David finds he’s not exactly ‘mad for it’ when he chow meins down in’Best Local Chinese Restaurant in the UK’ (Gordon Ramsay’s F Word 2009)
Restaurant Review – The Rotunda Kings Cross
The coldest day of the year thus far, and we’ve battled a blizzard and the treacherous frozen pavements around Kings Cross to arrive at tonight’s destination, The Rotunda. Emerging into the lively and brightly lit atrium, we made our way to the entrance, picking our way through a busy bar filled with theatre-goers and Guardian staffers.
How to cook rice – tips from the masterchefs
Rice is not nice. In fact it proves resolutely unkind to me when I attempt to cook it every which way. I’ve tried everything: rinsing, stirring, leaving it alone, covering it, salting it and standing over it murmuring talismanic incantations like a grainy shaman. So for fellow failures, here’s a host of tips and tricks from my savviest friends.
A nation which likes a foodie celebration?
I see it’s almost National Potato Day. And Farmhouse Breakfast Week. But does branding a particular period with a high falutin’ moniker actually up consumption? I’m not sure I believe people from Perth to Portsmouth are downing beans by the bucketload simply because some trade body deemed it The Day To Do So.
Where to celebrate Burns’ Night
Ahhh, meat. Like wot London went batshit crazy for in 2012 in the myriad monoglottals opening throughout the capital faster than you could say’with a moo moo here’. And with his Selkirk Grace, old Rabbie Burns inadvertently provided the perfect mantra for the meat-lovin’ masses.
Book review: Cook Wrap Sell- Bruce McMichael
These days, who doesn’t have a culinary speciality? You can’t visit a friend for fear of being bestowed with yet another jar of their ‘special chutney’. But wouldn’t it be nice to sell your wares to willing customers instead?
Rustic Indian Shahi cook-in sauce recipes
Keeping a few sachets of Rustic Indian’s cook-sauces to hand is a convenient way to knock up a speedy yet ‘healthy, nutritious, vegetarian and gluten-free’ meal, like these ‘Shahi’ dishes fit for royalty.
The Bowler’s Meatball Cookbook
Isn’t mince just magic? Doesn’t need chewing and is so versatile. Use it in your spag bol or chile con carne, shape it into a burger, stuff it into peppers or roll it into balls. The last option is the one Jez Felwick feels is best and considering he’s done all right out of these balls, who can doubt him?
Kurt Fleming’s Classic Collier’s Welsh Rarebit recipe
Collier’s Cheddar does what it says on the tin- Powerful and Welsh. Use it to knock up this ultimate rarebit.
Chez Gerard- Bishopsgate
It’s very City inside – J and I being the only people in the restaurant not wearing ties. Downstairs is a busy bar while upstairs there’s a la carte on offer. It’s a bit of a climb up there as the lift only takes one person – presumably it was designed by the same people who make the escape pods for Bond villains.