Inc Group showcase their Christmas offerings at Tompkins

Tompkins will be offering their Christmas menus from the third week in November, and based on what we enjoyed at the preview, it promises to be good food, well cooked and competitively priced. If you haven’t found your Christmas party venue yet, Tompkins is definitely one to consider – and even if you have, it’s worth a visit anyway.

De Bortoli wines from Australia

De Bortoli Wines is a third generation family company established in Australia back in 1928 after Vittorio and Guiseppina De Bortoli emigrated there from Northern Italy. The family continue to produce some wines that were made when the winery started up all those years ago, whilst developing new varieties through the generations. We tried three of the De Bortoli range recently and excellent wines they were too.

Indian Zing, Hammersmith

I’ve been banging on about Indian Zing since I first popped its roasted gram flour and cumin poppadoms into my greedy mouth three years ago. This is contemporary Indian cuisine at its very best – stylish but unpretentious, high class but reasonably priced and served with friendly warmth and knowledge.

Vagabond sets up home in Fulham

It has been suggested that I would go to the opening of a bottle and well, it’s sort of true, in this event anyway. Vagabond, a new wine merchant, opened to the public recently and I was asked along to their official launch. How could I turn down such an invitation?