I wasn’t in town the first time round when Loubet was doing his thing at Bistro Bruno and L’Odeon, but I’ll certainly join in with the ‘welcome back’ chorus. Just as long as the chef keeps busting out dishes like the Mauricette snails…
WABI – Horsham’s Highest Profile Eatery
Former Nobu Head Chef, Scott Hallsworth talks about ‘Wabi’, a brand new Japanese restaurant in Horsham, Sussex.
Viajante. London
Viajante is not your average eatery, let’s be honest… it is more of an ‘experience’ than a run-of-the-mill restaurant, but it is quite special indeed. I think that it is definitely somewhere that the consummate foodies among you should experience before it becomes too trendy, too popular and too impossible to get a reservation at.
Your chance to bid on over 40 amazing culinary experiences at some of the world’s finest restaurants
Food lovers from around the world now have the chance to bid on eBay for unique meals and experiences at internationally renowned restaurants featured in this year’s S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, with all proceeds going to the event’s official charity partner, humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger.
A foodie weekend in Aberdeenshire
Venison and whisky lord over the menu when Anita Pati takes a foodie trip of Aberdeenshire. And the cock pheasants spar while the Cairngorms twinkle. What else in a land where monarch of the glen, stovies and a warming dram bring a welcome fit for royalty?
Fish n Chips – still flying the flag after 150 years
Fish and Chips, now 150 years old is, depending on where you live in the UK, good bad or downright terrible. The dish that helped batter Hitler – it was never rationed and special trains were laid on to ensure the whole country got their portions every day – has in too many places descended to be a sad shadow of its former sel
Cornish Cove Cheddar – say cheese please
Our Cornish correspondent nibbles away at this new local (to him) cheese and likes it while the makers sling us over two rather tempting recipes to make the most of it
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2010 -Bulli gets bashed at last
Its finally here, the list has been compiled and we went to along to last night’s prestigious ‘San Pellegrino – World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ awards evening at The Guildhall in London, to see who came tops
Avalon opens in Shoreditch – ironic trilbys get a night out
Avalon grew on me as the night progressed, but a couple of things still spoiled my evening. A packed guest list meant that the venue was too full and made moving around almost impossible. Then there’s the lighting, which baffled me. If your main clientele are the colourful array that Avalon will presumably attract then covering everyone in red lighting, which not only dulls outfits but also conceals the luxurious décor, seems a wrong decision.
Bellevue-designed to a T
It’s not often we spend more time in the office looking at packaging rather than the food within it, but the Bellevue Tea sample pack had designers rushing over from their Macs to coo and drool over this elegant tea’s exterior.