Food and Drink

The greatest tragedy of modern day life is the pace at which we live it. You know who said that? I did. A 30 year-old workaholic who rushes through commuter crowds every morning at 8 before barging my way back through the same people at 6. I graft in the mornings, graft at night. I can't switch off on my measly 23 day's holiday and use Sundays to cushion the end of the working week with the start of a...

Tying in with National Whisky Sours Day having taken place in America this week, as well as record breaking temperatures here in the UK – this week’s featured cocktail recipe is most fitting. New Scottish brand R&B Distillers’ take on the class Whisky Sour is the perfect antidote to the blistering heat. An incredibly simple concoction, the 'Borders Sour' showcases R&B’s Borders highland single grain Scotch whisky, combined with fresh lemon, pineapple, Gomme syrup and grapefruit bitters. Ingredients 50ml Borders...

It’s often believed that expensive cuts of meat are superior to the often overlooked cheaper cuts available. However, in almost every case, it is the cooking process that’s the most important when meat is concerned. A well cooked piece of offal with almost always taste better than a badly cooked expensive slab of flesh, with a pork dish from Kensington’s Launceston Place acting as a fine example. Tucked away on a street of the same name, the Michelin-starred Launceston Place...

One of London’s finest Indian restaurants, Atul Kochhar’s Benares will launch a new ‘street food’ styled menu in September. A playful nod to the street food favourites from five Indian culinary hotspots, the Michelin-starred restaurant will offer a selection of new dishes, each of which will be created by one of the kitchen’s chefs, inspired by the street food speciality of their hometown. Paying homage to these regional Indian dishes, the time-honoured recipes and methods will be accompanied by the...

While specific origins are murky, the relationship between coffee and alcohol is no newfound obsession. The earliest noted combination can, perhaps, be traced back to around 800AD with coffee berries and beans allegedly discovered by an Ethiopian goat herder, which when found to be edible were used for a variety of coffee products, including wine made from fermented coffee berry pulp. Since then, an uncountable amount of cocktails featuring coffee have risen to prominence, including the classic ‘Irish Coffee’ and...

Brewed: Eastry, Kent Strength: 8.0% ABV Like much of the UK, Kent’s brewing scene is incredible at the moment. With a constant increase in craft breweries opening across “the garden of England”, one that’s particularly exciting is Time & Tide, operating from a farm near Deal. Set up at the end of 2013 with a mission to deliver “incredible flavours that excite your palate and make you smile”, taking inspiration from just about everywhere (with particular focus on the world...

Like gourmet burgers, fancy fried chicken, bao buns and ramen noodles - waffles are a food trend that’s seen a vast increase in popularity in recent years. Forget the frozen potato kind and the over-sweetened “Belgian” waffles sold on every corner of Oxford Street, these up-to-the-minute waffles are generally served with savoury toppings alongside some more classic, understated sweet toppings. Take Waffle Lion, for example, a new venture which will pop-up at The Common in Bethnal Green in September -...

You can always spot a good hotel by how many amenities it provides. Bars of chocolate that sit adjacent to espresso coffee machines, rolled towel/ waterbottle combinations that greet you in the gym and a plethora of bathroom items that lay invitingly across from the in-built bathroom TV can transform a hotel from simply providing a bed in a room to being a haven of ultimate tranquillity. The Arch, a boutique hotel in the heart of London, certainly qualifies in the...

Aldi is to stock the world's most expensive rump steak for less than a fiver this Bank Holiday weekend. With many London restaurants charging over £90 for cut of Wagyu beef, the budget supermarket is making a splash by cutting prices to less than a pint in most places! According to the supermarket, the premium beef comes from cattle that are bred and grass-fed on open New Zealand pastures. Tony Baines, Joint Managing Director of Corporate Buying at Aldi, said, “Wagyu...