Rum is back. In bars and clubs across the UK retro Pina Coladas are being served with a cocktail umbrella in a hollowed-out pineapple, as well as voodoo skulls containing lethal Zombies, and what was Prince William’s favourite, (before his marriage anyway) the Pieces of Eight, a treasure chest filled to the brim with rum, brandy, peach liqueur and Champagne.
Sartoria: elegant dining on Saville Row
Located on Saville Row, hence the not quite pun of a name, Sartoria offers regional Italian cuisine. Whilst the Row is no longer the sartorial empire it once was, with the number of tailors on the decline, it still retains its air of traditionalism, a place that hasn’t quite moved with the times. Sartoria seems have to escaped this trap, although the restaurant is obviously tailored to the Mayfair set.
Cortina at Cantina London
On the banks of the river Thames sits Cantina, an Italian restaurant specialising in authentically rustic cuisine. This month, Cortina, the famous ski resort, comes to Cantina with tasty results.
Cono Sur Pinot Noir
When pairing up with hearty roasts and the mushroom and game character of the season, you can do no better than to explore among the Pinot Noirs. Good value can be found on the New World shelves for under £10 and a wide variety of styles are produced in Chile, California and New Zealand.
Goumet Burger Kitchen Celebrates 10 Years
Kiwi fusion guru and all round nice guy, Peter Gordon attended the 10th Birthday event at GBK, flipping burgers and making small talk with the rest of the team. He was part of the original gang of Antipodeans who felt that London needed a burger joint as awesome as everything else they loved about the city.
Giraffe gets Behind Movember
Giraffe restaurants nationwide are getting in on the Mo action, calling all Mo Bros to grow a moustache to help raise funds for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer, with their new ‘Show your Mo’ campaign.
Gin O’Clock published by Queen UK
The Queen [of Twitter] has published extracts from her diaries, revealing her surprisingly candid thoughts about the events of the day and showing that the only way to survive the nonsense we have to put up with from leading public figures is by taking hefty slugs of Bombay Sapphire gin, with or preferably without tonic. Joanna Biddolph went along to meet her at the official launch.
Chateau Boundary Bordeaux nigh
Foodepedia loved the last Chateau Boundary wine night, so we recommend wine lovers leg it over to Conran’s classy basement for the upcoming Bordeaux night with Diarmid O’Hara from Corney & Barrow
The Rosendale in London’s West Dulwich
West Dulwich or West Norwood? Some blurring of the boundaries apart, The Rosendale is definitely in South London so that’s a big plus already for local allotmenteer Nick Harman