Category: Food & drinks
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Snack attack: New research reveals the exact time your lunch craving hits – and why the three-meal day is disappearing
Over the last few years, the working day stopped running on breakfast, lunch and dinner and started running on something closer to a series of alarms. Italian food-to-go brand Coco di Mama has surveyed 1,000 UK adults to find out exactly when the nation’s cravings strike, as part of “Made to Be Craved,” a campaign…
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London bars are throwing a month-long Daiquiri party, in celebration of Cuba’s iconic cocktail
This Sunday marks 127 years of the Daiquiri, and six London bars are using the occasion as an excuse for a full month of limited-edition menus, running throughout July in partnership with rum brand Ron Santiago de Cuba. Expect bar-specific twists on the original, live Cuban music nights, and giveaways at select venues. Daquiri’s backstory…
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Review: Vesper is the humble brag your date needs to know about. And food-wise, it’s mind-blowing
Acclaimed chef Jackson Boxer has struck once again and, this time, the culinary hurricane has hit Exmouth Market, just a short walk from Farringdon station. After Brunswick House, Orasay and TAQ, Jackson has ripped up the rulebook. Vesper is whatever he wanted it to be – a flirty bistro-style diner that’ll cross your favourite restaurant…
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Review: Birchwood Covent Garden is a refreshing tapas-like take on the best of British produce
Birchwood Covent Garden is the new restaurant from acclaimed chef Will Devlin, chef-farmer behind the Acre restaurant group, having opened in late June. Best known for his Michelin Green Star-winning restaurant The Small Holding in Kent, Devlin stays true to its farm-to-table philosophy, with a focus on traceability, seasonality and using produce at its best.…
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July in food: London’s best new restaurants & bars to try this month
July arrives with London’s biggest hospitality groups all making their move at once. Little Door & Co, Mr Fogg’s and Coppa Club are each opening their largest sites to date, Pachamama Group is bringing a restaurant back from Abu Dhabi, and a fresh wave of independents – a British-focused handroll bar, an Istanbul coffee import,…
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Review: KINZ is a beautiful Lebanese oasis you won’t want to leave
Who needs a bank when you can be banking on a soul-filling Lebanese spread instead? Lloyds Bank’s old branch on Notting Hill Gate shut its doors, and KINZ slid straight into the vacancy – a rather brilliant swap, all things considered. Opened earlier in June, KINZ takes you on a full pilgrimage through some of…
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A matcha made in heaven: Bombolone x Blendsmiths are bringing us exclusive matcha doughnuts and drinks
Remember when matcha was the cool-girl drink a few years ago? It still is. But these days you’re not just drinking it from a coffee cup – it’s turning up in our favourite treats too, doughnuts included. Bombolone Doughnuts, the Italian artisanal doughnut shop just off Trafalgar Square, has launched a limited-edition matcha bombolone in…
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Review: La Terrasse On The Lane At 108 Brasserie is as close to the French Riviera as London can get
The second the sun makes an appearance in London, any outdoor seating area becomes a game of musical chairs. We’re all so starved of sunshine and heat that we’d readily trade a kidney to secure a table for two on a decent terrace. 108 Brasserie, the modern all-day brasserie at The Marylebone Hotel, is now…
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Inside scoop: These gelaterias are bringing us new flavours for the summer
We’re all melting under what feels like the second never-ending heatwave of the summer. Staying hydrated is, of course, the most important thing, but we might as well use this as an excuse to try some new ice cream flavours while we’re at it. And what a choice we have. Really, the world is our…
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Taste The Orient brings the most unusual Asian ingredients to 45 London bars this week
Dried fermented tuna, Buddha’s Hand citrus and a TCM-inspired Martinez headline a new city-wide cocktail festival running 22–28 June A brand new festival starting today is asking Londoners to drink fermented tuna, sake lees and a citrus fruit with no juice in it. Are you up for the flavour rollercoaster? If so, then Taste The…
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