The craft beer revolution has taken London by storm. But while we are partial to a pale ale or a porter, how much do we really know about the art of brewing or pairing beer with food? Pennethorne’s Cafe Bar at Somerset House, has teamed up with London brewery, CRATE, to offer monthly masterclasses. Tomorrow […]
Steve Love’s Birmingham canal-side venture into fine dining is to close on 31 May after six years. Though Loves has always been “difficult to find” it was considered well worth the extra effort by our reporters for “first-class” cuisine that’s “inventive without being faddish”. The “outstanding” list of drinks “from UK-centric bubbles to local liqueurs” was […]
We’re offering one lucky Harden’s reader (and their guest) the chance to try the newly launched Wheeler’s Rib Room & Oyster Bar at Threadneedles Marriott Hotel. Enjoy a bottle of chilled champagne, chosen by the restaurant’s sommelier, as you indulge in a platter of oysters for two. Marco Pierre White’s latest venture, housed within the City hotel’s […]
David Moore and his business partner Sean Martin are to open a second One Sixty Smokehouse outpost – this time in a decidedly more central location. The original launched in March last year in West Hampstead’s West End Lane, but the new restaurant will take over the site of a former Slug & Lettuce site […]
Another week, another seven day stint raising the profile of a product we’re already well aware of. This time round it’s National Doughnut Week (9-16 May). To honour this humble, yet delicious, food we’ve rounded up our favourite 10 places to get sweet and savoury rings in the capital. In the immortal words of Homer […]
In January this year Porters in Covent Garden, perhaps better known for its “excellent pies” and “good-value” deals than its culinary offering (dubbed “stodgy” by some), closed for good. But now we hear it is to be reborn in a more arboreal setting as owner Richard (the Earl of) Bradford relaunches the restaurant in Berkhamsted this month. […]
Tom Harris and Jon Rotheram – alumni of such noble institutions as St John hotel, Nobu and Fifteen – will relaunch The Marksman pub in Hackney on 1 June. The pub on Hackney Road will retain many of the original features including wood panelling and bar seating. The menu includes British-loved classics such as cooked […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending […]
How would you like to spend an evening with Jason Atherton? What’s that? You would very much like to indeed?! Well it appears that your culinary dreams have come true as the acclaimed chef takes over the kitchen at Old Amersham gem Artichoke for one night only (10 June). The charity event, which features a […]
This week high rise City neighbours Sushisamba and Duck & Waffle have each created dishes to help benefit relief efforts in Nepal. From 5-11 May 50% of the proceeds from Sushisamba’s Nepal Relief Roll and Duck & Waffle’s Nepalese spiced lentil & confit duck will go to aid the victims of the earthquake. The Npal Relief […]
