Food and Drink

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic At what point does this become uncomfortable? I thought as Fernando Larroude, Head of Grills at Gaucho pushed his chief bar staff up against the window of his Piccadilly outlet. Bent limply at the hands of the bearded Argentinian chef the cocktail connoisseur was an unwitting prop, evidently not for the first time, of a hilarious demonstration of steak cuts which became increasingly hilarious as Larroude slid his hand from Rib to...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Brewed: Greenwich, London Strength: 4.3% ABV Founded at the turn of the millennium in a small flat in Greenwich by Brew Master Alastair Hook and some like minded friends, Meantime has since become one of the leading breweries in the British Craft Beer revolution. Having set up their state-of-the-art brewery in 2010, just a stones throw from the Prime Meridian, as well as recently opening The Tasting Rooms, a venue that offers the chance...

Photo: Paul Winch-Furness By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Re-opened earlier this year in time to celebrate its centenary in 2017, The Ivy – London’s most famous restaurant and one of the city’s most prominent celeb haunts – has been refurbished and brought up to date (well, kind of) featuring a prominent central bar as well as new artworks from some of Britain’s most prestigious artists, most notably. Still unsurprisingly, albeit 98 years old, it’s still unbelievably difficult to book...

Pho & Bun’s fresh summer rolls recipe, with king prawns and peanut butter dipping sauce.

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food In the lead up to the unveiling of its most unconventional Christmas scheme to date – ‘Journey To The Stars’ – iconic London department store Selfridges is currently preparing to open the fourth restaurant its series of ‘On the Roof’ pop-ups in association with restaurateur Des McDonald (Q Grill Chalk Farm, Frontier Room at Q Grill, Holborn Dining Room). Following the success of the most recent Vintage Salt, Forest Restaurant & Cabin Bar is...

Photo: David-Griffen-Photography By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having reopened its doors back in June after an extensive refurbishment, one of the most prominent features of The Ivy’s - London’s most famous restaurant - new interior is the central coral onyx dining bar. Alongside providing customers the ideal location for a pre-dinner drink, or even a prime position seat to dine from, there’s also a brand new Cocktail list, to accompany, assembled by Bar Manager Darren Ball, along with Xavier...

Header photo: © Photopoint.com By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food When it comes to gourmet food, no nation excels quite so well as the French. So what better city than Paris for a food lover’s pilgrimage? The rightful home of the Michelin Star, as well as hundreds of humble patisseries, suave brasseries and cafés, plus some of the greatest produce that’s known to man. In fact, Paris is home to 72 restaurants with one star, 13 with two, and nine with...

By Jack Peat, TLE Editor England is among the only prominent wine drinking regions in the World that is completely devoid of an identity. Black and Blue, a classic steak house with outlets in Borough Market, Covent Garden and Waterloo amongst others, lists no fewer than ten wine-growing countries on its red wine list alone. Their varietal smorgasbord of robust clarets is typical of British consumers who have enjoyed trade from across the New and Old Worlds for centuries leaving...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food When restaurants are opened with names that fall towards the less helpful or imaginative end of the spectrum (street addresses included), there’s often an air of tremendous pretention. Thankfully, however, this is not the case with No. 11 Pimlico Road, an independent all-day venue that’s nowhere near as pretentious as its name or postcode would suggest. Opened at the beginning of 2013 in place of The Ebury, located between Victoria station and Sloane Square,...