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 […]
An all-day dining spot offering seasonal British bistro fare with a French-Italian twist will arrive in Parsons Green; from the team behind Shot Espresso and Ice & Slice. The 40-cover Bistrò by Shot will be headed up by Fabrice Meier (formerly of Trinity and One-O-One, Sheraton Park Tower). The seasonal menu includes breakfast classics like: Eggs Benedict, French […]
With the Holi festival coming up on 6 March we thought we’d bring our readers the chance to win dinner for four with wine at one of London’s most colourful Indian restaurants. Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival celebrating colour – so what better time to visit the vibrantly refurbished Kishmish in Fulham? Sitting […]
News reaches us that the one-time enfant terrible of British cooking, Marco Pierre White, is to reanimate his Wheeler’s brand in London by moving into the City’s Threadneedles Hotel in March. We wouldn’t like to speculate as to why the face of Knorr stock cubes is choosing to shack up with yet another hotel group […]
Last year, much-loved neighbourhood pub The Anglesea Arms reopened – to the great relief of Brackenbury Village regulars. Now the Hammersmith gastroboozer has launched an all-new bar menu, putting its own stamp on traditional British bar food. On the menu: Bacon pickled duck eggs and beer-brined gloucester old spot ham remoulade. Although now under new ownership, […]
Chelsea’s oldest pub, The Cross Keys, will reopen on 5 March following an extensive refurbishment under new owners, DM Group. Publicans Mark Dyer and Eamonn Manson (the duo behind Fulham pubs The Sands End and The Brown Cow) plan to return the iconic 80 cover boozer to its former glory. Sitting between King’s Road and Cheyne Walk, […]
Yet another Japanese izakaya (pub) comes to London – this time in a handy location for Oxford Street shoppers. The Woodstock Kushiyaki Bar opens in Woodstock Street in March serving an extensive drinks list and menu of freshly grilled Kushiyaki (fried skewers served with miso and dashi sauce). On the menu: grilled skewers of chicken – breast, […]
Handily located St James’s Italian, Franco’s, has reopened after a major refurb. The “efficient” Jermyn Street cafe, which first opened in 1946, has acquired new rich interiors designed by Philip Hooper with vintage photography and mirrored walls. On the menu: Baccala scaloppini with soft polenta & morel mushrooms; pappardelle with purple broccoli, mussels & chilli and […]
Pop-up maestro Carl Clarke has found a permanent home at Chick ‘n’ Sours, a new fried chicken restaurant opening in Dalston in April. Serving a short menu of ‘reimagined fried chicken’ this achingly hip operation uses only free-range, herb-fed fried chicken (natch) from Pilmoore Grange Farm in Yorkshire and dishes up ‘whimsical sides’, alongside sour […]
Exciting news for anyone who loves pancakes (so, pretty much everyone), it’s Shrove Tuesday (17 February)! Last year we had to wait until March for our flippin’ pancakes but with an early Easter on the horizon Pancake Day has been pushed up the calendar too. In honour of this most delicious day we’ve rounded up […]
