We like gnashing on some G’NOSH. These fresh, chunky and frankly just bloomin’ tasty dips are the brainchild of Charlotte Knight. They’re not just good for dunking all manner of stuff in, though- oh no. Will Torrent demonstrates their neat versatility in this recipe.
Chinese Cricket Club’s Chinese New Year menu
‘Kung hei fat choi’ might sound like it describes how you feel after a few too many spring rolls as you watch dragons dance their way through Chinatown, but it’s also the way to bid your celebrating compatriots’Happy New Year’ on 10th February.
Blackwood’s at Nira Caledonia
Blackwood’s at Nira Caledonia intends to raise the bar for fine dining in Edinburgh, and with his state-of-the-art Josper grill, head chef David Scott hopes to smoke out his New Town neighbours. Janet Watson fights her way through the wind and rain to find out if he can do the business.
Dhruv Baker’s Malaysia Kitchen demos at Wing Yip
Dhruv Baker is embarking on a tasty tour with Malaysia Kitchen, bringing the country’s cuisine to the masses with a series of February demos at Wing Yip oriental superstores across London.
Interview with Wabi’s Scott Hallsworth
Wabi’s modern Japanese food looks good and gor, blimey, it tastes good too. For all his weird-and-wonderful culinary wizardry, chef Scott Hallsworth maintains a deceptively calm composure. But there’s a lot going in the head of that genial bloke with the easy grin…
Restaurant review- Wabi London
They say absinthe possesses potent mind-bending properties. And a ‘green fairy’-laced decoction at Scott Hallsworth’s Wabi certainly sets me up for a meal surreal from the scratchings that tell the eye’pork’ but scream’rice’ in the mouth, to a dessert of more ‘chocolate textures’ than you could shake a Flake at.
Fortnum and Mason’s pop-up bakery
We won’t bore you with the news that baking’s big business. We will, however, regale you with the tale that Fortnum & Mason are launching a temporary bakery and stoking shopper’s fires with goodies from a regularly changing roster of top chefs.
Adam Simmonds joins The Great British Menu lineup
Watching big name egos wrangling for supremacy over talented underdogs will be even funnier on this year’s The Great British Menu, which culminates in a Comic Relief charity banquet. For this series, Michelin-starred Adam Simmonds sharpened his knives for the first time.
Vouvray
Alan Kingsbury makes friends with a bottle of Vouvray, the underappreciated ‘demi-sec’ classic of the Loire.
Taking a tapas trail in Madrid
San Sebastian may have all the headlines when it comes to food, but Madrid can still make the grade. And when you get tired of tapas, there’s the museums and art. With Gastronomica Madrid 2013 now on, Nick Harman hit the city streets to see what’s on offer.