Vintage Festival returns!

Vintage, the festival voted UK’s Best New Festival at the 2010 Festival Awards last year, is back. This year, it forms part of the Festival of Britain’s 60th anniversary celebrations and takes place at the Southbank Centre over the weekend of the 29th to 31st of July.

Oysters at Wright Bros Soho

While I love food, I’m certainly no expert. Give me an oyster and I will be happy, but I wouldn’t be able to tell you what sort it was, which is why I enjoy this Oyster evening at Wright Bros so much. It is that much easier to compare when tasting one after another.

Big Burger at Bistro du Vin

Now people say I am a burger denier but it’s really not true, I just don’t make a fetish of them that’s all. Nothing wrong with a decent burger for lunch and it fills a hole just as it’s designed to. Bistro du Vin’s burger could fill several holes; by my handy pocket theodolite it seems to stand six inches tall

Great British Chefs app

The Great British Chefs app is sophisticated, easy to use and contains 180 recipes by some of the country’s finest chefs – definitely worth a £4.99 investment.

Nothing trivial about Truvia

It’s a sugar substitute albeit a remarkable one. Truvia is that Holy Grail, a zero calorie sugar that’s made from a plant discovered in Argentina called a Stevia. Plenty were around to try and the sweetness of the leaves is remarkable, albeit with a bit of nettle thrown in.

Worthy Food at Glastonbury 2011

You can wade through the mud to watch bands or you can sample the food on offer. From the dark days of beanburgers and stomach cramps, festival food has come a long way. Holly Aurelius-Haddock clambers into her wellies and takes a knife an fork to the increasingly intereresting grub at Glastonbury.

Assaggetti. A new italian restaurant in London

It’s as well that Haymarket is lined with restaurants on both sides. And what a lot of restaurants there are. Well-known chains, all catering to the Croydon crowd come up West for the night. I can slander Croydon like this because I was born and lived there until I was 16, so I know of what I slag.