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Andina, Martin Morales’ Peruvian restaurant in Shoreditch, well-known for its pisco sours and ceviche, will not reopen. The news was announced on Wednesday in a hearty statement. A new location is being sought, according to the restaurant. A spokesman said: “Dear Friends, Andina Shoreditch is leaving Redchurch Street. “We came at the end of our […]
Pioneer of Peruvian cooking Martin Morales (Ceviche, Andina, Casita Andina) has launched London’s first Peruvian bakery, as he opens Andina Panaderia in Notting Hill alongside a brand new restaurant, Andina Picanteria. Located side by side at 155 and 157 Westbourne Grove, Andina Panaderia and Andina Picanteria pay homage to the female Andean chefs who have […]
From August to October, Jacob Kenedy’s “offbeat but brilliant gelateria” in Soho – Gelupo – will collaborate with seven of Soho’s hottest restaurants to launch a menu of exclusive gelatos. Each chef has developed and supplied Gelupo with a recipe, that showcases flavours and ingredients commonly found on their own menus. Flavours will range from Campari and grapefruit […]
Lots of Peruvian-related restaurant news this week as Martin Morales’s (Ceviche, Andina) latest venture Casita Andina launches in Soho on 28 July, and Chicama (from the folks behind Marylebone’s Pachamama) arrives in Chelsea. If you hurry there’s a 50% off food soft launch at Chicama until Sunday 31 July. As 28 July also marks Peruvian […]
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 Restaurants 16-22 […]
There’s something about summer drinks that really lends itself to the art of mixology. These balmy evenings and sunny afternoons are just so much more civilised with a classic cocktail in hand. Of course for the more adventurous among us there are plenty of creative concoctions out there too (pig’s blood vodka Bloody Mary anyone?). Whether […]
The capital’s ultimate food experience for high-fliers will return in September. The London in the Sky restaurant, suspended 25m from the ground, appeared in Canary Wharf last year and this year will take to the skies above St Katherine’s Dock, giving diners a unique view of iconic Tower Bridge. The restaurant, which seats 22, will […]
Is Peruvian food London’s latest hot craze? The last few months have seen Lima launch Lima Floral in Covent Garden and Pachamama open in Marylebone, followed by Señor Ceviche in Carnaby Street and Amaru in St Katherine Docks. Hot on their heels comes Martin Morales’s eastern outpost of his “vibrant” and “distinctive” Soho restaurant Ceviche, which opened on […]
Two very different restaurants, 700 miles apart, were named joint winners of the Sustainable Restaurant of the Year award yesterday (23 February) in London. Daylesford Organic, which operates three organic cafés in the Cotswolds and London, and The Captain’s Galley (Britain’s most northerly mainland restaurant) received their awards from Raymond Blanc, president of the Sustainable Restaurant […]
Coeliac disease, an auto-immune disorder caused by a reaction to gluten, is much more common than you might think. One in every hundred people in the UK is affected and as a result can’t eat dietary staples like wheat, barley, rye and other grains. This can make choosing a restaurant a bit of a nightmare, […]
