The clever people at Knightsbridge-based BQ Brasserie have come up with the bright idea of combining fabulous food in their relaxed eatery, with cultural enlightenment courtesy of the V&A
Anticipation for Dinner grows
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is set to be one of 2011’s hottest new restaurants and after its original opening was delayed in December (thanks to the ‘mayhem’ of Christmas according to someone in the know) we are now only a matter of two weeks away from discovering whether Blumenthal’s first restaurant in London is Fat Duck or lame duck.
To give their diners a New Year’s gift, The Fish Place is offering them them the opportunity to pay whatever they think their meal is worth – for one week only.
To give their diners a New Year’s gift, The Fish Place is offering them the opportunity to pay whatever they think their meal is worth – for one week only.
High Hopes for Team UK in the ‘Culinary Oscars’
Thousands of supporters from all over the world will descend on France’s culinary capital for the duration of the Bocuse d’Or. It is unlike any other culinary competition and more akin to a sporting event, with fans clashing pans, sounding horns and cheering as their candidate presents his/her beautifully presented platters to a panel of 24 judges.
Pommery Endorses Gladiatorial Polo
Sponsored by Champagne Pommery, teams from Argentina, England, Scotland and South Africa will play against eachother at London’s O2 arena on February 24. The highlight will be The Churchill cup in which England faces Argentina.
Free Zacapa 23 digestif with every limited edition dessert ordered at aqua neuva
If you’re on a January detox, you’re probably finding temptation at every turn. Here’s another rather devilish temptation from Ron Zacapa and aqua neuva.
Guilty chocolate pleasures
There’s a lot of talk about January detox but admit it, how many of you have already fallen off the bandwagon? And even if you’re still going strong, isn’t the best part of the detox the day when you get to retox? And there’s nothing so tempting as the guilty pleasure of chocolates so that’s why Qin Xie has brought you the ultimate guide to chocolate in the next few months.
The Fish Place, a fish restaurant by the river Thames in London
The menu isn’t all fish, but as it’s the speciality what else would you want to eat? I like their mission statement “We aim to serve top quality fish, caught in British waters without too much fuss… food is to be eaten not photographed”. A a brief glance at the interweb blogs proves that this latter gentle admonition hasn’t stopped a succession of food twitchers levelling their Canons at the Poissons all the same.
From pork to fork, Peaches pubs, butchery course
The day would one day come, I knew, when I’d be confronted with pig carcass. And that day came to pass in rural Oxfordshire this winter, and I was armed with a handsaw. I’m not vegetarian so when Peaches, the 13-strong chain of gastropubs, invited me to a butchery session at their headquarters near Bicester I reckoned it was only honest to go.
John Burton-Race joins the team at My Dining Room, Fulham
My Dining Room, the French gastropub in the heart of Fulham, has recruited John Burton-Race to help them help them develop their menu and introduce dishes that match with their ethos of delivering ‘honest French food’.