Unsure of her sea legs, Anita Pati finds she doesn’t need them when she spends a day ashore with Frédéric Camonin executive chef of Azamara Club Cruises. She then gets a taste of luxury liner living without leaving dock.
Bombay Palace relaunch
Arguably, everyone loves a curry. But, as any discerning fellow knows, there’s curry and there’s curry. There’s the huge vats of base gravy turned into sickly-sweet kormas; dull, derivative dhansaks; or vicious, volcanic vindaloos. Then there are scratch cooked, silky, butter-based sauces; bright green, spanking fresh herbal preparations; and thick, nut-enriched pastes. And Bombay Palace are firm champions of the latter bunch.
Real Greek: Marylebone
Not booked to fly out to Greece this year, our wine man consoles himself with a ‘Taverna’ fix in London.
Summertime App – and the cooking is easy
Great British Chefs has chosen to donate profits from their new app to Action Against Hunger, the international aid agency committed to saving the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.
Jamie Oliver Presents The Big Feastival with Alex James
Pigs don their wellies on Alex James’ farm for the launch of ‘Jamie Oliver Presents The Big Feastival with Alex James’
Supper heroes
By day they walk amongst us, spending their weeks unnoticed, as they live out a normal life as teachers, journalists and doctors. But at the weekend, their super-human cooking powers come to life, turning their homes into pop-up restaurants around London to become ‘The Supperheroes Series’.
Courtyard at 51
I thought I knew London well, but The Courtyard at 51 was a real surprise. Hidden away in a quiet street in Victoria just minutes from the station is a secluded alfresco eating and drinking spot that I had no idea existed. I don’t mean a tiny terrace or narrow pavement that is so typical of inner London outdoor spaces: this atmospheric area with an elegant fountain as its centrepiece is a spacious oasis.
Get half price tickets to Global Feast 2012
Global Feast is an unforgettable artistic dining experience that will dish up the best foods of the world every night during the Olympic Games. Each evening 80 diners will head to the courtyard at Old Town Hall Stratford to discover a country through its cuisine starting in West African on Wednesday 25th July and ending with a symbolic handover to Brazil on Monday 13th August
Love Affair in the Kitchen; French Wines with Style
Give Alan Kingsbury a bottle of French regional wine and he starts to get hungry.. Give him two and the cooking really begins.
Restaurant review- Bombay Palace
Arguably, everyone loves a curry. But, as any discerning fellow knows, there’s curry and there’s curry. There’s the huge vats of base gravy turned into sickly-sweet kormas; dull, derivative dhansaks; or vicious, volcanic vindaloos. Then there are scratch cooked, silky, butter-based sauces; bright green, spanking fresh herbal preparations; and thick, nut-enriched pastes. And Bombay Palace are firm champions of the latter bunch.