There are plenty of new restaurants opening in London over the next few weeks, check out these highlights of the restaurant calendar for October and November.
Septima & Steak menu launch
Steak and wine is a match made in heaven, but what happens when you create a tasting menu consisting wholly of beef cuts paired with top notch Argentinean wine? That’s exactly what’s going on over at Farringdon’s A La Cruz restaurant
Thali, Old Brompton Road
On a foodie stretch of Old Brompton Road Thali is up against the long standing and well loved Star of India and relative newbie Kare Kare, but Thali is in a different class. This is modern (but not mucked-about) north Indian cooking based on family recipes brought bang up to date – exactly the formula London foodies search for.
Reinventing food. Ferran Adria the man who changed the way we eat- Colman Andrews
From this book emerges the portrait of a chef who, somewhere along the way, discovered he could do something different and that a critical world starved of novelty would play along and talk him up. His food is remarkable, amazing and bloody stupid all at once. He is unique and he gives good copy. Read this book and try to work him out for yourself.
Allt-yr-Afon Restaurant, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Allt-yr-Afon really is heaven on earth for diners with a yearning for delicious food, robust flavours and tradition with a big T.
Reidel wine glasses bring out the flavour
Each glass in Reidel’s extensive range is designed as a vessel for a particular grape variety. By working in collaboration with wine producers to create a unique glass that shows off the grower’s wine to maximum effect, Reidel are able to bring out flavours that are often lost when the wine is drunk from a generic glass.
Ketel One’s London Cocktail Week Bloody Mary Recipe
London Cocktail week is fast approaching and there will be a host of shows, classes, tastings and pop-up bars for London drinkers to enjoy from 11th-17th October. Here’s a Ketel One Blood Mary recipe to get you in the mood.
British egg week recipes
As part of British Egg Week from 4th-10th October Clarence Court have teamed up with leading chefs and food writers to demonstrate that better quality eggs make better tasting dishes. Here you’ll find recipes for both kedgeree with soft-boiled egg and a classic chocolate mousse which prove the theory!
Basque terroiriste – great taste at Fortnum’s
‘Smell the fat!’ Pierre insists holding out a slice to me. I do and can pick up notes of fresh butter, hazelnuts and fern. ‘Look at the colour, he adds. It is dark red, marbled with bright white fat. ‘Hold it on your tongue and let it dissolve!’ I do and it is quite superb, one of the best hams I’ve had this year, and believe me I’ve had a few.
Che Sera, Syrah…
Because of his website’s dim catchphrase, ‘It’s just booze – drink it!’ I anticipate Washington State winemaker Charles Smith might seem loutish. Rather than produce and promote anaesthetics, I believe his resolute coolness is actually his way of disarming drinkers paralysed by European jargon and pretensions…