Afternoon Tea at The Mandeville
Unabashed modern chaps Douglas Blyde and Jonesy indulge in the Mandeville Hotel’s Afternoon Tea for Men. Steak sandwiches, chicken satays, ‘masculine’ teacups…and whisky on standby for emergency machismo.
Browsing: The Foodie
Cây Tre
Our insatiable foodie and forager for London’s hottest restaurant openings, Mina Holland, meets visionary Vietnamese restaurateur Hugh Trung Bui at his Hoxton flagship Cây Tre, which he’s taking to Soho this summer.
Clos Maggiore
A young woman sits alone at a candlelit table. She flicks somberly through a heavy leather-bound wine list; her eyes fall upon the dark ink of exotic promises, but the seat opposite remains vacant…
Bocca di Lupo
Dark Knight of the Gluttonous Table, Douglas Blyde, unsheathes his rapier tongue and ventures into the badlands of Soho to chomp and imbibe in the environs of Bocca di Lupo. No plate is left unturned, no ice cream left unlicked.
Simply the Best: London’s Top Restaurants?
The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards will be announced on Monday night. Tom Harrow casts a glutton’s eye on London’s dining scene and muses over what it really means to be the best.
Tapas Revolution
Dark tousled locks, carefully pruned beard and deep brown pools of kind-looking eyes, Omar Allibhoy…
The Ebury
Whispers exchanged between passing Porsches have it that The Ebury counts a Royal-to-be as one…
Criterion Restaurant
When I stepped inside the Criterion in Piccadilly Circus – better termed a ‘tourist circus’…
Diva at the Met, Vancouver
Donning her oversized sunglasses, foodie diva Jackie Lee goes gallivanting in Vancouver for the Dine Out Restaurant Festival and falls upon a rather special venue at the Metropolitan Hotel.
The Fountain Restaurant, Fortnum & Mason
“You must not,” Jonesy tells me sternly, in a manner befitting a school headteacher, “talk…
Spuntino
First Polpo, then Polpetto, and now he’s done it again. Russell Norman and his recipe for success have taken the London restaurant scene by storm. Douglas Blyde ventures forth into the latest venture, Spuntino in Soho.