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Review: Yaatra Restaurant & Bar
The beautiful Edwardian Old Westminster Fire Station is a suitable home for the smart Yaatra restaurant. Matching the style of the fire station building, it’s colourful and neat, like it belongs in a Wes Anderson film, with ornate flourishes to keep the eyes fed with curiosity.
Review: Bar Douro City
What’s the Douro all about? Well, apart from the historic English Port houses, the majestic winding river and the incredible-looking wavy terraces of vines that reach so high they brush the heavens, the Douro is also about food.
Review: Sake Seafood Sensations at The Grand Duchess
During the months of October and November, a bevy of restaurants across London have been participating in the Sake Seafood Sensations campaign, which is continuing until the 20th of November. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to discover the breadth of saké and also how it pairs with different cuisines.
Restaurant Review: Ochre
Having opened its doors in April this year, Ochre is the new restaurant at The National Gallery brought to aesthetes and gastronomes alike by the team behind Muriel’s Kitchen.
Review: Amelie’s Wine House
Amelie’s opened to the thirsty London public in July this year. Whatever the current global climate is right now, there’s only one climate in Amelie’s and that’s Mediterranean, specifically southern French. It’s cute, it’s colourful, it’s quaint and it feels like home. Wine “house”, rather than wine “bar”, is exactly right.
Humble Grape Battersea Review
Humble Grape have been pouring thirsty wine lovers unique, distinctive and sustainable wines from small producers for over 10 years now, with venues in Battersea, Fleet Street, Liverpool Street, Islington and Canary Wharf. I was recently invited to visit the Battersea branch to check out the menu and enjoy some of the wines on offer.
Review: The Bottle Store Restaurant at Squerryes Winery
In the summer, on one of the hottest days of the year, I sat by the stream at the Squerryes Winery’s Kent estate and feasted on a picnic, looking out onto the lush vines. It was a pleasure to be invited to return at the weekend, on a misty afternoon, to visit the new Bottle Store restaurant.
review: cheeky burger pop-up at de mezka
Uncertain times call for people to collaborate and create - and that’s when you get something like this. Street food legend Cheeky Burger, in association with the arts and lifestyle legends at Soul Partizan, opened a pop-up at De Mezka, a temporarily-closed Turkish restaurant in Hoxton.