Food and Drink

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 5.1% ABV Brewed: Ipplepen, Devon Although better known for its range of grooming products, The Bluebeards Revenge has teamed up with their local Devon-based brewery - Hunter’s – in order to craft ‘The Ultimate Pale Ale For Real Men’. Available as a conditioned man-size 500ml bottle, the brew is unpasteurised and unfiltered for optimum taste and made using Citra and East Kent Golding’s hops. Upon pouring, an opaque amber complexion is joined by...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Upon searching for the true origin of choux pastry, it’s almost impossible to find an absolute, definitive result. Some cookbooks name check a chef named Pantarelli (or Pantanelli) from the 1500s as the rightful inventor, using the dough to craft a gateau named pâte à Pantanelli. Others believe that the pastry’s origins stem from a more modern pâtissier named Avice - said to have created the first choux buns, which resembled cabbages (choux in...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Opened right at the end of 2014, Enoteca Rabezzana is perched upon the southeast corner of Smithfield’s famous meat market. Essentially, a wine bar with its impressive list of almost 150 Italian wines, the venue does also include a strong focus on Italian food. Inside, the humble residence is cosy and inviting: there’s an open kitchen, a sleek tiled bar with a design that amalgamates into the flooring, and plenty of wine used almost...

Photo: Peter Cassidy for The Scandi Kitchen, Brontë Aurell, Ryland Peters & Small. By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food October is turning out to be uncharacteristically warm here in Britain, this far, but there’s no denying that Winter is well on its way, and tying in with the turning of the seasons, Brontë Aurell of The Scandi Kitchen has shared the recipe for her delicious Nordic ginger biscuits. Christmas may seem a while away, for the moment, but there’s no...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Tying in with London Cocktail Week (October 5th-12th), the people behind Woodford Reserve – a craft bourbon - are set to launch a one-of-a-kind pop-up bar The Art Of The Old Fashioned in Shoreditch. Taking residence beneath an old railway arch on Old Street, the bar will be open between October 6th-9th from 6pm-11pm, the bar will offer guests to sample a menu collaborated upon by a selection of talented bartenders from across the...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food First opening its doors almost 90 years ago, tucked just back from St James’s famous Jermyn Street, Quaglino’s became a real dining and nightlife institution back in the 1990’s, having been taken over by Sir Terence Conran. Re-launched in the same year that I was born, unfortunately I never managed to experience the restaurant’s golden-era, however following another refurbishment – this time from D&D – Quaglino’s still seems like the ideal venue in which...

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. 45 Jermyn Street – Piccadilly Attempting to recapture "a golden age of glamour" with the reopening of the Fountain brasserie under the new guise of 45 Jermyn Street. Having originally opened within Fortum & Mason – London’s most British department store – six decades ago, the newly refurbished all-day restaurant will...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 4.8% ABV Brewed: Hackney Wick, London Having already expressed our regards towards Crate’s core range offerings, on more than one occasion, the time has arrived for the Hackney Wick-based brewery’s humble Lager to soak up the spotlight. Brewed on site, like their other Beers, Crate Lager is available by the bottle or in a 50-litre keg, delivering a translucent orange appearance when poured, topped with a thin head. Aromas of biscuit and hops are...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Alike the rest of the City, London’s restaurant scene is a titanic melting pot of universal cultures. Throughout our fair city one can eat almost anything, from the most fetid of dishes through to some of the Earth’s finest, using the most luxurious and limited ingredients on offer. Unfortunately, however, there’s nowhere near enough Egyptian food. Well, there’s not enough authentic Egyptian food, at least. Fortunately, one new opening in Kensington is flying the...