Yes it’s that time of year again, lights are being turned on by Z list celebrities in towns up and down the country, Amazon has announced their busiest ever Black Friday and the John Lewis advert has sent Twitter into meltdown – Christmas is almost here. And since ’tis the season to eat and drink […]
Who needs gold rings and flocks of birds when Harden’s has brought you something far better for Christmas? 12 London restaurants that are open on Christmas Day. If you don’t fancy cooking this December 25th (not to mention the washing up!) then why not treat yourself to lunch or dinner out? For a taste of […]
A new flagship version of Vietnamese restaurant House of Ho has opened on the former site of Caprice Holdings’ Bam-Bou. The original, which opened in Soho’s Old Compton Street nearly two years ago, has been relaunched as simply ‘Ho’. Its celebrity chef founder, Bobby Chinn, has since left the business and a new owner, Jeff Lim, […]
Exmouth Market’s arboreal brunching spot, Bourne & Hollingsworth, has announced plans to open a new cookery school next year – B&H Kitchen. The group’s exec chef, Adam Gray (formerly of culinary institution Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons), will teach pupils expert techniques and enlighten them about seasonal ingredients and recipes. Situated on the top floor […]
To celebrate the upcoming launch of their latest and largest site in the heart of Covent Garden, Flat Iron is holding a soft opening that carnivores surely won’t want to miss. For three nights (30 November, 1-2 December) the restaurant is offering free a flat iron steak and side dish to diners from 6 pm onwards. […]
Mushrooming dude food chain MEATLiquor – once memorably described by a Harden’s reporter as being “like a cross between a divey biker bar and a branch of Hollisters” – is to open a branch at Boxpark Croydon next year. Like Shoreditch’s Boxpark (a mix of retail outlets and restaurants), Croydon’s will be set within disused […]
Following sell-out runs in 2014, Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke is returning to it’s former home in a leather tannery warehouse in London Bridge for four weeks this winter, from Friday 27 November. As usual with D&S, robust fare that’s all about celebrating the best of Scottish produce will be served from an open kitchen […]
The Sunday Times has once again unveiled its ‘Food List’ – the definitive top 100 UK restaurants for food. This supplement, now in its sixth year, is published in association with Harden’s, and based on our annual survey of restaurant-goers. For 2016 there’s been a serious shakeup, with last year’s top two – Marc Wilkinson’s Fraiche in […]
It may be an iconic bastion of old world gastronomy, but Le Gavroche is still rolling with the times after all these years. Michel Roux Jr plans to offer a brand new dining experience on Mondays from January 2016, which sees the Mayfair restaurant close to the general public but available for private and corporate hire, […]
A collaboration between ex-Mayfields chef Matthew Young and sommelier Jack Lewens, formerly of Spring and River Café – due to open on 20 November in Hackney’s Netil House – is sure to have east London foodsters (foodie-hipsters) excited. And foodies in general if we’re honest. Young’s food has been praised by everyone from the broadsheet big guns […]
