Aside from the concerned looks I received at work when I showed up with a studded bra, ready to see Marilyn Manson play at the Hammersmith Apollo in London yesterday, I was asked a lot of questions about the gig. While…
Celebrities’ favourite, popular, classy, exclusive: you hear all these adjectives and even more mentioned while describing the Chiltern Firehouse. So what does eating there actually feel like? Hotelier André Balazs, the father of Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont, opened Chiltern Firehouse last year…
If you read my blog you probably already know that I don’t like eating Italian while dining out: why bother over-spending on something I could easily cook myself? After reading Grace Dent’s review of Spitalfields’ Canto Corvino, however, I was tempted:…
You haven’t done afternoon tea properly until you’ve hopped on the BB Bakery‘s Afternoon Tea Bus Tour, giving you a ride all across London’s most iconic landmarks while sipping tea and eating some damn fine pastries and cakes. Set on…
American nostalgia: I’ve been suffering from this condition ever since I set foot on European soil again. Here’s what you have to do if you’re looking for an American night in Shoreditch. Dinner at Red’s True Barbecue Enter this huge…
“Cocktails, bitch!” would have said Jesse Pinkman if only he had known about London’s Breaking Bad inspired pop up cocktail bar ABQ. And since we’re all trying to fill the void that the the end of one of the best…
London is going nuts for eggs. What with Bad Egg whipping up one of the best brunches in the City, Good Egg opening up in Stoke Newington, Egg Break scrambling it up in Uxbridge and an egg café setting up…
On Monday I had the pleasure to try a marvellous two-course meal at the London Mondrian Hotel’s Sea Containers restaurant as part of my ticket for Damian Barr’s Literary Salon‘s seventh birthday, one of my favourite nights of the year…
Celebrating both drinks and ancient London history together, Bompas & Parr’s Alcoholic Architecture features a walk-in cloud of breathable cocktails. But are you going to get drunk from it? Read on to find out.
I’m just about surviving the back-from-holiday blues – and I need to shed extra kilos courtesy of gelato off my legs. This doesn’t mean I can’t have fun: here are three great London healthy spots that won’t make you feel too…
