Japanese food via Denmark? Why not? After all we happily lap up their crime drama and snap up the mosses and lichens of the ‘world’s best restaurant’ in Noma, Copenhagen. Can sushi also bow to the mighty power of the Viking warriors? Let’s see.

‘Hooray, hooray, it’s a Holi, holiday!’… For the uninitiated, Holi is one of India’s maddest, most colourful festivals- a chance for mad March hares to fling brightly coloured powders at one another, eat copiously and brilliantly, and in general, just have a rum old time. And ‘Bombay cafe’ Dishoom is celebrating in style.

Cookbook Cafe at the InterContinental London Park Lane is introducing a ’50 Mile Menu’ celebrating the finest, seasonal and sustainable British ingredients which can be sourced within a 50 mile radius of the hotel.

Marston’s are celebrating 2012 by producing 12 single hop ales – that is, ales all produced in the same way to the same 4% ABV but using a different hop.

Last year, crispy dumplings were a huge hit at London’s first ever pop-up Japanese gyoza bar- and this month, The White Horse in Hoxton is gearing up to do it all over again.

The bar is so new you can still smell freshly-sawn wood but its intimate and cosy. At the far end, two almost horizontally laid-back old blues player are showing how it’s done. ‘I don’t want the music down here to be drowning out conversation, but be behind it,’ Malcolm adds while trying one of his own mini puddings of slow-braised ox cheek.

It seems clothes, shoes and bags aren’t the only things on sale this January. Take a look at these top spots around the city for snacking and sipping.

Punchy mouthfuls with a huge aftermath sum up this evening – an exciting menu that explores the best of this season’s game, at a special game night on 23rd January at Charlotte’s Bistro in Chiswick. With a Michelin Bib Gourmand, it’s worth the 20 minute tube journey to experience chef Wesley Smalley’s award-winning skills. Get there like a shot, recommends Joanna Biddolph.

To celebrate Giorgio Locatelli’s BBC 2 series, Sicily unpacked, Refettorio, will be staging a themed three-week Sicilian promotion to coincide with the programme.

Never ones to make a scene, Scottish beer craftsmen and guzzlers Brewdog have rolled into the Big Smoke, on a tank