Food and Drink

Peruvian food is big business in London, with so many Latin American restaurants and ceviche bars constantly launching within the capital. Since opening Ceviche in Soho, in 2012, Peruvian DJ-turned-restaurateur Martin Morales now has a four-strong portfolio of restaurants with strong Peruvian leanings. Morales is also the author of two cookbooks, with a brand new Andina recipe book published this month. On the corner of fashionable Redchurch Street and Shoreditch High Street, Andina (Morales’ second restaurant) opened at the end...

Protein found in Quorn meat-free foods may be just as good for muscles as animal proteins, new research suggests. Food labelling usually lists protein as a simple number, but some proteins have better “bioavailability” than others – meaning more can be used by the body. Animal proteins like milk are known to have high bioavailability, making them an excellent source of building blocks for muscles. Researchers from the University of Exeter compared milk protein with Mycoprotein – the fungi-based protein source...

If you are in charge of planning the works do and find your co-workers are tired of boozy parties which often end in drunken antics and raging hangovers, and then why not organize something a little different this year? Choosing an activity that is a bit different will make your team’s downtime more entertaining and is great for bonding. Before you choose an activity make sure that you consider everyone’s needs and interests. It can be challenging to think outside...

With the opening of so many boundary pushing Thai restaurants – we’re (as a nation) finally discovering there’s more to Thai cuisine than green curry and Pad Thai. Having been expanding since opening their first restaurant in 1996, Thai Square now has 13 restaurants in and around London, serving authentic, balanced and fresh Thai Food. Joining some more classic dishes, these king scallops are relatively easy to recreate at home, marinated with coriander, green peppercorn, garlic, oyster sauce and soy...

Two "lost" Scottish distilleries closed more than 30 years ago are to be brought back to life following a £35million investment in the whisky market. Port Ellen and Brora have lain silent since they were closed in 1983, but their whiskies have become some of the most highly prized and sought after in the world. But now whisky company Diageo is set to invest £35 million to reopen the closed distilleries. The "once in a lifetime" investment comes as a...

Everything related to the trend of high quality pizza that people are getting in the habit of ordering online in Pakistan. Keep in mind that we don't want to deal with the company but just with the restaurants we link to. Gourmet food is a is a rich philosophy of good food and drink, or ‘haute cuisine’ (high quality French cooking), which is considered refined. Gourmet is given over to extravagant presentations of finely-looking balanced meals consisting of several different,...

England's curry hot-spots were crying into their kormas yesterday - after Glasgow was named Britain's spice capital. According to a study Indian food fans in Scotland's second city like their dishes hotter than anyone south of the border, including those in Bradford, Leicester and Birmingham. Curry-lovers in Southampton finished just behind Glasgow in the poll, followed by Cambridge, Cardiff and Liverpool. To celebrate Glaswegian’s penchant for spice, UberEATS partnered with Indian restaurant Tuk Tuk to create the ‘Hellfire Phaal’. The...

In amongst the shops of Bethnal Green Road you’ll find the 160-year old, inconspicuous blue façade of what used to be a pub called The Albion. Since this summer, though, this the home of Coupette, the presence merely given away by a wholly unremarkable branded doormat. Blink and you’ll miss it. Coupette describes itself as a ‘neighbourhood bar with a local aesthetic and French accent to everything’. The ‘everything’ being both the extensive drinks menu and the comparatively sparse food...

The monks behind a controversial tonic wine have blasted a Scottish confectioner as "highly irresponsible" for making BUCKFAST FLAVOURED SWEETS. Buckfast have struggled to shake off a reputation which has seen the drink directly linked with violent crime and anti-social behaviour. And confectioners Ross's of Edinburgh have now concocted the flavour to appeal to "the younger generation". The sweets, called Buckfast Flavoured Creams, have only been on sale for a few weeks and there is already a growing demand for...