Allens of Mayfair launches its own range of products and online ordering. From mid July, all of Allens produce will, for the first time, be available to order online for nationwide delivery.
Harrison’s Restaurant Balham London
With a set menu at £14 for two courses, and just £17 for three, that looked really very tempting and excellent value Harrison’s goes up against a restaurant group like Locale (also in Balham) and wins by classy mains cooking and a far more central, buzzy, location.
China Tang London Restaurant
Five months after the actual event, I was being treated to a birthday dinner at The Dorchester’s Cantonese, ‘China Tang’ which takes its name from Sir David Tang, clothes designer, gold-miner and cigar aficionado – Cuba’s Honorary Consul no less.
Tomato Kumato?
Kumatos come from a ‘lost’ wild tomato plant, and developer Syngenta has spent the last ten year’s developing the Mini Kumato® specifically for UK tastes through traditional cross-breeding, to offer tomato fans a new taste experience.
Cook in Boots- Ravinder Bhogal
Chapters headed ‘Fall off the carb free wagon’, ‘Work to live, live to eat’, ‘Remote control and a meal for one’ don’t exactly inspire me, but I am merely a heterosexual man and what do I know of the modern young woman’s needs? ‘Bugger all’, says my wife.
Oooh Betty! The fine food pantry in Brook Green
The summer months are fast approaching (allegedly) and longer lazy days are nearly upon us – What better to enjoy this time of year than a picnic hamper from Betty Blythe’s Fine Food pantry.
Tapas at The Gore
‘The whole area was an orchard before 1892,’ says co-owner Edward Bracken, thoughtfully spearing a warm garlicky olive, part of a large spread of tapas he’s had set out in front of us. ‘It once served as the Turkish Embassy, but otherwise was a hotel almost from the start almost a hundred years ago. As a hotel it was originally run by two descendants of Captain Cook!’ Such links to the past seem to come naturally to this unique place.
My Restaurant Wedding Show 2009
Before the dress can be made, the suits tailored and the rings sized, choosing the perfect wedding venue can be the first major hurdle for a happy couple. For those searching for a stunning backdrop with a spice-infused twist, fine-dining Indian restaurant, The Cinnamon Club, is a wedding licensed destination with a difference, and host to My Restaurant Wedding Show 2009.
Jom Makan. Malaysian on wheels
Jom Makan means ‘Let’s go eat’ in Malaysian, which is the sort of invitation I like to receive. So much better than ‘Come into my office and shut the door,’ which in my experience has never ended particularly well.
My cousin Rosa
The book is divided into sensible sections that essentially follow the long timeline of an Italian meal – antipasto, brodo, pasta, carne e pesce, verdura and dolce. Each is punctuated by Rosa’s reminiscences of her life and her family’s life in Sicily and the photographs throughout are in the currently popular style which flattens colours to attractive earthy tones.