It’s not difficult to get an ‘Appetite for Ayrshire’, whether you seek fine dining or simple Scottish traditional fayre. The restaurants included in this leaflet should get you started – with some great value dining offers for only £15 per person as well as some key showcase events, plus new for this year we have Dine & Duvet offers for you to enjoy.
Continuing the success in 2008 with Linda McCartney Foods claiming the status of the fastest growing brand in the meat free market, the pioneering brand this year sets to launch a new range of contemporary dishes, a refreshed image and a renewed promise to deliver wholesome, tasty meat free food.
The acclaimed West London gastropub and music venue ‘Paradise by way of Kensal Green’ will be celebrating Easter (Thursday 9 – Monday 13 April 2009) with a series of special seasonal menus, parties and events.
Entertaining friends outdoors is one of the joys of the Great British summer, so whatever the occasion make the most of it by serving a quintessentially English glass of Cockburn’s port. With a style to complement every form of get-together, Cockburn’s is sure to get your summer off to the perfect start.
Situated in Essex Road, just a minute’s walk from Upper Street, Islington’s main drag, The Living Room boasts a huge uncluttered space, which belies its double fronted exterior. The large U shaped bar is its central feature with comfortable seating to two sides and the restaurant seating area to its remaining aspect. We went there to sample the new spring menu,that we understand has been rolled out across The Living Room chain.
The search is on for one lucky winner to join the ranks of industry legends such as Mark Hix and Alex James by becoming a judge at the Great Taste Awards 2009.
Pearl Restaurant & Bar is offering a 50% discount on selected Gourmet Beers. The speciality beers have been carefully selected from top-class breweries from around the world
If only all pubs were welcoming drinking taverns that also managed to knock out robust and hearty British nosh. Unfortunately, far too many ‘gastro pubs’ have forgotten that they were once pubs at all, while the rest of the capital’s locals now seem to now serving Thai food.
Three days following a fun lunch at Heston Blumenthal’s revamped ‘Little Chef’, I was at ‘The Fat Duck’ for the strangest lunch of my life. Linen guides rate it the world’s second best restaurant and despite it being in Berkshire, one guide even describes it as ‘London’s finest’.
We talk to Robin Bidgood, head of Tate Catering, overseeing gallery eateries at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and the The Footstool restaurant, St John’s, Smith Square
