Tea and tulips Mother’s day at The Goring

To celebrate Mother’s Day weekend this year, The Goring in Belgravia – www.thegoring.com – the oldest family-owned hotel in London, will be awash with tulips from Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd March. The tulips will be flown in fresh from Holland by the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Centre and will be displayed throughout the hotel.

Mums eat free for Mother’s Day

Celebrating Mother’s Day, Mela, the country-style Indian restaurant group is spoiling all mums by treating them to a delicious meal on the 22nd March for absolutely nothing! What better way to show your Mum how much you love her than to whisk her to Mela for a delicious range of Indian dishes from the à la carte menu, while you can tuck in too – knowing that it’s not going to break the bank.

Festival de la Mer at le Bouchon Breton during March and April 2009

This Spring, Spitalfields best loved French brasserie, Le Bouchon Breton launches a stunning Festival de la mer, an exceptionally well priced selection of seafood based treats to celebrate the last few months of the season. Throughout March and April, the team at Le Bouchon Breton have come up with a very special seafood ‘Festival menu” which features three delectable seafood courses, ½ a bottle of white Burgundy (Macon) per person all for the recession busting price of just £25 a head. This menu is available at both lunch and dinner.

Nagano sake at Saki this month

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.

Mango Tree goes curry crazy

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.

Ayurvedic Tasting Menu at Trishna

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.