bacon Butty and a cup of Victory tea
One of life’s great pleasures, at least for a Brit, has to be a big old bacon sandwich and a big old mug of tea. The bread has to be thick cheap white, no ciabattas or focaccias thank you, and the tea has to be proper tea, not some designer nonsense or some soppy tisane. Luvverly.
Drinks for Dad
Stuck for Father’s Day Ideas ? Our drinks department comes up with some suggestions.