Dishoom (bless you!) aims to bring cool Bombay living to Covent Garden this July. Inspired by the disappearing old cafés that were an important part of life in India’s commercial capital throughout the last century.
Restaurateurs behind Texture launch 28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen
28-50 Wine Workshop & Kitchen is the latest venture from Xavier Rousset and Agnar Sverrisson, the restaurateurs behind the award-winning Michelin-starred restaurant Texture. Launching in early June 2010 in the City, it aims to deliver an exceptional variety of wines at excellent prices alongside simple, classic French food.
The Milroy, now open for plebs like us
The Milroy restaurant, is at No.5 Hamilton Place. Previously it was a bit select, only members of Les Ambassadeurs Club got in, but now The Milroy isalso be open to non-members for lunch. It’s a rare chance to experience a part of London’s oldest private members club.
Tom Aiken turns up at Somerset House
The well-known River Terrace Café at Somerset House has been completely re-designed to become Tom’s Terrace when it opens on 29 April. Underneath a futuristic canopy diners will enjoy protection from the London summer whilst enjoying stunning views of the river Thames.
The Mall Tavern – The Perritt Brothers’ Notting Hill Gate launch
The Mall Tavern is a brand new gastropub in the heart of Notting Hill Gate. Owners Jonathan and Andy Perritt have teamed up with Chef Jesse Dunford Wood, a rising star on the London dining scene
Uk’s first speciality cheese restaurant opens in chelsea
L’Art Du Fromage, a unique new gastronomic experience for London diners has just opened in Langton Street off London’s Kings Road.Cheese is an ingredient in most of the dishes on the menu (there is even cheese ice cream!) and including seasonal varieties, L’Art Du Fromage expect to be offering up to 200 different cheeses throughout the year
Wimbledon welcomes Carluccio
I like old Carluccio, I like his passion and I like his food and I share his love of wild mushrooms. In fact it’s thanks to his books on mushroom collection and cooking that I have safely foraged these last few years. Well the now the grand old man of Italian cooking has moved into Wimbledon where ladies who lunch are thick on the ground.
Whenever…Notting Hill itsu to open in March
itsu is opening its largest ever restaurant in Notting Hill, during the second week of March. This fourth restaurant will offer shoppers, local professionals and visitors to nearby Portobello market – itsu’s trademark quality, healthy Japanese menu.
Charlotte’s Bistro Turnham Green, a sister to Charlotte’s Place
Charlotte’s Bistro, a new restaurant from the team behind popular Ealing Common stalwart, Charlotte’s Place, has just opened at 6 Turnham Green Terrace,