As a miserable Londoner I tend not to venture much farther than zone three in search of fodder.  While anywhere not on the tube map, well you may as well be in Scotland. However, I will make an exception now and then if something special is promised.

Nick finds a spark of food genius is sputtering brightly in Shoreditch

Poppy Laking frolics amongst the bunnies at Salvatore’s, the Playboy Club’s bar and restaurant. 

Nick finds a lot to be cheerful about at the new House of Ho (ho ho ho)

Danielle Woodward enjoys a Japanese take on Western fast food in Soho

Cubana use free-range chicken, pork and eggs and Marine Stewardship Council certified wild fish, which can’t be bad and on this showing the food has potential if treated as part of a night out on the sauce, rather than as a destination restaurant.

Lucy takes a trip to the Old Bailey and finds the new Burger & Lobster guilty of being as delicious as ever.

Nick finds turkey isn’t such a dumb bird after all when he reviews a pop up of a soon to arrive permanent restaurant serving a middle East take on the big beast.

Looking for a hot lunch snack’solution’, Nick goes into Grab and gets him some tasty Thai

I haven’t been to The Globe Theatre since a school trip circa 1996, and from what I remember it mostly involved walking around in the rain for a good 7 hours, and then standing knackered and soaked in the theatre for what seemed like another couple of days.