Fire & Stone, the restaurant known for their pizzas with a difference, is opening a fifth restaurant this week in London’s Old Spitalfields Market.
Free children’s chopsticks lessons at the Royal China Club
With the school holidays now in full swing, you may be finding it difficult to keep the kids entertained whilst keeping to the budget.To help ease the pain, the Royal China Club, Baker Street, is hosting free chopstick lessons for children on the 9th of August.
Opera at Courtyard 51
The Covent Garden Strings are that rare thing nowadays, a musical comedy act and collective. Tonight Sid Bowfin, who is clearly channelling the spirit of Bill Hall the legendary comedy violinist, leads a crack team of four in a performance that mixes excellent fiddle playing with clever crowd control through smart ad libs and polished comedy routines.
Nobu masterclass at Newlyns Farm
Nobu, London, will be hosting a series of culinary presentations this September at the private gardens of Newlyns Farm in Hampshire.
Afternoon Tea at Dean Street Townhouse
At Dean Street Townhouse, you will find the afternoon crowd lunching alfresco, slowly 
displaced by more mature guests inside the restaurant as evening approaches; all well heeled of course.
Loving Lebanon: Kebbeh Recipe From Bethany Kehdy
Bethany Kehdy from food blog Dirty Kitchen Secrets passes on her recipe for the yummy Lebanese dish of Kebbeh. Plus find out all about the Taste Lebanon culinary expedition this September.
The Lonsdale, 48 Lonsdale Road, Notting Hill
Some things, as good as they are on their own, don’t necessarily work in combination so, aware that our evening’s destination, The Lonsdale, specialises in steaks and cocktails, we had some doubts, but were naturally optimistic, off we went to the ever-popular Notting Hill. While their specialities of cocktails and steak aren’t an obvious fit, they do both to a very high standard.
Terminal 5 food. Plane and simple?
Plane Food as a restaurant name is obviously tempting fate. You can imagine the worried discussions around the table when the idea was first mooted – what if the food’s boring? What if it fails to ‘take off’? What if it crashes? No doubt Gordon overruled them all, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet, chopping one hand into another and saying ‘yeah?’ at the end of every sentence. It’s just part of T5’s first-class food offering for travellers.
Cantina Laredo
I suppose the West End is full of these unauthentic tourist havens that people flock to for a quick-fix meal, as long as authenticity isn’t high on the agenda and so Cantina Laredo may fit the bill. But for people who know about food and expect quality and standards that match the steep prices that they are paying, I would give Cantina Laredo a miss.
Raspberry Emergency
Having ruby red homemade raspberry jam waiting patiently on a shelf in my pantry is like having summer sunshine in a jar.