With Shrove Tuesday on 4th March, a little under a week away, we’ve prepared the definitive guide. Whether it’s staying in and cooking your own or going out and sampling what the capital’s restaurants have to offer, we’ve got you covered.

Gaucho, the steak place that was there before most other steak places, have created a special hot menu for Valentine’s day at Gaucho City  that won’t cause any embarrassment later. Hot but not spicy it gives a warm romantic glow without the usual after effects How do I know? Well I got a preview.

ETM has lined up a series for gourmet evenings for 2014 and highlights include: Ayrshire Veal and Fine Wines, Wild Scottish Salmon and Riesling, Suckling Pig and Alsace Wines and Game and Bordeaux.

London’s Italian fine dining scene is to receive a boost this Thursday, when two Michelin star Chef Antonio Mellino opens up the first UK branch of his Nerano-based restaurant Quattro Passi.

Veg-centred London restaurant Grain Store is hosting its annual Winter Feast this February 25th. Each season, Chef and owner Bruno Loubet invites various guests to aid him in creating a special one-off menu.

A new Paul A Young collection is always cause for celebration. Apt, then the first truffle I pluck from this lovely Valentine’s lot is a’Champagne cocktail’.

Next week neighbourhood fish brasserie, Kensington Place, will transform its private dining room into a pop-up restaurant: FISHBone. Yes, it’s that bone word again.

To celebrate Calcot season – the onion traditionally enjoyed in Catalonia during winter, and served with Romesco sauce, Tramontana Brindisa are launching a “Calçotada menu” which will be available from 12 – 5pm each Saturday until 15th March.

This January sees a unique twist on Chinese New Year with an exclusive collaboration between Michelin-starred Chinese dim sum teahouse Yauatcha and Harvey Nichols. The Harvey Nichols visual display team have designed a one-off window display, to be exhibited at Yauatcha in Soho from 20th January to 10th February.

It seems that London is going mad for Mexican burrito joints lately, with new stores opening up and more on the horizon. Poncho 8 has expanded West to Paddington and after tasting their burritos and salads (and liking what we ate), we decided to test out a different stalwart of the London burrito scene following their recent revamp: Tortilla.