At their meeting on Tuesday 1st September, at the Meat and Wine Co., the Club tested our taste buds and knowledge of wines. Accompanying the tastings we had canapés, and afterwards some lovely steak, cooked medium rare, which had been cut into bite sized pieces and chips, for us to pick at. At a cost of £20 per head it seemed to us to be remarkably good value for what we had.
Mongolian Lamb Skewers with Peanut Noodles
Wonderfully aromatic marinated lamb with a hint of chilli, perfectly complimented by a cold noodle salad with a peanut and chilli dressing. Absolutely delicious as a main meal or snack and involves very little cooking.
Smirnoff to launch its new flavour vodkas in grand style.
The Smirnoff Co. Has announced recently that it will be simultaneously unveiling five huge ice sculptures across the UK on the 11th of September celebrating the national launch of two new flavours of vodka; Green Apple Smirnoff and Lime Smirnoff. Appearing in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool and London, the ice sculptures will recreate iconic landmarks from each of the five major UK cities in the form of scaled-down replicas.
No fudging the quality – we try premium biscuits from Fudges
The Fudges believe a biscuit should taste wonderful and so butter is what they choose to use, just as they use real lemon zest in their lemon biscuits. In fact all the biscuits in their large arsenal are made from fine ingredients carefully sourced. The biscuits themselves are hand crafted, shaped and baked using methods not much different from those used fifty years ago.
Greens Cornhill
It’s a cliché of course to say that restaurants like Greens offer comfort food for the upper classes. This is a notion based on the idea that the upper classes don’t like ‘fancy’ food or stuff from Johnny Foreigner. They’re supposed to only like food that reminds them of nursery or public school. Well, as it happens, I am an ex-public schoolboy meself doncha know and we were never served oysters or lobster at our place. No doubt things were different at Eton.
Chef Alan Coxon launches a taste of the past for kitchens of the future
Chef and ‘Food Archaeologist’ Alan Coxon has recently launched his Historic Food range. This range of products will enable you to explore reproductions of some of the flavours and ingredients that once may have adorned tables of Mediaeval Knights, mighty Roman Emperors, and Ancient Greek temples with his Historic Vinaigre and Historic Pickles and Chutneys ranges. We can recomment all three wholeheartedly.
Great deals and how to create the perfect risotto with Strada
Strada are holding a Risotto Festival in its restaurants throughout September to celebrate the classic Italian dish. Four new risotto dishes will be available on the menu, inspired by the Northern Italian regions of Piedmont, Milan, Lombardy and Venice where risotto has its roots. Plus we have a recipe for the perfect risotto.
The Crowne Plaza get a new cafe
The Crowne Plaza London -The City, has announced the completion of its brand new Lobby Café. Replacing a lounge area, the lobby has undergone a complete facelift to provide a handy cafe for the local community with a menu playing strongly on its close proximity to Smithfield Market, offering a fine selection of traditional meat dishes
No Love Lost – Damien Hirst at the Wallace Restaurant
To celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst’s new collection ‘No Love Lost: New Paintings by Damien Hirst’, the Wallace Restaurant at The Wallace Collection in Marylebone has created an exclusive private view and dinner package.
Encore for the Rooftop’s picnics and plays
The Deck’s Rooftop Picnics and Plays at the National Theatre proved so popular this August that a September date has been released to say
sayonara to the summer.