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Marina O’Loughlin in The Guardian is the latest critic to give Soho’s new Flavour Bastard a good bashing. “Not so much flavour bastards as thoroughgoing, unremitting, absolute taste tossers.” “Staff appear to be less amused and more terminally embarrassed… when they’re not explaining the concept to us at ludicrous length. The dishes are, apparently, bastardised in a tedious, […]
This autumn, well-known family owned Windmill Taverns Ltd will be expanding with the launch of their fifth site in South East London. Introducing Mc & Sons: a traditional Irish pub from the McElhinney family with an authentic Thai twist in the heart of Southwark between Blackfriars Road and Borough on Union Street. As only a […]
The Allegory by Drake & Morgan is coming to the ‘Unsquare Mile’ this October – that’s the are where Shoreditch meets the City – in the new Principal Place development just off Worship Street. Be one of the first to sample their creative cocktails, craft beers, and dishes from the menu with 50% off food and drink […]
The Trafalgar Dining Rooms at London’s Trafalgar St. James Hotel has officially opened its doors. The menu gives Mediterranean cuisine a ‘London twist’, such as: Grilled stone bass with tomato, samphire and spring onion and chilli and garlic glazed chicken and puy lentil moussaka. At the bar you’ll find a range of cocktails and tea-tails (for those […]
When Grace Dent reviewed The Langham’s new ‘pub’ The Wigmore, she decided she never, ever wanted to go there again. We would hazard a guess that The Guardian’s Marina O’Loughlin would be quite happy to go back any time…“Silly? A bit. Delicious? Oh yes.” “Creative cocktails in their own weeny tankards… pies and roasts and toasties… reimagined […]
XU, the new Taiwanese venture from the trio behind BAO (Shing Tat Ching, Wai Ting Ching and Erchen Chang) – and, of course, their backers JKS Restaurants (the Sethi siblings behind Hoppers and Gymkhana) – is to launch two private dining Mahjong games rooms on 2 October. The rooms will be available to hire for eating, […]
The Balham Food Festival is once again kicking off with the Balham Banquet on Sunday 24 September between 11a m-5 pm on Hildreth Street and Bedford Hill Place, showcasing the vibrant local food offering. In its third year the Balham Banquet offers a funday for all, attracted over 1,500 local residents and visitors last year. With […]
Titan of London power dining Jeremy King branded Brexit “stupid, short-sighted and xenophobic” during a Q&A session with Harden’s co-founder Peter Harden at the second annual London Restaurant Awards this week. The restaurateur – who, alongside his partner Chris Corbin, picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony on Monday 11 September – said […]
Jay Rayner in The Observer keeps things on The Straight and Narrow, a piano bar and restaurant in east London’s Docklands… “Food and music are meant to go together. Jazz, which is what I have spent most of my adult life at the keyboard wrestling with, was born in restaurants like this. “The Straight and Narrow has […]
It’s September once again, which means three things – school is back in session, the days are already getting shorter, and its native oyster season. To celebrate that last fact we’ve got the definitive list of restaurants and bars serving the best bivalves in London, according to our annual survey… HOT NEWCOMER The Oystermen […]
