This event will see The Future Gallery transformed into a vast indoor picnic area. While dismal London weather prevails outside, visitors can kick back, remove their shoes and enjoy their own summery picnic.
Chino Latino, Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London
Chino Latino is an excellent restaurant, we enjoyed our meal there and the ambience enormously. Situated on the south bank of the Thames, diagonally opposite the Houses of Parliament, it is a little away from central London’s restaurant land, but it is well worth making the effort to seek out.
Five a day, the Spanish way
After hearing about these remarkable fruits, it was time to taste some tapas, specially created by Ibèrica Head Chef Santiago Guerrero, all using Spanish raspberries and strawberries. Not necessarily an easy task, given that these fruits aren’t renowned for pairing with meat and fish – but we had open minds.
Midnight Feasts
Midnight Feasts conjures up a misty-eyed nostalgia, which makes for an enjoyable wallow in memories, but more than that, there are ideas for everyone in here, from the novice to the more accomplished cook: and better still, 100% of the profits go to Springboard for Children.
After Eight mint chocolate chip & ginger meringue ice
One to eat late at night in front of the telly
After Eight mint and vanilla cheesecake
Something very tasty and wickedly dark
St Patrick’s Day at Aubrey’s
Aubrey in the Irish-owned Kensington Hotel have put together a traditionally Irish 3 course set menu to be served for lunch and dinner on St Patrick’s Day, priced at just £35.
London’s oldest french restaurant starts saturday lunch service for the first time in 50 years
Mon Plaisir is London’s oldest French restaurant at over half a century, a rare entity in London’s fast-changing restaurant scene. In 1942 Charles de Gaulle dined at Mon Plaisir, and for generations this family-run institution has been serving authentic French cuisine and now, after 50 years, they will be open for lunch service on a Saturday.
Brunello at The Baglioni Hotel blows us away
Last night we had a meal that is only available for three days more. Pino Lavarra, executive chef of the two Michelin starred Rossellini’s restaurant at Palazzo Sasso in Ravello on the Amalfi coast, is at Brunello at The Baglioni Hotel as part of a year long exchange of chefs.
Seasonal Spanish Food – Jose Pizarro
A professional chef, and the man behind the successful Brindisa tapas kitchens, Jose Pizaro knows his stuff. As Spain continues to culinarily crush all before it, thanks to the El Bulli factor, Jose still has his heart set on the simple honesty of tapas type meals.