Food and Drink

By Simon Bennison, Food Writer Kyloe is an early 19th century term for Highland Cattle, and the title of Edinburgh’s finest gourmet steak joint. It sits to the west end of Princes Street, overlooking Edinburgh Castle. As we arrived up the stairs into the bright sunny room, were seated in a large window facing booth with cowhide covered seats, and introduced to a glass of prosecco and a Lone Star beer. This was going to be a good day. A...

By Laura Elvin, Food Writer The clue is in the name.  This is Sunday dinner with a difference, and the difference is the fact that you are in a great big Mongolian yurt. Now I can’t really big up the setting because rather unusually the great big tent is sat in the middle of Bristol’s financial district, which on a Sunday is absolutely dead. BUT as soon as you're inside with a blooming lovely log fire in the middle, rustic...

By Jonathan Hatchman BAO – Soho Following the success of their six seat bar and Netil Market stall, the three founders behind BAO are set to open their first restaurant venture later in the month. Taking on a Soho premises, BAO will offer a selection of dishes inspired by the founders’ travels across Asia over the years, with the trio’s signature steamed milk buns taking pride of place on the restaurant menu. Handmade onsite daily the selection of Bao rolls...

By Jon Hatchmann, Food Editor @TLE_food Mark Moriarty of The Culinary Counter Crowned UK & Ireland S. Pellegrino Young Chef Winner & Joins 20 Global Finalists. With over 3000 young chefs from across 191 countries having applied for this year’s competition, the 2015 S. Pellegrino Young Chef Competition is drawing to a close. And as the final, which is set to take place at Expo Milan in June, draws even closer, the winner of the UK & Ireland heat has...

With Pie Week almost upon us eateries across London will be looking to encase the best recipes they can find in pastry to satisfy their hungry customers. The week-long festival gets under way on 2nd March with restaurants across London participating. My own personal favourite, the Windmill in Mayfair, will be serving up 5 new pies to try and you can expect similar offerings from the capital's best pie spots. But how do you judge the perfect pie? According 'Pierateer' Rob it’s...

By Adam Breeden, Founder & CEO, Bounce News has come to the fore that a new owl-themed cocktail bar is set to open in London. This is the latest of the capital’s ‘just one thing’ entertainment, food and hospitality location announcements. From Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium, the Cereal Killer Cafe, to Belfast’s crisp sandwich shop, Simply Crispy - and many more besides. Step aside Wetherspoons, your time is limited, the hipsters have landed - but for how long? Owls and...

By Jonathan Hatchman Since its launch back in 2010 the photo-sharing social network Instagram has increasingly become a hub for users to share streams of food related posts, for better or for worse, sparking plenty of debate both in favour and against the culinary takeover. It’s clear to see that the app has become a utopia for “foodies” and hipsters from across the globe to show off their eating habits for the whole World to see, with a stream that hosts millions...

Food waste is one of the great tragedies of 21st century consumerism. With such a wide variety of products available at ease we have become wasteful in our approach to food which has several negative implications. But in austere times there are more calls to be frugal at home and look at ways to make food last. Below is an infographic with a few food hacks to keep your food fresher for longer. Source: Fix.com

Fear is not something I want to associate with a restaurant, but in this case it was (in a backstreet murderer way rather than the dream about waking up naked at school, but I’ll get back to that in a minute). The Boneville is barely advertised by its faded sign, sitting on Lower Clapton Road like it has been there for decades. The restaurant recreates the café culture of France, walking through a huge felt curtain to enter the establishment...