Looking for lager? We have the answer

There’s a lot of craft ales around, all brewed by suitably bearded men, but what do you do if you fancy a lager? Not one designed to be consumed in vast quantities before setting out for a club but something worthy of the name? Rod Jones, Beer Sommelier, Meantime Brewing recommends the top 5 lagers brewed in the capital for the capital, ahead of Craft Beer Rising.

Varietal Wines from Pays d’Oc

The modern winemakers of France’s southern Pays d’Oc region are coming up with some tasty wines that are proving very useful at the dinner table. We recommend six good value wines that demonstrate the style and quality of different ‘single grape’ varieties. 

HKK –Chinese New Year Tasting Menu reviewed

Happy New Year! No that’s not diary malfunction because, of course, it’s coming up to the Chinese New Year and this year it’s the Year of the Sheep, a special celebration of Shoreditch hipsters. Well again not really, but it is the sheep’s year all the same and Chinese restaurants from the humble to the highest are putting on special menus to celebrate.

Pisco Sour Week – nothing to be bitter about

You may or may not be aware that it’s currently London’s first ever Pisco Sour Week, a city-wide celebration of (arguably) Peru’s most delectable export. The week-long festival follows in the footsteps of the National Pisco Sour day, which is celebrated throughout Peru on the first Saturday of February.

Unearthed food and wine matching

My personal’wow moment’ of the evening was when I tried the New Zealand Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc with Four to Eight’s delectable Fontina Arancini (cheese and rice ball, fried in breadcrumbs). The scent from the glass was divine – Patrick described it as having notes of lime, saffron, fennel and nectarine – and teaming the fresh, fragrant wine with the rich, cheese-stuffed arancini was – forgive the cliché – a match made in heaven