Food and Drink

In addition to having become a pioneering figure in London’s ‘pop-up’ movement, Stevie Parle is a chef renowned for both his innovative take on ‘Modern-European’ food, as well as selecting a string of relatively obscure sites to open restaurants. The chef’s first permanent restaurant - Dock Kitchen, for instance, was opened in 2009 inside a converted Victorian Wharf building on the Grand Union Canal in Ladbroke Grove, renovated as part of an urban generation project. Five years later, Rotorino was...

Flicking through photographs of London’s skyline just before the turn of the millennium, it’s now impossible to overlook the colossal number of skyscrapers that have popped-up over the past seventeen years. A clear sign that London is a city dead-set on keeping up appearances with the likes of New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai. These buildings are structures of power, of wealth, of luxury – so it’s hardly surprising that so many high-end, high-rise restaurants have opened across the capital....

Launched at the end of last year, Swift is the latest project from Bobby Hiddleston and Mia Johansoon, having partnered with husband and wife duo Rosie Stimpson and Edmund Weil – the team behind Nightjar and Oriole. In the heart of Soho, the venue is a statement bar that focuses on serving an elegant, grown-up cocktail offering. A number of traditional serves with a contemporary twist are on offer, with prominent leanings towards favouring dark spirits. What’s more, the bar...

Strength: 3.8% ABV Brewed: Ealing, London Launched at the beginning of 2013, Weird Beard Brew Co. operates from a site near Ealing and produces a number of hop-driven beers alongside classic styles. With the aim to “satisfy, enthuse and be enjoyed by whoever the drinker,” Weird Beard offer a number of core beers as well as some occasional specials and one-off brews that push creative boundaries. Brewed with Perle hops, traditionally from Germany and more synonymous with lagers and pilsners,...

When I first started writing about restaurants, the whole concept of posting food photographs on Instagram irritated me beyond belief. I'd rant obstinately about the whole concept until the sloshed, fondled Wagyu cows came home. Most jobs, however, make it completely necessary to leave certain beliefs at the door. Hate it or love it, social media sites are the future. Instagram in particular has become so food-focused that (as a food writer) it's impossible to avoid getting involved. And with...

With the long Easter weekend fast approaching, we’ve compiled a selection of recipes perfect for the holiday.

You don’t have to be an expert in fine wine investment to know that when demand grows, so does price. The cost of fine wine from regions like Bordeaux and Chablis have been driven through the roof, making it unaffordable for anyone but the super rich. But change has quietly been brewing in the world of wine, and notions towards fine wine may be set to change; much like everyone who became fed up of having to swallow cheap, tasteless...

Opened earlier this year at POP Brixton, duck duck goose is a Cantonese canteen inspired by chef and owner Oli Brown’s travels to Hong Kong. Having already become renowned for their ‘Prawn Toast Revisited’ – this week’s recipe will make it impossible to look at the classic appetiser in the same way, ever again. “I’ve shamelessly stolen this dish from Ho Lee Fook in Hong Kong; they’ve done it so well, although I've adapted it slightly. I’m not the biggest...

According to the results of a survey held by Hen Heaven this year – a website dedicated to Hen Party ideas, the Mojito has overtaken the Piña Colada as the UK’s favourite cocktail. Perhaps thanks to the increase in number of bars serving ‘Mojitos’ that would work as a reasonable toothpaste substitute, the Mojito we’re used to in the UK is somewhat repugnant. Fortunately, just in time for spring, Ichiryu (the Hakata Udon House owned by The Japan Centre Group)...