A cosy alternative to Michelin’s starched linen, a novel way of meeting new people (and even partners to be), and a means to eat a style of food not available in the mainstream, supper clubs have taken root in the capital over the past three years. Douglas Blyde, one of our correspondents, is the latest home cook to test his abilities on the public…
Chop’d at Boxpark
The site of the new Boxpark ‘pop up’ shopping mall smells of freshly sawn wood and recently applied paint. But it’s a good smell. New, exciting and full of potential. And while these shops don’t have any windows, they do have a positive recession-bucking outlook selling unusual, interesting things and offering some food outlets too. We try Chop’d
Eight-Six Restaurant
Following the success of their Club Coco in Verbier, co-owner Charlie Kearns and George Adams have created a destination that’s fun but not frivolous, which is probably just as well for anyone with a finely tuned appetite.
South Bank Chocolate Festival 2011
If your idea of bliss is to cover your face with sticky smears of chocolate, make time for this year’s London Chocolate Festival from 9th to 11th December.
The Petersham Hotel
Christmas is fast approaching, and to celebrate the Petersham Hotel is launching their Christmas menu and guaranteeing snow for all of December.
Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream Truffle Recipe
Oh the joy of breaking through that solid layer of pure milk fat and filling your spoon with the rich, creamy, artery-hardening pleasure of clotted cream.
Christmas At Riverford
Lists of sweet treats like double chocolate brownies, mince pies and truffles alongside important Christmas condiments including mulling spices and cranberry sauce plus a hefty selection cheeses and festive bottles of fizz, shows that Riverford really wants to help make the season merry.
Book Review of Hawksmoor at home
Big, bold and British, the new cookbook from the Hawksmoor is a joyous celebration of all that’s good about food.
The Angry Birds Bad Piggies Egg Recipes.
Yaaaaaaahhhhhh…. tingit! The Angry Birds cookbook is out with lots of eggy recipes and we go get our trotters on a copy. If you’re looking for a kids’ stocking filler, this should feed the need.
Iberica Canary Wharf
In Cabot Square and rather discreetly fronted, the new Iberica Canary Wharf gives good Gosh when you get inside. A rack of reclining jamon legs next to the door make it clear you aren’t in a clothes shop, as it once was, and the space surges up ahead of you. A nice long bar to one side, space centre and left, and above two galleried floors for overspill.