Leading UK Spanish chef Jose Pizarro has created a mouth-watering little recipe for Easter. Using spring lamb, the recipe combines olives, mint, garlic, potatoes and lots of other gorgeous things to create a really delicious Easter feast or simple tapas with friends.
Uk’s first speciality cheese restaurant opens in chelsea
L’Art Du Fromage, a unique new gastronomic experience for London diners has just opened in Langton Street off London’s Kings Road.Cheese is an ingredient in most of the dishes on the menu (there is even cheese ice cream!) and including seasonal varieties, L’Art Du Fromage expect to be offering up to 200 different cheeses throughout the year
‘Ramsay’s Best Restaurants’ – Cast Your Vote!
Gordon’s at it again! Not content with the success of Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (Both US & UK), Hell’s Kitchen (Both US & UK) and the F-Word, Gordon Ramsay is working on yet another TV show as we speak.
Melati, Peter Street, London
This popular Malaysian restaurant has been in business for some 30 years now. Melati is a short walk from west end theatreland, and is a great place to grab a tasty meal before the curtain goes up, or to meet friends and have a relaxed informal meal, particularly if you are excited by mouth tingly zingy dishes, we enjoyed it.
Fetzer wines.The green way to drink
As we decanted out into Kings Cross reeking of garlic, the general feeling was that, PowerPoint aside, Fetzer are good people making pretty good wines and should be encouraged. Eco credentials do not necessarily a great wine make but it’s certainly a route winemakers should consider going down, even if that route occasionally leads to a funny old converted pub in North London.
Gobble Gobble, the bloggers make a noise about Marco Pierre White talking turkey
So Marco Pierre White is to be a brand ambassador for Bernard Mathews Turkeys and the sound of bloggers and sanctimonious columnists having hissy fits is deafening. You’d have thought they would have exhausted their anger when MPW started advertising stock cubes, but no there is still plenty of bile to spare. Honestly you’d have thought he’d been caught eating Panda, not simply earning a few quid for himself
Franco Manca, Chiswick
Now it could be that I don’t understand or appreciate a true Naples pizza base and if so mea culpa, Franco Manca, but I can only compare to the Brixton version and these aren’t as good. However Brixton sets a high benchmark and these are still (leafy) streets ahead of the competition.
1,001 Shades of Pink Provincia Nostra
Whilst Roman poet, Martial described the wines as ‘terrible’, Douglas Blyde finds pleasure in a particular pink wine from Provence…
Sumac and Sesame Crusted Chicken with Quinoa Tabbouleh
This week, my recipe uses a Persian seasoning called ‘Sumac’ which is a red coarse powder, with an appealing acidity to it, that isn’t too overpowering. I use the Sumac to marinate some chicken fillets along with some sesame seeds to give some added crunch. A refreshing Tabbouleh, made with Quinoa instead of Cous Cous, accompanies the chicken to make the perfect dish.
St George’s Day at the National Dining Rooms
From Monday 19th April to Monday 26th April, celebrate St George at The National Dining Rooms with a menu hearty enough for dragon slaying and maiden rescuing!