Marmite Cereal Bars. How bonkers is that? They are made with oats, wheat and rice, much like any other of those cereal bars you eat as an easier way of consuming a hair shirt. Ordinary cereal bars add fruit to make the horror more palatable, this mob have added Marmite.
Vegetarians beware, Le Bouchon Breton is featuring Foie Gras in all its delectable forms for a month. You’ll either be running there, in which case watch out for me running even faster, or you’ll be running away. Only the luscious liver divides foodies so much.
The Primrose Hill Bakery has opened up a branch in Covent Garden. Anita Pati who admits she has a thing going with Mr Kipling, steps out to see if fancy cupcakes could be her cup of tea.
Wanting to share a little of my Persian heritage with you, I am bringing you 3 recipes over the next few weeks, to introduce you to the wonderfully diverse and authentic cuisine of the country in which I was born, Iran. The first is Persian Dried Lime, Beef and Split Pea Stew (Khoreshteh Gheymeh.
Intrigued to taste the inspiration of Yorkshire mixologist, Andy Pearson, Douglas Blyde ventured below the Thames waterline to the cellars of the Royal Horseguards Hotel.
Some critics have had a pop at Caleya’s decoration and style, but I rather like it. Bright and modern and with chairs that boast extra wide seats, presumably for extra wide bums, it’s friendly and cheerful but is also a tale of bi-polar cooking. Starters and desserts of true genius, mains of less than perfection.
As the Teacher’s master blender unscrews the cap and pours two glasses, then adds a splash of water to one, the effect is alchemical – the aroma, leaping from the whisky as the water goes in, fills the air with festive smells of fruit, cinnamon and everything you would find in a fat Xmas pudding. That’s the 45% malt talking and the water is what makes it sing.
You will find Stanza on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Greek Street, opposite the fire station. Set in the heart of buzzy theatreland, the restaurant has a lot to offer.
Just a five minute walk from Moorgate station, Mehek nestles under the overhanging office buildings just short of where London Wall meets Moorgate. A modern, but comfortable and popular Indian restaurant..
Two Michelin starred Chef Daniel Clifford, chef patron of Midsummer House in Cambridge, has arranged for four other Michelin starred chefs to join him in creating a ‘gastronomic extravaganza’ at Midsummer House, in aid of Children In Need.
