This Christmas, Natalie Allen’s Sweet Things Cakery in Primrose Hill’s quirky range of festive cakes include a Giant Chocolate Christmas Pudding Cupcake – shaped and decorated like a traditional Christmas pudding, it is in fact a chocolate cupcake made with the finest Belgian chocolate filling and butter icing

National Curry Week 2009 is set to start. Running from 22nd to 28th November, throughout Britain, it has the dual aims of promoting the cuisine and culture and raising money for the less advantaged around the world.

One year old Trishna clearly intends to stick around to draw its pension and with the standards so high, and with no signs of slipping, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t. Join the celebration and fight for that booking.

If you were to breakfast at the Lancaster London Hotel, a little bit of honey is all that you might expect to be allowed to pour onto your porridge, not because the chef fears for your digestion, but because at the moment there is very little precious honey available. For the honey served here is being produced from the bee colonies housed in hives on the roof of the hotel.

To ensure couples only get the best and avoid a row, Mango Tree, the fine dining Thai restaurant in Belgravia, is offering a deliciously generous ‘sharing menu’ available from the 9^th until 22^nd November.

Tsuru, a Japanese restaurant behind the Tate Modern is to host a tasting of Japanese whisky on Tuesday 24^th November. Jen Dickson, an expert in Japanese whisky will guide guests through a range of whiskies from world-renowned producers Nikka and Suntory.

The Bingham hotel, restaurant and bar, on the banks of the River Thames in Richmond, took gold in the ‘Best Gastronomic Experience’ and ‘Best Small Hotel/B&B of the year’ categories at the BT Visit London Awards, announced on 5th November.

At a remarkable £950.00 per person, the menu must be booked 48 hours in advance for parties of 4 or 8 persons only. So, if the price tag is within your budget, or you and your friends just fancy spoiling yourself on the run up to the festive season, why not go for it!