With news of the fourth National Butcher’s Week (13-20th March) arriving in Qin Xie’s Inbox, she had an epiphany. She should, and need to, learn about those cuts of meat by exploring some of the best butchery classes right on her doorstep. After one or two train/tube/bus rides, that is.
Hooray for the Upper Glasses
Traiteur and chef Franck Pontais won last year’s UK Iron Chef contest, although presumably not with verrines which are not exactly hunky He loves verrines, he even has a book about them, and has popped up with his pop-up Glass Kitchen, as part of Harvey Nicks Taste Lab project.
The Great British Food Revival or Dead Air Time?
The latest episode in a show that attempts to resuscitate the lacklustre British palate started with restaurateur and part-time Frenchman Michel Roux exclaiming: ‘I’m Michel Roux and I’m passionate about bread.” From these unpromising beginnings you wonder how Roux is going to make a 30 min programme on bread interesting, and to give him credit, he tries.
Chilango!
This busy eat in/takeaway café on Fleet Street belongs to a small chain of four regional restaurants serving up a tasty range of the best Mexican street food. There aren’t many places in the UK where real Mexican food joints like this can be found. Everything is freshly prepared in front of the customers and the chefs are consistently grilling and chopping away in the open view kitchen.
A Flare for Food
‘I just sort of got fed up with fiddly food,’ he says leading us up the stairs to his first floor kitchen. ‘I wanted to get back to simple, fun food.’ As well as the Chicken Kiev, whose origin is as much a mystery as what goes into the hideous things that call themselves Kievs in the supermarket, he does Gala pies and Arctic Rolls too, all things that appeal to the 70’s schoolboy in us all.
The Modern Pantry Pops Up at Meza in London’s Soho
The Modern Pantry in Clerkenwell is known for its unique fusion of New Zealand cuisine with a Danish influence brought together by chef Anna Hansen. This spring, for a limited period, Anna Hansen will be transporting her eclectic menu from The Modern Pantry to Soho.
Pearl Restaurant and Bar, stunning surroundings great food, an excellent place for a special occasion
Pearl has a lot going for it, wonderful surroundings and great service carried out with a quiet and efficient elegance, setting the scene for the amazingly good creations from the kitchen led by Jun Tanaka. These three elements come together to deliver the special experience you anticipate when you initially walk through the doors .
Fit for Shabbat: Tracklements Beetroot & Horseradish
You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy Tracklements Beetroot & Horseradish, which is just as well as Nadia Alkahzrajie definitely isn’t. She finds thouhg this vibrant kosher relish goes well with all kinds of food, so don’t just save it for high days and Jweish holidays
Thinking Outside the Bottle at Trishna
On the 20th March 2011, Trishna and wine experts Wine Chap will launch Trishna’s new monthly pairing evenings. Not Your Average Curry Night – Thinking Outside the Bottle will be London’s only regular evening that pairs wine, beer as well as cider with an Indian menu, for £45 per person.
GAIL’s Free Bread Campaign -Use your loaf!
GAIL’s the artisan bread bakery will be giving out a free loaf of bread with every purchase made in their Battersea shop on 20th March and St John’s Wood shop on 27th March.