Bombay Sapphire expects more and more bars to experiment with molecular mixology. You can beat them to it with these recipes – or by creating your own fantastical mixes by stirring up your imagination.
Delimann West Country cream tea delivered to your door
We eat them wherever we can – in five star hotels, in tea shops in the country, in secret – but having them delivered at home, in deli-style rustic packaging, is much more of a treat according to Joanna Biddolph.
Satsuma to re-launch on 1 September
Currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment Satsuma, Soho’s urban-style Japanese restaurant, is set to officially re-launch on 1 September 2011. The complete redesign will include pod-style seating for up to four diners. Diners who visit the restaurant during the two week soft opening period, from mid-August until 31 August 2011, will receive 25% off the total food and drinks bill.
Lutyens restaurant in London
I’d like to see what chef David Burke can do a la carte; the constrictions of keeping to the £40 line are perhaps too much to handle given the overheads of a place like this. That said the Lutyens meal deal is a fair one, nothing stunning but perfectly ok and you get to eat in a classier place than you deserve for the money.
Vegetarian restaurant near Regent Street, London
It’s always a pleasure to discover new, vibrant parts of London that make you wonder how you ever managed to miss it. Heddon Street is one such enclave off Regent Street where hundreds of party-goers and vegetarians (and vegetarian party-goers?) flock for a nibble at Tibits before dancing the night away.
How to Make Your Own Drinks
Homemade booze is all the rage and easy to make. Forget pea pod wine of The Good Life fame and instead put your trust in wine and all round drinks expert, Susy Atkins.
Blackfriars, Newcastle
Annie Lund visits the self-proclaimed oldest dining room in the UK, to find a confusing but enjoyable dining experience.
Codorniu and Catalan Cooking
Bea’s of Bloomsbury is on the main drag, rocked by the passing buses on route to Hoxton and points East. Inside it’s two-thirds kitchen and one third cake shop. Tonight the shutters are down and the kitchen is the focus for Rachel McCormack’s Catalan cuisine cook up with sponsors Cordorniu Cava.
Busaba Eathai to open in Covent Garden
Busaba Eathai, the modern Thai restaurant, is expanding – bringing the taste of Thailand to Covent Garden, with its eighth addition opening on Thursday 30 June, in Floral Street.
Pontoon – yacht for hire
Pontoon, a 1975 classic Camper Nicholson motor yacht, has recently launched as a private venue in London.