High flying travellers now have even more reason to take to the air with Lufthansa. The leading German airline is famous for having only the best chefs to cater for their First and Business Class passengers’ discerning tastes. Now Chris Staines, Head Chef of the Michelin-starred Foliage Restaurant at the Five Star Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, has joined the culinary mile high club.
Hungry like the wolf?
Lupo, the wolf and surrogate mother to Romulus and Remus, is the symbolic mother of ancient Rome and Italy and new restaurant Bocca di Lupo, the mouth of Italy, will showcase regional Italian cuisines evocative of their terroir and history.
108 Marylebone Lane Restaurant In London
Once upon a time in a job far far away, I used to walk from Oxford Circus to Marylebone for my pub lunch and pint. This was before the ban on lunch hours in general, and drinking during them in particular, became common HR policy. Back then it seemed a cute little backwater area and really nothing has changed. Marylebone Lane still meanders pleasantly, as indeed I used to on those occasions when one pint had slipped into three. I couldn’t afford a restaurant then but I can now, especially at 108’s prices.
Gourmet San restaurant in London
‘Hello? Is that the Chinese takeaway? Great, can I have Ox tendon in spicy oil, fried green beans with preserved vegetable and chilli, Sichuan style tofu and seafood, fried pork tendons in spicy salt, a skewered whole quail and the fried lamb with onion and lots of cumin and chilli. What do you mean you’ve never heard of any of that? What kind of Chinese restaurant are you?”
Felix Hunt- the gourmet that goes all the way
Greetings once again. As I get older there may come a time when I can no longer pilot the Rolls around London ‘s restaurants. At which point I will become obliged to stay at home, either in our agreeable Mayfair flat or in our modest mansion in the country. There I will survive on a diet of Waitrose and Marks and Spencer meals all brought to me by my latest young male assistant via the magic of the Interwe
Seafood and Herb Lasagne recipe
If you love seafood, you’ll like this fabulous fish lasagne. Use fresh fish from the counter, or make the most of convenient packs of mixed frozen seafood to make it easy for you.
Boiled Szechuan Style Rippled Dumplings Recipe
The filling for these dumplings is typically Szechuan – the Szechuan peppercorns have a tingling, numbing flavour that is quite addictive. You’ll soon find yourself ladlling them over your food with abandon just like the Szechuanese!
Roasted Vegetable Lasagne
No apologies for championing a bottled sauce here. Dolmio sauces are good quality and cut preperation time down by hours. What? You think every Italian woman has the time to make her own ragu ? Tu sei pazzo!
Thai Fried Rice with Crab Recipe
Traditionally a way to use up leftover vegetables and scraps of meat, fried rice is a quick and cheap way to feed a hungry crowd. This version is a little more decadent using fresh, handpicked white crab meat and a homemade Thai chili jam.
Vietnamese Pho Recipe
If there is a national dish of Vietnam, it has to be pho. This fragrant noodle soup is slurped around the clock by everyone from business men to students to construction workers, often while squatting on low plastic stools in the street