Cornish Sea Salt is bursting with flavour this spring with the launch of its new Sea Salt Flakes – a pure sea salt that not only tastes great, but that adds the perfect gourmet finishing touch to a dish
Bianco43 Trafalgar Sq Review
I’ve got a slice of pizza in my hand and I’m looking at a picture of a scruffy bloke with a dark goatee. It clicks. It’s Caravaggio. I recognise him not because I’m a man of art, but because I’m old enough to remember his face on a lira note.
The House of Holi
A puff of blue explodes in my face. Then a puff of yellow. Holy rainbow coloured smoke! I’m surrounded by a mob, and I can’t see much although I’m still laughing. Fortunately it’s not an angry mob but an excitable crowd, intent on causing harmless devastation by primary colour. The occasion: it’s the Hindu festival of Holi.
Karma Cans: good for the belly (and the soul)
Karma Cans is a venture set up by a bright young graduate called Eccie, providing freshly cooked lunches that are delivered to your office by bicycle during your lunch hour.
Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Cafe to open at Heathrow Terminal 2
Who better than the country’s top experimental chef to turn airport dining around? In June, this dream will become a reality as Heston Blumenthal will be opening The Perfectionists’ Cafe in Heathrow Terminal 2.
United Ramen
Fun and games of a ramen quiz and a chopstick using competition all helped the event rattle along nicely while the adventure of the outside lavs gave everyone who used them a war story to dine out on. All in all a good night out with fun food and all involved put on a solid performance
Jamaica Patty Co to open in Covent Garden in late March
Caribbean food is getting ever more popular in the Capital. We recently reviewed the new Carnaby branch of The Rum Kitchen and now Covent Garden is set to get a taste of the Caribbean as new restaurant Jamaica Patty Co is opening on 22nd March.
Satisfy your gut with Burger King’s Satisfries
Burger King has just released a new type of fries which aims to satisfy customers whilst being significantly healthier. Satisfries are a new French fries offering that contains 30% less fat than in Burger King’s nearest competitor’s offering. Released in the USA in 2013 to positive response, Burger King now hope that the fries will take the UK by storm too.
Super Tuscan wine week
Enoteca Super Tuscan, the Italian wine bar in the heart of Spitalfields, will be hosting Super Tuscan Wine Week from 28th April to 2nd May.
Waterloo sunset – Lower Marsh Market
Lower Marsh is the rather grim street at the side of Waterloo station with its unloved charity shops, tatty vintage and sex stores. A couple of greasy spoons complete the picture, although I do confess a liking for the homely Camel & Artichoke pub, which dates back to the days when the Artichoke was an old hostellery past which artichokes were transported from the docks to the tables of Westminster and the City