New Covent Garden Market Place brings the spirit of the market back to Covent Garden. The recently opened 4000 sq foot food hall and café serves the finest restaurant quality food including sushi, authentic Thai curries and fresh salads made from only the best ingredients such as fresh Bocconcini mozzarella and luscious pomegranate seeds.
Moroccan Spiced Partridge with Beetroot, Horseradish and Potato Cakes
Most people think partridge is for the rich and countrified folk of our great nation. Not so, my friends… Partridge, when in season, is widely available in good supermarkets and butchers alike. It’s not as strong and gamey as you would believe and its size means it doesn’t take long to cook, so it is perfect for a quick cook meal.
Tossed Xmas Salad – stuff the turkey!
‘You don’t make friends with salad, Lisa!’ Homer Simpson once famously pointed out to his daughter, but it seems for once that the Sage of Springfield may have been wrong. Tossed has not only made friends with its salads, it’s made itself into a major market force.In one corner of the Baker Street store is an Astroturf field with picnic tables to eat at. By 1pm queues are forming and the place is getting rammed, meanwhile over in our part of the field I am peering in at my Xmas salad.
Learn the art of sushi and help support Help a London Child with Chino Latino
Chino Latino is feeling festive and you can join the award-winning restaurant’s Christmas themed sushi masterclass in support of Help a London Child on Saturday 5 December.
Mon Plaisir, London
Her guest pulls a sicky, but Anita Pati soldiers on alone in the oldest London French restaurant amidst Covent Garden theatre goers, tourists and regulars. Sometimes dining is a solitary pleasure
The Old Thatch, Adstock, Buckinghamshire
The Old Thatch in Adstock, Buckinghamshire ,is a bit of a celebrity in its patch – as one local told me, ” it’s one of a small handful of places worth going to round here.” So what’s made this seriously tucked-away village pub survive where others have been converted into super-homes?
Gourmet Garden launch new products
The recent party held by the producers of Gourmet Garden, to promote their range of produce, and to launch four new blends, was held at Maya club just off Oxford Street in Dean Street. I have tried some of these products at home and am happy to report that they do add good fresh flavours to your dishes.
Galvin La Chapelle, Smithfield
This year has brought some very good meals (Pied a Terre, Chez Bruce, Hibiscus), some average ones (Tom Aikens, Arbutus) and some damn right terrible (Umu). In the ‘very good’ column I can add Galvin at Windows and Bistro de Luxe, so I was very interested in seeing what the brothers had managed to do with their new venture. Would it be a restaurant too far or a City winner?
Designer Betty Jackson is on the menu at Pizza Express this Christmas
This Christmas, Pizza Express is bringing a new collaboration to the high street. A first for a restaurant, the pizzeria has teamed up with UK fashion designer Betty Jackson to support the charity ‘Dress for Success’ which helps disadvantaged women get back into work.
Christmas shopping at Del’Aziz
With Christmas approaching, and thoughts turning to sugar plums and spice cakes, cinnamon and candy peel this might be a good time to visit Del’Aziz