Despite reservations, Douglas Blyde found himself making the short journey past the ‘Sloany Pony’ for day one of two of Cloudy Bay’s pop-up Crab Shack on Parson’s Green.
Le Cordon Bleu Afternoon Tea Party
The World class cooking school Le Cordon Bleus is set to host an Afternoon Tea Party where guests will learn new skills and tuck into top quality, freshly made scones and cakes.
Afternoon Tea at Dean Street Townhouse
At Dean Street Townhouse, you will find the afternoon crowd lunching alfresco, slowly 
displaced by more mature guests inside the restaurant as evening approaches; all well heeled of course.
Terminal 5 food. Plane and simple?
Plane Food as a restaurant name is obviously tempting fate. You can imagine the worried discussions around the table when the idea was first mooted – what if the food’s boring? What if it fails to ‘take off’? What if it crashes? No doubt Gordon overruled them all, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet, chopping one hand into another and saying ‘yeah?’ at the end of every sentence. It’s just part of T5’s first-class food offering for travellers.
The Lonsdale, 48 Lonsdale Road, Notting Hill
Some things, as good as they are on their own, don’t necessarily work in combination so, aware that our evening’s destination, The Lonsdale, specialises in steaks and cocktails, we had some doubts, but were naturally optimistic, off we went to the ever-popular Notting Hill. While their specialities of cocktails and steak aren’t an obvious fit, they do both to a very high standard.
Loving Lebanon: Kebbeh Recipe From Bethany Kehdy
Bethany Kehdy from food blog Dirty Kitchen Secrets passes on her recipe for the yummy Lebanese dish of Kebbeh. Plus find out all about the Taste Lebanon culinary expedition this September.
Do culture and chocolates, Japanese style
24th of September sees the arrival of Japanese week at William Curley’s Belgravia store. The award winning chocolatier will be celebrating his wife and business partner Suzue Curley’s heritage with ten days packed full of Japanese inspired events, tastings and master-classes.
Raspberry Emergency
Having ruby red homemade raspberry jam waiting patiently on a shelf in my pantry is like having summer sunshine in a jar.
Cantina Laredo
I suppose the West End is full of these unauthentic tourist havens that people flock to for a quick-fix meal, as long as authenticity isn’t high on the agenda and so Cantina Laredo may fit the bill. But for people who know about food and expect quality and standards that match the steep prices that they are paying, I would give Cantina Laredo a miss.
The Chin-Chin Labs
‘Liquid nitrogen isn’t just a gimmick” says Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur as he pushes his safety goggles back onto his head with a gloved hand. ‘Chin Chin is all about flavour: we just want to make delicious ice cream. London’s first liquid nitrogen ice cream parlour has arrived at Camden Lock market