Culinary Calendar: February
Purple-sprouting broccoli, blood red orange cocktails…and the bright yellow of Bird’s custard? It’s a colourful culinary calendar in February for Angela Clutton…
Browsing: The Foodie
Cabana
Cabana’s startling multi-coloured facade rears up at me as I approach from the west. Baby…
The Princess Victoria
Squally showers and insistent rain beat down a tattoo on the pavement beneath our feet. The glistening slabs, uniform in their grey municipality, are punctuated only by a discarded fried chicken wing here, a sad single shoe there.
Brasserie Chavot
When I visited The Capital about six years ago, I was blown away by the…
Culinary Calendar: January
Amid the gloom of the inclement weather, there are some joys to be had in January…and many of those to do with food. Angela Clutton breaks open the new year with a look at what’s seasonal this month…
Casanis
“With its low lighting, shabby chic whitewashed interior and wooden chairs, not to mention Jill greeting guests with “Bonsoir!”, you could almost convince me that I was in France.”
The House of St. Barnabas
A private members’ club attributed to a saint? Not as odd as it sounds, as Richard Clayman discovers the charity behind this London institution…
Craft Brew, NY: It’s No Small Beer
Craft brewing is on the up in the UK. But across the pond our American…
Winter Hideout: The Churchill Bar & Terrace
If you love a bit of history with some cocktails thrown in, then The Churchill…
Le Marocain at La Mamounia
“Marrakech – a city of sounds, oscillating through the hot, dry, smoky air from the hoarse but incessant voice box of Jemaa el Fna. Bewitching, enchanting, hypnotising…”
Outlaw’s at the Capital
“Outlaw’s at The Capital sounds rather dramatic, like a Sam Pekinpah Western. It is not; it is a very calm, well-mannered, perfectly turned out restaurant in Knightsbridge…”
Acting Up at The Ivy
“Lord Fellowes turned, I noticed an apron on him, and as he strode past I heard him utter to the maitre d’, ‘Two machiattos for table four’.” Larry dines in surprise at the hands of Downton’s finest…