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For anyone operating a restaurant specialising in the cuisine of a particular country or culture, being considered ‘authentic’ by experts and ex-pats can be both a blessing and a burden. While a reputation for the truest tapas, realest rendang or mostverisimilitudinous Vietnamese usually results in a clamour for tables and healthy profits, get things wrong and…
40 Acre Lane has been home to many a venture, the last being a Ghanaian nightclub/ restaurant that audaciously sold tickets for a Ghana v Uruguay screening during the World Cup (but unfortunately sealed its fate when the electricity failed mid-match, leaving alot of footie fans vexed to say the…
What were you doing in your 20s? If you were like me, it involved uni, pubs and dreaming of travelling the world. If you were the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1826 you were building the world’s first underwater tunnel under our lil Thames. Upon its completion, it was considered…
You probably know Michel Roux Jr – head of the world famous Mitcheli starred Le Gavroche restaurant, the perfection-seeking host of Masterchef: The Professionals. Coming from a long history of chefs and restaurateurs – including his famous father of the same name – Mr Michel Junior has evidently always had…
Creating a short list of cafés for my book The Independent Coffee Book: London was very hard, as the capital has spawned so many great ones. Each person will have their own favourite based on what they like, where they live, the atmosphere…. it all becomes very personal. For me it’s…
Sweetie darling, January is here and boredom is out, but fear not – The Book Club have the perfect antidote with their Absolutely Fabulous Night. As one of the most popular British sitcoms of the last decade (with fingers crossed a film coming soon) fans will relive the fashionable ups and downs…