Posted on 9 December 2008 by tastebuds
Guests can now enjoy a wide variety of rustic Spanish specialities in The Gore Hotel’s Bar 190. The Gore’s new Head Chef, Taher Djeebet, who has lived and worked in Spain, has used his Mediterranean experiences to create a Tapas menu bursting with traditional Spanish flavours. With a mix of cold and warm dishes, these tasty tapas (priced between £3.50 and £4.50) are ideal for sharing whilst socialising in the bar, or as a light bite for one.
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Posted on 5 December 2008 by tastebuds
An all-new food experience arrives in London direct from South Africa this December - Madame Zingara at Battersea Power Station, from 12th December 2008 for three months. A heady fusion of comedy, cirque and cabaret combine with decadent dining to create an irresistible theatrical experience: welcome to Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams.
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Posted on 10 October 2008 by tastebuds
Thanks to his Mum encouraging him to bake cakes, Bryan Webb side-stepped a job down the mines - as a school-leaving Valleys boy at that time was expected to do - opting to become a chef instead. As luck would have it, his first job was with Sonia and Neville Blech at The Crown in Whitebrook, near Monmouth - the only Michelin starred restaurant in Wales.
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Posted on 29 September 2008 by tastebuds
In honour of the gin distilleries which opened in Clerkenwell during the 18th century, The Larder bar has gathered the largest collection of gin in London. The streets surrounding The Larder building were chosen by master gin distillers due to the purity of water in the area, which was then known as Clerks Well. The most famous distillery belonged to Alexander Gordon which opened on St John Street in 1769. Others included the Booths gin distillery in Britton Street. The stone frieze, depicting the methods of gin production, can still be seen today.
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Posted on 24 September 2008 by tastebuds
Gary Rhodes is one of Britain’s best-loved Michelin-starred chefs. He has restaurants in London, Dublin, Grenada and on board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean sea. He appears regularly on television, most recently in Hell’s Kitchen and Local Food Heroes, and is one of the stars in spandex on BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ this autumn.
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Posted on 10 September 2008 by tastebuds
September 10th sees the launch of the new and completely revised pocket-sized Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009. Featuring one-page reviews of over 400 restaurants, with 79 new entries this year, it’s quite simply the best survey of the London restaurant scene out there.
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