A great book with so many brilliant recipes it makes your head spin. Bill is an inspiration but he’s also a mate. Someone to turn to when food gets boring and you need an injection of excitement, flavour and Aussie sunshine style.Bill’s food is unpretentious; it’s not food drawn from a Michelin starred kitchen, it’s food you can easily cook yourself if you simply plug in to Bill’s passion for freshness and flavour above everything else.
Cinnamon Kitchen announce their cocktail and cookery masterclasses
This autumn sees the City’s Indian restaurant, Cinnamon Kitchen, and adjacent cocktail lounge bar, Anise, reveal their spice-infused secrets in creating some exciting culinary creations. Hosting a series of cocktail and cookery masterclasses,
Try a little Rape this weekend
At around £7.99 for a 750ml bottle Hillfarm Virgin Rapeseed Oil is reasonably priced against the better olive oils and is more versatile. And while I am still not happy at the yellowfication of our once green and pleasant land, I can at least say this particular Rape product makes some of it well worthwhile.
Kasturi launch special Fish Festival menu, 1st September to the 15th October 2009.
Kasturi, the award winning restaurant at the heart of the city of London has arranged a Fish Festival which will run from the 1st September to the 15th October 2009.
Watermelon, Rubicon’s latest fruit juice drink
Having never been a fan of watermelon, the fruit had always seemed rather lacking in body and flavour; I was pleasantly surprised by Rubicon’s Watermelon juice, their latest product.
Wine – The Recession
Whilst in the midst of the biggest recession in living history, does a nation internationally renowned for hard drinking consume even more? With brand booze seemingly ‘on tap’ at most supermarkets, and even a Champagne price war going on that caters for the higher echelons as well, is it no wonder that alcohol is now officially as big a problem as everyone thinks it is?
Enjoy 25% discount on YO! Sushi’s take away and delivery service
Shoppers, workers and local residents around Whiteleys Shopping Centre will be interested to learn that between 1st September and 31st December 2009, the Whiteleys branch of the YO! Sushi restaurant chain is offering a 25% discount on their YO! To Go take away and delivery orders.
Beach Blanket Babylon East
It isn’t easy to fill venues on the industrial stretch of Bethnal Green road where Beach Blanket Babylon has hunkered down. Brick Lane’s melee bristles five minutes away. Commercial Road’s pencil moustache and cupcake brigade posture to the right. But despite the relative quiet on our Friday night visit, the punters seemed still to be loving it.
Fat duck prizes at Min Jiang’s first birthday
Min Jiang’s first birthday celebrations mean they’re offering all diners a complimentary Min Jiang fortune cookie during their birthday week from 7th – 13th September plus complimentary tastings of its renowned Beijing duck from 7th-11th September for guests dining at the restaurant.
Cheesy inspiration from the next generation
Due to go on sale in Tesco stores from September, Norseland’s blended Wensleydale with Sour Cherry & Plum sounds an odd combination of flavours, but having tasted it, the crumbliness of the Wensleydale and its mild flavour does work with the fruits, and makes for a nice mouthful.