I’ve been able to fly Etihad Business Class a couple of times now, so this post is the amalgamation of a few flights all on the same route between London Heathrow and Etihad’s hub Abu Dhabi. Right up front I’ll say that the Etihad Business Class experience is WAY above that of British Airways (the airline I fly with the most). They’ve removed it now, but at the time of…
Food blogger Annem Hobson, from So Wrong It’s Nom is launching her sell out Cheese Advent Calendar for the second year after creating a frenzy on the internet with her initial prototype. After trending on Facebook for more than two days and garnering celebrity support, over 11,000 people signed up to give the campaign their support in four days alone. An alternative to standard chocolate advent calendars, the Cheese Advent…
Review: Union Hand-Roasted Coffee – Some of the Best Coffee You Can Buy
October 5, 2018Read why we think this is the coffee you should be buying to have at coffee shops and at home…
London Michelin Star Changes 2019 – The Winners and the Losers
October 2, 2018I’m just listing the changes with the awards this year. Not an enormous amount of change in the Michelin Star awards for London in 2019 – one demotion and some new entries. Again, for me, the most interesting ones are the new entries – get those table reservations in!…
Michelin Guide, Bib Gourmands – Awards List 2019
September 28, 2018The Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand Awards for 2019 are out! We have links to all 27 new restaurants - get those reservations in…
Titan Airways Business Class Food – British Airways Club Europe Substitution
September 19, 2018Titan Airways Business Class Food - British Airways Club Europe Substitution. How does it compare?…
Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 and “The Beast” from Bian Dang
September 14, 2018My second visit to the festival - craft beer from Beavertown Extravaganza and Taiwanese food from Bian Dang.…
On Tuesday 25th September, Auction Against Hunger is once again bringing some of the UK’s most exciting chefs and streetfood traders to Borough Market for the most ecclectic menu of the summer. YouTube favourite DJ BBQ will host the 6th annual Auction, which has raised more than half a million pounds since it began in 2012. Auction Against Hunger Restaurants and Chefs Lyle’s, Anna Hansen, Nieves Barragan Mohacho, Yauatcha Patisserie,…
I love The Good Food Guide. As explained by themselves, its been around since 1951: “The Good Food Guide was first compiled by Raymond Postgate in 1951. Appalled by the British post-war dining experience, Postgate formed The Good Food Club, recruiting an army of volunteers to inspect restaurants anonymously and report back. His aims were simple, among them, ‘to raise the standard of cooking in Britain’ and ‘to do ourselves…
We Visited Meatopia Festival (Lateshift) 2018
September 4, 2018Marking its sixth annual event in the UK, starting Friday 31 August is the first day of the three day festival Meatopia. “Meatopia is a festival of high quality, ethically sourced meat, all cooked over ethically sourced wood and charcoal by some of the world’s leading top chefs”. Founded in the US by the late great Josh Ozersky and brought to the UK by chef Richard H Turner, Meatopia is…
A word up front that is is a massively overdue post! I’m hoping to make it the first of many Thermomix themed ones, but for now just a quick intro… I first learned of the Thermomix from watching MasterChef the professionals. This crazy device that seems to be able to cook things in such a way that wasn’t possible (or certainly wasn’t easy) with normal methods. Bright green or bright…
This lunch was booked because of two criteria. One very normal (for me), and one much more fun! I’d been lucky enough to rent a Tesla Model S for the weekend and was looking for a great place to stop for Sunday lunch; I needed somewhere with a Michelin Plate and a Tesla charger 🙂 Hurley House Hotel ticked both boxes, and what a place it is. It’s really beautiful.…
A MasterCard Priceless Meal at Lyles London
August 24, 2018This year in the world’s top 50 restaurants was Lyle’s restaurant in Shoreditch, London. One Michelin star, and now number 38 best restaurant in the world – with them saying the “daily menu is micro-seasonal, showcasing what’s best on any given day in London and the UK” The Guest Series, as described by Worlds50Best was setup because “With little time on his hands to travel, James created The Guest Series,…