Shoppers, workers and local residents around Whiteleys Shopping Centre will be interested to learn that between 1st September and 31st December 2009, the Whiteleys branch of the YO! Sushi restaurant chain is offering a 25% discount on their YO! To Go take away and delivery orders.

Min Jiang’s first birthday celebrations mean they’re offering all diners a complimentary Min Jiang fortune cookie during their birthday week from 7th – 13th September plus complimentary tastings of its renowned Beijing duck from 7th-11th September for guests dining at the restaurant.

All over the UK food lovers are coming together to celebrate local produce and local stars. Why not wander over to Worcester for some serious flavours, add Aldeburgh to your list of must eats this year, carry on down to Cornwall and drink a dram or three in Scotland?

Golden Harvest will have a special menu “Back to the Sixties” from 27th of August until the end of September. Every Monday and Tuesday diners will be able to enjoy lunch and dinner from the menu which comprises of a choice of 40 dishes, all at just £2.50 per dish. Normally the same dishes at the restaurant costs upwards of £10.

The dining equivalent of train spotters will be charging their digital cameras and powering up their Tweetdecks with the news that Heinz Beck is to open a new restaurant in the Lanesborough on Hyde Park Corner in September.

Why go to Munich to experience the famous Oktoberfest? For the sixth year in a row, the Bavarian Beerhouse in London is organising its own Oktoberfest, featuring Bavarian-style fun, entertainment and live music. It may well involve sausages!

The new quiz nights at Tom & Ed Martin’s recently opened Cadogan Arms on the King’s Road have become the hot spot for trivia champions and Chelsea’s aspiring intelligentsia. Taking place every Monday evening, this is your chance to have some competitive fun, test your general knowledge and win a £100 bar tab in the process.

Chelsea restaurant Papillon re-launches this month with a new head chef, Tom Hempstead, and a new brasserie-style menu.

Got an iPhone? Then get a cocktail.When you’re on a night out or you’re having a party and are in need of some great drinks recipes fast – the newly launched Sagatiba App has all the answers.

On Tuesday 8th September, The Avalon, the Clapham public house owned by Tom Peake, Mark Reynolds and Nick Fox, will showcase an exclusive five-course gastronomic feast, paired with fine wines from the award winning Waterkloof Estate in the prestigious Stellenbosch region of South Africa The menu, with wines, is priced at just £38.50 per head, with only 20 tickets available, wine lovers will need to act quickly to reserve a seat.