This half of foodepedia’s ‘two-headed monster’ (pa, the back half) works at Canary Wharf, and is often asked where to eat or drink – the answer has invariably been ‘somewhere else’. The small taste of Lower East that we had has certainly left us intrigued to go there and eat.
Dominic Chapman: Casting His Own Shadow
Douglas Blyde talks to Dominic Chapman, Tatler’s ‘Best Young Chef’ about unbeatable chips, ‘Razz Jazz’ cakes and how he has emerged from the shadows of Heston Blumenthal and Michael Parkinson…
The Real Greek
Set in the heart of Hoxton, The Real Greek is serving up traditional Greek food with a calorie-counted menu and new Cretan-inspired dishes that promise to make dining out and balancing a healthy lifestyle easy.
Peak of perfection – The Peacock at Rowsley
Looking for a weekend break that combines stunning scenery, a fabulous hotel and fine dining? Us too, and always. We found it in the Peak district where the people are charming, the Peaks marvellous and the Peacock Hotel an oasis of quality service and food.
Peeking around Chatsworth
Part two of our Peak District visit finds us checking out the glories of Chatsworth, and rifling through the Duke’s rooms, gardens and restaurant.
The proof is in the Bakewell pudding
Continuing our tour of the Peak District we visited the Bakewell Show; an annual riot of food, drink, cattle, dogs, manure, mud, wellies, dogs, smells, jousting knights, dogs and farm machinery that can take your arm off in seconds.
Mestizo launch their Gastronomic Week
Mestizo’s Gastronomic week was launched on Monday with a bustling party. If the canapés served at the launch party are representative of the dishes that will be featured during the Gastronomic week, and the atmosphere created at the party is anything to go by, this promises to be an interesting, fun week and something not to be missed.
A Break in The Peaks
Looking for a late summer getaway? The fabulous Peak District and Derbyshire arethere to be discovered with quality hotels, superb restaurants, local produce created with care, sites to see and of course fantastic scenery. We packed our bags and headed north to check out just some of what the region has to offer the Foode on a break.
Smirnoff to launch its new flavour vodkas in grand style.
The Smirnoff Co. Has announced recently that it will be simultaneously unveiling five huge ice sculptures across the UK on the 11th of September celebrating the national launch of two new flavours of vodka; Green Apple Smirnoff and Lime Smirnoff. Appearing in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool and London, the ice sculptures will recreate iconic landmarks from each of the five major UK cities in the form of scaled-down replicas.
No fudging the quality – we try premium biscuits from Fudges
The Fudges believe a biscuit should taste wonderful and so butter is what they choose to use, just as they use real lemon zest in their lemon biscuits. In fact all the biscuits in their large arsenal are made from fine ingredients carefully sourced. The biscuits themselves are hand crafted, shaped and baked using methods not much different from those used fifty years ago.