Benares
Benares has a great reputation, for both its food and its owner and chef, Atul ‘Master of Spice’ Kochhar, so I didn’t expect to be disappointed. I didn’t expect, either, quite the culinary thrills that lay before me that evening…
Browsing: Mayfair
The Four Seasons London Park Lane
Falling into the arms of a tall, dark and handsome doorman, Monica Harris is whisked away into a world of luxury, glamour and elegance and struts the red carpet at the Four Seasons Park Lane.
Soothing Scents in Mayfair
Saturday shopping hoards are pounding the pavements of Regent Street, yet in a subterranean treatment room, slathered in fragrant oils and ensconced beneath a blanket, all that couldn’t be more distant to me.
Fleming’s Grill
A restaurant should do what it says on the tin. That makes me sound horribly…
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.
Hush
It has been some days since I dined at Hush Brasserie in Mayfair. Perhaps, as…
Chor Bizarre
Prawn tak-a-tak; a dish with a name that you want to repeat over and over…
Babbo
Divas Tom Harrow and Jonesy get dolled up in the spirit of London Fashion Week and strut their stuff at Babbo in Mayfair, the newest and hottest Italian restaurant that nobody has ever heard of. Until now…
Wheeler’s of St. James
Wheeler’s is an old brand that has been passed from owner to owner since 1856,…
Corrigan’s Mayfair
Lindsay House was Richard Corrigan’s flagship venue, a creaking, charming Soho townhouse that retained its…
The Wow Factor: Aruna Seth
Heads turn as she waltzes into the Blue Bar of the Berkeley Hotel, a suitably…
Ristorante Semplice
Ristorante Semplice marks the inaugural ‘lunch with’ for The Arbuturian. Our guest here is Al…