How To Make: St JOHN Madeleines
A simple recipe for one of the iconic restaurant's most popular desserts.
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – The Ivy’s Strawberry Daiquiri
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having reopened its doors back in June, following an extensive refurbishment, one of the most prominent features of London’s most famous Restaurant is the new central coral onyx Dining Bar. Alongside providing customers the ideal location for a pre-dinner drink, or even a prime...
MEATliquor To Open In Islington This October
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Following the huge success of their restaurant placed just behind London’s busy Oxford Street, which now demands gargantuan queues during busy times, just in order to get a seat, the team behind MEATliquor have announced that their new offshoot will open in Islington next...
Restaurant Review – Plateau
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Somehow it seems that scathing restaurant reviews are always the most fun. Not so much for the writer (negative reviews are no easier to write) but, in fact, for the reader, and proof comes with the fact that some of the most revered food writers...
The Shame of Being a Meat Eater
By Dave Binder I have a terrible confession to make: I really like meat. I know, I’m a monster. Not literally, like the Loch Ness Monster or Albi the racist dragon, but for liking and consuming my fair share of beef, chicken, pork and lamb et al. I do sometimes...
London’s Best New Restaurant Openings – September
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, here’s our pick of the best new restaurants arriving in London over the coming month. Four Hundred Rabbits - Crystal Palace Coming soon to Crystal Palace, the team behind The Lido Café’s new opening will have...
Restaurant Review – Quilon
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having opened way back in 1999, it would seem that, once upon a time, Quilon was actually quite brilliant. Again, they’ve managed to wow Michelin this year, for the seventh year running, so it’s a real shame that our recent visit didn’t quite manage...
How To Make The Perfect… Roast Grouse
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With Game season now well underway, following the Glorious 12th of August, The Plowden Arms in Henley on Thames have shared the recipe for their own Roast Grouse dish, using the quintessentially British Red Grouse, Livers En Croute, Bread Purée, Watercress and Blackberries. Enjoy....
Restaurant Review – Vinothec Compass
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With the current boom in popularity that’s surrounding Greenwich Peninsula at present, North Greenwich is turning into a real hot bed for eating out. Until quite recently, the only places to eat within a stones throw of North Greenwich station were one of the...