In which Zoe Perrett discovers the fascinating history of the spirit considered responsible for the downfall of many a housewife.
The Malt House
Times change and pubs are dying. Conversion into the sort of place the Bosis have created seems the only way to avoid demolition or conversion into flats. With easy to digest prices for above average cooking this could easily become a regular haunt for locals. All in all quite a result for Fulham and clearly premier league stuff.
Smoking It Up In St James’s
The primary draw for most London residents will be its restaurant, The Blue Boar Smokehouse and Bar – serving up American soul food classics. Taking his inspiration from the top US’pit masters’, Head Chef Jon Ingram has created a testosterone-fuelled menu of slow-cooked meat, charcoal and wood-grilled steaks and other such meaty offerings.
Haddock and Leek Risotto
Show off your skill with a bit of smoked haddock by serving this risotto as a brilliant brunch for your Mum on the 10th.
Feast hits Tobacco Dock in March
This Spring FEAST will play host to the best of London’s restaurants and Street Food including Dishoom, Rita’s, HIX, Patty and Bun, Caravan, Wright Brothers, Meringue Girls, Disco Bistro, Mishkin’s, The Bowler, Bone Daddies, Roti Chai, and Frederiks.
Fifteen Cornwall
Established in Cornwall for six years now, Jamie Oliver’s ‘Fifteen’ has re-equipped and re-styled with a new interior by Helen Blake of Absolute launching itself into the 2013 season.
Belt up.. K10 opens a new kaiten restaurant in the City
They say some restaurants have a conveyor belt mentality – customers in and customers out. Well K10 are proud to have a real conveyor belt.This contemporary’kaiten’ Japanese restaurant K10 serves up Japanese food and is now set to expand with the launch of a second, larger restaurant on nearby Appold Street at the end of the month
Fox’s Limited Edition Rocky Double Choc Orange 2013
Where there is chocolate there is orange – as artisan chocolatiers and well-known big brands always seem to discover. Those nice people at Fox’s sent us a packet of their new Limited Edition Rocky Double Choc Orange biscuit bars and cheered us up on a chilly winter day
Cinnamon restaurant group’s Holi menus
March 27th is Holi, that bright riot that is India’s most colourful festival, and all three of Vivek Singh’s Cinnamon restaurants are planning celebrations more technicolour than Joseph’s gaudy Dreamcoat.
Restaurant review – Sauterelle at The Royal Exchange
If you’ve ever been to the Royal Exchange but skipped Sautrelle, you’ve missed a trick, because there’s some top food to be found inside. You can sample a little bit from the classy French menu in the Grand Café on the ground floor, but the best experience comes when you dine in the official restaurant upstairs.