Approach The Victoria from one direction and you wonder what a nice little pub like this is doing it what appears to be a residential area, albeit one that is rather pricey. Approach from the other direction though and you realise that it’s actually just a stone’s throw from Richmond Park and ideal for walkers, cyclists and anyone to aim for.
A night with the Madame
Madame Zingara’s is an exciting, bohemian circus experience and one with fine dining to accompany the cabaret. Nick Harman went backstage to see how the kitchen pulls off a major meal every night.
How about we go downstairs and enjoy a fine Cognac with a vintage cigar?
Ajay Patel and his wife Bhavna bought a run-down shop that only sold newspapers, cigarettes and sweets in Teddington in 1992. Their vision was to eventually specialise in sales of tobacco, cigars and accessories. The shop on Broad Street started selling lots of stuff that needed to be weighed – tobacco, chocolates etc, so the name Broadweighs was created and the future began.
Value salads launched at Tossed
Tossed, the new generation of healthy eating venues focusing on main course salads, has launched a new ‘value’ range which changes weekly. All priced at £2.95, these uber wholesome salads are big on taste, generous in size, the perfect credit crunch lunch.Freshly made every few hours and displayed in the chiller cabinet, they are ready to ‘grab and go’
Dorot frozen herbs make hot dishes
Frozen herbs? Well why not, they’re convenient and far better than the dried stuff which is about as much use as sawdust. Freezing keeps the flavour and saves the waste normally asscociated with fresh herbs when the last bits go all manky in the fridge. Dorot are the masters at freezng herbs and have some rather tasty recipes. You can find Dorot frozen herbs in Sainsburys.
Take a flavour trip at the Miracle Bar
Always at the forefront of new and exciting food trends, award winning caterer Dish launches the ingenious ‘Dish Miracle Bar’ a fantastic new concept set to become talking point of the social scene, at Madame Tussauds on 3rd February 2009. The Dish Miracle Bar will literally flip guests’ taste buds with an array of specially designed canapés from an array of sour foods such as rhubarb, lemons, limes and even Guinness which will all taste wonderfully sweet!
Stoppard’s son serves no stodge food
Brought to London by Barny Stoppard, son of the playwright Tom Stoppard, Barny’s is a quick service restaurant concept, serving healthy but hearty hot food using the latest fast food technology from America, but replacing frozen, fried and processed ingredients with fresh natural ingredients. This unique project promises to change the popular notion that fast food and the machinery used to produce it has to result in greasy and unsavoury cuisine that is bad for you
The Proof is in the Pudding
An entire room has been devoted to puddings, desserts, biscuits and cakes in the new look Kettner’s – one of London’s oldest restaurants and an institution in bohemian Soho. The pudding bar display is over nine feet long, the Pudding Bar is situated right next to the grand main restaurant. It offers a splendidly sumptuous smorgasbord of sweet treats – all hand-made on the premises by patisserie chefs.
Storm Thorgerson exhibits work at Black & Blue Belsize Park
Ah the lost art of the album cover! Once CDs came in the rot started, no longer could you put on your brand new album and sit back and read the notes, the lyrics and gaze at the artwork. Not without a magnifying glass anyway. One of the best of the album artists was Storm Thorgerson and until 28th February 2009, Black & Blue in Belsize Park, 205-207 Haverstock Hill, London NW3, will be displaying an exhibition of fine art prints by this acclaimed designer and photographer who lives locally.
Imli and Tamarind celebrate the success of’Slumdog Millionaire’
Two of London’s Indian restaurants, Tamarind and Imli, are paying tribute to the success of Slumdog Millionaire with a special offer and a pair of menus that sees diners choose between traditional Mumbai-style streetfood and a lavish millionaire’s repast. As an added bonus, diners who try out one of the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ menus get a 25% discount to try the alternative menu at a later date.