This year at FRIEZE Art Fair, GAIL’s Artisan Bakery will be tantalising the taste buds of London’s glitterati with their carefully designed menu in the VIP lounge and tempting the greater community of art lovers in the Main Café with a plethora of their incredibly delicious artisan products.
Shawarma arrives at Paddington
Tony Kitous, founder of Comptoir Libanais, opens the doors of his latest branch in Paddington and finds commuters departing from their usual fast food choices in favour of healthier options, at affordable prices.
Got an Oyster Card? Get free oysters and more
Free oysters at Pont de la Tour, go native at Boisdales and learn how to shuck at the Bouchon Breton. There are oysters everywhere in October.
Chez Bruce
The last time I dined in Chez Bruce I had an absolute horrid time, we had been stuck upstairs in Siberia on my birthday with a waiter who informed us it was his last day and didn’t really care. Fast forward five years, another birthday and a decision that it was time to go back. After all you don’t keep your stars for that long with crap service and the cheese board was still tempting after all those years.
Artisan du chocolat Chocolate week events 2009 October 10th-18th
Like chocolate? Then you’ll love this, the Artisan du Chocolat have a feast of events during Chocolate week so why not dive in and float away on a sea of cocoa love?
Antonio Carluccio’s Simple Cooking
Good old Antonio. It was this Italian bear who awakened a love of mushroom hunting in me, one that has resulted in some gorgeous meals and, thanks to his clear instructions, no deaths yet.. I did see some coloured lights once but that was when me and my mate Pete deliberately ate some ‘shrooms that were definitely not culinary.
Beer and a five star Thai feast
Although beer is the world’s oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, its complexity and compatibility with certain cuisines is often overlooked. Fine-dining Thai restaurant, Mango Tree in Belgravia, is revealing how Thailand’s best selling Chang beer enhances the delicate flavours of its dishes with a Street Food Beer Festival pairing menu, available from 5th until 25th October 2009
Game at Trishna and The Harwood Arms
There still may be just a whisper of game left if you’re quick. Two very different establishments this season, with opposing cuisines, have been in on the act of serving the furred and the feathered. Anita Pati gives them both a shot.
‘Proper’ Chilli Con Carne
Chilli is really one of those dishes that has been globally annihilated. This Chilli recipe is an authentic and delicious one and contains a surprise ingredient of Cocoa that really adds a smokey depth of flavour.
Why can’t the English teach their children how to eat?
There are more cookery programmes and celebrity chefs knocking around these days than there are dinner ladies. It’s enough to make you think that this country is in the middle of a foodie frenzy, an orgy culinary patriotism. Except it doesn’t feel that way, not even in the beating heart of the London restaurant scene.