J20 White Blend & Dinner In The Sky!

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I think I need to get used to heights given that I was up on the London Eye yesterday and what happened earlier this afternoon… Today sees the launch of J2O’s new ‘White Blend’ drinks which are based around grapes so they’re a lot less heavy and sweet than their existing range and, instead, are [...]

Cobra 10th Annual Brick Lane Curry Festival

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Cobra Brick Lane Curry Festival, a two week celebration of south Asian culture and cuisine, which starts tomorrow and runs until 4 June. The launch of the event took place at the Clifton, a very well appointed restaurant right at the bottom of Brick Lane and the [...]

Samosa Session @ Chilli Chutney

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I’m glad that I’m a bit of a foodie, because here comes my second restaurant blog entry of the week. Courtesy of my friends at Qype (and TikiChris in particular) I was down in Streatham earlier this evening at Chilli Chutney. You can find Chilli Chutney amongst a small group of bistros just down the [...]

Pizza Primavera

This evening I went along to the Curtain Road branch of Pizza Express in Hoxton for a special event to mark the extension of their ‘healthy option’ Legerra range for Spring. Ushered downstairs we were treated to a few starters and a refreshing prosecco and also invited to sample the ‘Election Pizza’ which, appropriately, will [...]

Bushmill Sessions @ The Pembroke

Earlier this week I got a charming little email from someone who had read my blog last week and sympathised that, as I was unable to get to Ireland due to that annoying #ashtag, perhaps I might like to do something that would take a little bit of the edge off my disappointment… What transpired [...]

Gekko @ The Langham

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Courtesy of Gekko (more on them in a minute) I was invited along on a tour of the 5 star Langham Hotel opposite Broadcasting House on Portland Place earlier this evening. Originally built in 1865, the hotel underwent its most recent refurbishment in April 2009 at the cost of a cool £80m… Along with complimentary [...]

Red Cups

You can always tell when the rampant consumerism of the UK retail sector gears up for Christmas because Starbucks start to sell their festive drinks – they started yesterday in fact. Sipping my gingerbread latte earlier this evening I came to a decision. I’m not going to be such a cynic about Christmas starting on [...]