Recipes

Calcutta Street brings a Bengali home dining experience to London. The first permanent space from Shrimoyee Chakraborty, Calcutta Street follows a string of successful pop-ups. Here, the chef’s recipes have been passed from mother to daughter for generations and are generally family recipes, albeit made with some of the best British ingredients available. One particular menu highlight is Chakraborty’s fish paturi – a Bengali fish dish, featuring whole sea bass that’s wrapped in banana leaves and steamed. Ingredients Whole sea...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Named after one of their signature cocktails – Dirty Martini is a bar group with seven venues operating across London. However, during a recent visit to the Hanover Square outpost, the staff were oddly resolute in convincing me to order a different drink, adamant that I would abhor the dirty martini on offer here. Yet although I’d been warned to drink it at my peril, this only heightened my curiosity. How could I visit...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food  Since opening on Greenwich Peninsular last year, perched between North Greenwich tube station and The O2 Arena, Craft London has become incredibly popular. Although Stevie Parle’s food is the main draw, from the venue split over three floors – the top-floor bar is also impressive, offering stunning views of The O2 Arena, the Isle of Dogs, and the river. Another prominent nearby building, however, is the Tate and Lyle Sugar Refiners, pierces the skyline...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food  Opened last year, The Richmond is a neighbourhood restaurant in East London, perched upon the intersection of Dalston, Haggerston and London Fields. Set up by Australian chef and restaurateur Brett Redman and fashion consultant Margaret Crow, the restaurant’s menu is heavily built around oysters, comfort food, and produce from the sea – with East London’s first raw bar. As for the drinks, a strong list of natural wines is joined by a selection of...

An impressive dish from chef Michael Reid.

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food In celebration of the Centenary year of British Vogue, The Punch Room at The London EDITION have created a special Vogue 100 Punch in time for World Gin Day on 11th June. Unsurprisingly inspired by past fashion trends, the cocktail combines Tanqueray 10 gin with a homemade perfume syrup, bergamot, champagne, and lipstick foam. The recipe can be found below, ideal for more adventurous cocktail connoisseurs or home mixologists to recreate at home this...

A popular breakfast dish in Singapore.

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With the launch of a brand new bottle design for Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, The Punch Room at The London EDITION in Fitzrovia held an intimate tasting session to celebrate the Single Barrel expression. As well as making an exceptional whisky to drink on its own, the drink also works brilliantly as the base for cocktails. While an Old Fashioned would, perhaps, be the obvious choice – a Single Barrel Punch served on the...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food In recent years, it has become obviously apparent that many restaurants have started to focus less so on meat and fish, instead offering a range of cruelty-free alternatives. And instead of being solely reserved for the less omnivorous of beasts amongst us, many of these dishes are so exciting that there’s genuinely no need for any meat to be included. To tie in with National Vegetarian Week (May 16-24), we’ve compiled a selection of...