Saki, the Japanese restaurant and bar in Smithfield is renowned for its excellent sake list and for promoting Japan’s favourite drink among London’s discerning diners. This March, Saki dedicates the whole month to sake from Japan’s Nagano prefecture.

Banishing the bland, Belgravia’s fine-dining Thai restaurant Mango Tree is going curry crazy to celebrate their most popular dish this March. Introducing a fiery fortnight of flavour from 9th – 22nd, diners can indulge in four new invigorating curries, courtesy of executive chef Mark Read.

Trishna restaurant in Marylebone, has created a tasting menu for diners that harnesses the vitality and healing power of food, according to the ancient principles of Ayurvedic medicine. Ayurveda, from the Sanskrit words ‘Ayus’ (life) and ‘Veda’ (science) and meaning ‘the science of life’ is a 5000-year-old holistic healing system of traditional medicine, native to India.

Kettner’s Champagne Bar, a favourite hangout of in-the-know Soho drinkers, has long been at the heart of the landmark Georgian building on Romilly Street. Along with its dashing 21st Century makeover, the Champagne Bar also now boasts an impressive new Champagne list, created by wine guru Nigel Sutcliffe.

Try to get a table for afternoon tea in the capital and you better be quick off the mark. Our charming afternoon tradition of taking tea with sandwiches, scones and dainty pastries has become de rigeur. It may feel decadent in these uncertain times, but afternoon tea is lighter on the wallet than dining out in the evening … and is now lighter on the conscience.

In April 2009 Paisarn Cheewinsiriwat, the acclaimed Executive Chef of Chiva-Som, Thailand’s internationally renowned wellness resort will travel to London to conduct a week of prestigious events at Claridge’s.

Every year on Mother’s Day we all scratch our heads for that perfect and elusive Mother’s Day present. So, The Kitchen of Parsons Green have come up with a selection of unique gift ideas for kids of all ages to create an extra special treat this Mothering Sunday.

One year, four seasons and hours of digging since opening and The Potting Shed is trailblazing the grow-your-own food revolution.To the rear of their country pub in the Cotswolds owners Jonathan Barry and Julian Muggridge have created a large kitchen garden providing Chef Dan Wyatt with fresh, organic vegetables, salad leaves and herbs.

London’s pioneering ‘nouvelle Indian’ restaurant, Tamarind, never stands still, as shown by its regularly changing seasonal lunch menus created by acclaimed chef, Alfred Prasad. Alfred is revered in the industry for his mastery of spices and his exciting contemporary cuisine that successfully marries the traditional with the contemporary