Positioned next to a Conran furniture design shop on Marylebone High Street, plenty of style has rubbed off on the Orrery. The venue holds regular wine tastings and will be hosting a range of events over the summer including a wine dinner and Bastille day menu. Orrery’s Summer Terrace is available for entertaining and can accommodate 20 seated or 80 guests for a standing reception.
Senses of Thailand at Selfridges
From 14-30 July, Selfridges London, in partnership with the Royal Thai Embassy, Thai Trade Centre, Tourism Authority of Thailand, will be bringing a taste of the exotic to the Food Hall and selected restaurants…
Tasty journeys with East Coast.
We tried (and eventually just looked at – the chefs were more than generous!) a host of new dishes being served’at seat’ for the first time this week to passengers travelling for more than 70 minutes. Most dishes were yummy but some were a little on the’aeroplane-food’ side.
Fox & Squirrel Architecture Food Walks
With architecture and food at their core, Fox & Squirrel’s team design city walks to cater for cultural foodies around the capital. Let Fox & Squirrel take you on a sapid, cultural adventure as they introduce you to some of London’s unique and undiscovered culinary hotspots…
Restaurant safari with Taste of London
Invited to a Soho restaurant safari by the Taste of London people, I accepted straight away. The Safari was to give us a flavour of some dishes that three Soho restaurants, Quo Vadis, Gauthier Soho and Bocca di Lupo/Gelupo, would be serving up at the forthcoming Taste of London, held at Regent’s Park from 16 to 19 June this year.
The Balvenie Whisky Den in Covent Garden
Having opened on May 9,theDen has’evolved’ over the weeks, with student artists continually changing the in-Den art installations. Downstairs are now a floor maltings, with barley spread across the room to show how the grains are turned in the distillery, while in another corner an artist pieces together a barrel lamp shade.
Feversham Arms and Verbena Spa, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
A sense of calm, competent charm is exuded by the Feversham Arms. The village of Helmsley on the edge of the North Yorkshire moors is picture book perfect. The front is an old inn dating from at least 1855, expanded into the terraced cottages alongside. At the rear are modern rooms and the Verbena spa complex and an outside swimming pool kept at a comfy 31 degrees
Kammerling on Kammerling’s
A new spirit is dripping the capital. We talk to vodka ambassador and passionate drinks fanatic Alex Kammerling about his eponymous libation…
How to manage your Tabasco® addiction
If you have a Tabasco® habit, you’ll love this new way of buying it in bulk. Just make sure your kitchen shelves can stand the strain, warns Joanna Biddolph.
The Rebel Dining Society revisits The Green Room with Pernod Absinth
The Rebel Dining Society revisit a few old friends when they team up with Pernod Absinth for the second year running.