Forget the detox, Christmas-level indulgence is the only tried and tested means of beating the January blues. Embracing consumers’ love of over the top hybrids, the traditional Sunday roast and the more recent gourmet burger trend, Borough Market’s Roast Restaurant will launch the ‘Ultimate Roast Burger’ this month. Developed by...
Celebrating great London food and the culinary philosophy of London’s leading airline to the USA - Delta -the airline’s lead chef Linton Hopkins has collaborated with James Lowe of Lyle's in Shoreditch. Showcasing the sort of meals available in business class on-board international flights, both chefs have worked on a number of...
Over the past eighteen months, I’ve visited Mayfair’s 8 Mount Street on three different occasions – eating at a different restaurant each time. In June 2015, Le Chabanais opened on the site (named after a French brothel) and closed soon after. A few months later, the restaurant re-opened with a...
Strength: 4.8% ABV Brewed: Hackney, London Based in the heart of East London’s Hackney, Five Points Brewing Co. first started to become established in 2013, following the success of their brilliant pale ale. With eight beers to their name, it’s no surprise that Five Points has become one of London’s most popular...
Just a stone’s throw from Paris’ Champs Elysees, Two-Michelin-starred Le Taillevent has become an iconic staple of French gastronomy since opening in 1946. The opening was later followed by a wine-focused sister restaurant, Les 110 de Taillevent, which crossed the channel at the end of 2015, opening in central London....
Of London’s various ills, the tube’s Central line is amongst the ugliest. Though the trains aren't succumbed to constant disruption and the seats harbour less dust than the Bakerloo, the choice of devil-red as the line’s colour key does not appear coincidental (generally associated with heat and rage). Over crowded,...
When opening a new restaurant in an area that’s surrounded with competition, balance between the space’s food and ambience is of immeasurable importance. Instead of contrasting with harsh discordance, each of these elements are (generally speaking) best when purposely designed to intricately work in harmony with one another, but without...
Although Japanese whisky has origins as far back as the 1920s, it’s only within recent years that the Japanese spirit has become such a global phenomenon. As a result, stocks from Suntory Distilleries such as Yamazaki and Hibiki are depleting in a struggle to keep up with demand, and their...
Strength: 4.5% ABV Brewed: Ellon, Scotland Tired of a market dominated by industrially brewed lagers and ales, the team behind BrewDog set up the world’s first crowd-funded brewery in 2007. Now one of the UK’s most prominent breweries, operating from a site in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, a community of over...