Now in its 4th year, Rioja Tapas Fantasticas will be returning to Potters Field Park, on the South Bank of the Thames, sandwiched between Tower Bridge and the GLA egg shaped building. Tapas Fantasticas is a free festival over the weekend of Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June, it’s a fun day out and certainly something you should consider putting in your diary.
Riedel glass technology raises the spirits
I have to admit to having a healthy degree of scepticism when asked along to a spirit tasting using Riedel stemware. Could the shape of a glass make a difference to different spirits? Surely a slug of whisky or other spirit, would smell and taste the same no matter what vessel it was served in. So I arrived at the tasting thinking that this might be a load of bunkum. How wrong could I have been?
Battlesteads, Wark upon Tyne, Northumbria
Just north of Hadrian’s Wall, Battlesteads has been winning prize after prize for its hoteliering, but what about its food? Annie Lund visits the restaurant on a scorching day in the North East.
The Commonwealth Club Kitchen
The Commonwealth Club by Trafalgar Square has always exuded an impossibly glamorous mystique. Its parade of international flags brightening the stucco-ed pillars, its jetset moniker and my visions of dallying diplomats, have always made it a bit of an exotic draw. Now, on the first Saturday of every month, its restaurant, the Commonwealth Kitchen, will be hosting music and reader events.
Singapore’s Sweet Success: SPICE Girl Janice Wong Conquers the UK
Any meal that begins with pudding is off to a perfect start, in my opinion. So Janice Wong of Singapore’s 2am: dessertbar was already in my good books as I dug into my first forkful of her ‘Chilli Chocolate Coral”—a reddish chunk of soft, creamy and surprisingly spicy cocoa laced with peanut butter—served as an appetizer at a recent seven-course lunch.
Beer and Bratwurst in Nuremburg
By Air Berlin it’s about a 100 minute journey today from Gatwick to the German city of Nuremburg. Back in 1944 it took the Allied air force a little bit longer but when they left, an hour later, 90% of the city was smoking rubble. Today the smoke is all from bratwursts grilling in this fascinating city where beer is beloved.
Review of Blues Kitchen Camden, live music, Tex Mex soul food
The blues: is it just for old men? Is that why two 50-ish blokes were dispatched to achingly hip Camden to review Blues Kitchen? Moray Stuart discovered that there is no room for chat at a live music gig.
London pub turns heads on Clapham Common
It seems to be a common problem to feel let down by your memories of people or places. They normally don’t live up to that warm, fuzzy feeling you had when you were young, fortunately at the Windmill, this wasn’t one of those occasions..
Malcolm John’s Fish and Grill Putney
Malcolm John’s empire continues to expand apace. This experienced chef/owner doesn’t do this by blowing up bloggers’ noses, but by picking undervalued locations outside Central London and delivering good French Bistro style food at a good price.
Bombay Sapphire project your imagination thames cruise
Act fast to apply for this one-off spectacular Thames cruise as guests of Bombay Sapphire to see the winner of its global Project Your Imagination competition projected on Battersea Power Station this Wednesday, 8th June in the evening.