Sunday, 10 November 2013
Mandarin Kitchen - Lobster Noodles Still Great
Mandarin Kitchen is one of the handful of places that we used to frequent for a decent Chinese meal in the Bayswater area. When we were students, a lot of friends had flat in the area and we used to congregate at a long closed restaurant called Hung Toa where the Roast Duck was famous. This used to be like a clubhouse, as all the gang would show up there sometime on a Sunday after a late night in the clubs on Saturday. We would almost always have the Roast Duck on rice. You would always see
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Win 5 Pairs of tickets to Salon du Chocolat
In conjunction with Chocolate Week (14-20 October) Salon du Chocolat comes to London this October.
This is the glitziest showcase for Chocolate and it is coming to London for the first time. From Oct 18th to the 20th, London will host the first Salon du Chocolat. This will be unmissable if you want to meet lots of famous chocolatiers and see and taste some of their stunning creations.
Here are some of the events and highlights to look out for at Salon Du Chocolat:
The highlight is
This is the glitziest showcase for Chocolate and it is coming to London for the first time. From Oct 18th to the 20th, London will host the first Salon du Chocolat. This will be unmissable if you want to meet lots of famous chocolatiers and see and taste some of their stunning creations.
Here are some of the events and highlights to look out for at Salon Du Chocolat:
The highlight is
Friday, 13 September 2013
Burgers By App At GrillShack
London's hunger for burgers has not abated, even with the recent flurry of high profile launches of new American burger imports. We now have a new homegrown burger offering.
Grillshack on Beak Street in Soho is the new Richard Caring backed venture which positions itself as a casual, fast food place with a typically american diner menu. Burgers, roast chicken and steak and not forgetting the breakfast menu of pancakes and more.
We were there on the opening night to test out their
Grillshack on Beak Street in Soho is the new Richard Caring backed venture which positions itself as a casual, fast food place with a typically american diner menu. Burgers, roast chicken and steak and not forgetting the breakfast menu of pancakes and more.
We were there on the opening night to test out their
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Artisanal Ice Cream at Black Vanilla
Black Vanilla the Artisanal Gelato Shop in Greenwich recently teamed up with fellow Greenwich based Meantime Brewery to make some new flavours for their shop. This gelato shop was started by a husband and wife team who wanted to make a natural product that they could happily feed their kids.
The 2 new flavours were Meantime Chocolate Porter Black Cherry Verigato and Meantime Raspberry Wheat Beer Sorbetto. I went along to their shop to taste these new flavours.
The shop is along
The 2 new flavours were Meantime Chocolate Porter Black Cherry Verigato and Meantime Raspberry Wheat Beer Sorbetto. I went along to their shop to taste these new flavours.
The shop is along
Monday, 9 September 2013
Gaucho Smithfield's Mini Beer Festival
Gaucho Smithfield held a mini beer festival in collaboration with Meantime Brewery. Our beer matching tasting menu kicked off with a flight of Meantime Brewery beers and some delicious little steak and ale pies made with the stout from Meantime.
The beers featured were the Yakima Red ale made with red hops from the Yakima Valley, a raspberry wheat beer, a chocolate beer and a stout.
This was followed with some beer cocktails created by Amol. The first one was the a very refreshing
The beers featured were the Yakima Red ale made with red hops from the Yakima Valley, a raspberry wheat beer, a chocolate beer and a stout.
This was followed with some beer cocktails created by Amol. The first one was the a very refreshing
Win a copy of the Sainsbury Magazine Cookbook
Sainsbury's Magazine has put out a great cookbook with a compilation of over 100 recipes from their contributors like Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigella, Raymond Blanc and Thomasina Myers among others. There are sweet and savoury recipes included in the 100.
The book has stunning pictures too so you can see how each dish should look before you choose one to cook.
To win a copy of this book, just leave a comment below AND tweet to say why you would like to win the book. Do make sure that you
The book has stunning pictures too so you can see how each dish should look before you choose one to cook.
To win a copy of this book, just leave a comment below AND tweet to say why you would like to win the book. Do make sure that you
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