For anyone interested in character-driven drama, The Dinner Party, which is available on DVD from 12 July, should be a rewarding experience – just keep an eye on your coffee…
Brisk Steps to a Brighter Future
Residents at Hilton’s Park Lane hotel witnessed the spectacle of chefs, critics and other ‘culinarians’ bounding into the lobby and up 56 flights of stairs for charity…
Château Thivin 2007
Chateau Thivin has an attractive deep ruby/claret colour in the glass. This is a lovely wine that is great to drink on its own, or with food, this wine’s smooth fruity flavious with a slight acidity would work equally well with cheeses and dishes that have a richness to them.
My Dining Room introduces their Pink Lunch
Having opened earlier this year, My Dining Room is certainly developing some great innovative stuff. Their latest move is to introduce a Pink Lunch available to customers from 12 till 3 Friday and Saturday lunchtimes. Priced at £15 for a two course lunch with unlimited cosmopolitans, it seemed such a good deal, we had to try it.
Tap into Berrys’ App
Originally designed for the iPhone App, Berry Brothers and Rudd’s iPad gizzmo is a powerful, free tool featuring updated vintage charts, wine producer profiles and critics’ ratings and tasting notes…
Take in the Vista at the Trafalgar Hotel
The Trafalgar Hotel, situated in the heart of London in Trafalgar Square, has unveiled Vista, its re-launched rooftop bar formerly known as the Trafalgar Roof Garden. Located on the sixth floor of this contemporary hotel, Vista is an entirely revitalised space offering views over Trafalgar Square and other London landmarks such as Big Ben and the London Eye.
Leith’s Students of The Year Announced
From an annual intake of 96, the finest students to graduate the diploma at Leith’s school of food and wine were recently rewarded with a tally of elegant and engaging prizes…
Garden Party Pub Quiz at The Avalon in aid of The Kivuli Trust
Life’s good. Make someone else’s life even better by joining The Avalon in Clapham for their first ever al fresco pub quiz in aid of The Kivuli Trust who work to ensure disabled children in East Africa have access to what we take for granted: food and drink in a safe, nurturing environment.
Entree, Clapham
‘You know that you can see right up the girls’ skirts when they climb those stairs?’ asks P, pausing for a moment from sucking on her colourful cocktail. Really dear I hadn’t noticed. Well, actually of course I’d noticed, that’s why I was busy looking anywhere but in that direction. Being thrown out of a restaurant for noncing before the starter could be viewed as unprofessional behaviour in some quarters.
Taming the Toro Beast
Over a not so light lunch at ‘Apsley’s’ at The Lanesborough, the wine world’s literati congregated to taste the wines of Manuel Fariña from the not so known Spanish wine region, Toro…