Last week, I received an e-mail entitled thusly: “Congratulations aspiring scholar, Hendrick’s Schools await you Monday 20th February!“ Aside from a couple of missing commas in the above sentence (*ahem*), this was a beautiful sentence to read, for I had “applied” to attend Hendrick’s School of Wooing and Eluding at The Lonsdale in Notting Hill. Per … Continue reading »
Sömine, Somine or Şömine. It’s only recently I’ve been referring to “that 24 hour soup place” by name, and even now I’m probably not pronouncing the name correctly. However you refer to it, Sömine is a treasure of Dalston. It provides excellent Turkish food at a great value at all hours of the day or … Continue reading »
Seriously. So, like many other young(ish) folks in cities all across this great globe, I am looking for gainful employment. In addition to applying for jobs online, and having a cadre of kind friends keeping their eyes and ears open for job opportunities for me, I’d like to put out a request to those of … Continue reading »
Barring a set of circumstances in which I fall hopelessly in love with a dashing stranger who reciprocates my ardent fervour with similar passion, I will be one of many people in London passing through the Valentine’s Day holiday lacking a so-called significant other. Which, frankly, is great. When I was in relationships, I remember … Continue reading »
I won a whisky tasting. Normally, I don’t have the sort of luck that wins things. I generally have the sort of luck that involves finding 2p or 5p coins on the ground, or that allows me to be one of the last people to be able to squeeze onto a packed tube or bus, … Continue reading »
Earlier this week I attended my first seminar with London Gastronomy Seminars on that lovely product of bitterness and sweetness enjoyed by so many: chocolate. Chocolate, an object of desire for many and perhaps fetishised heavily particularly around holidays, as the recent catalogue for Hotel Chocolat demonstrates so well, is amazingly ubiquitous but still rather mysterious … Continue reading »
On the 22nd, I met up with friends on Brick Lane to attend the Experimental Food Society‘s exhibition, or as they deemed it, “Spectacular.” After seeing a horrendously long queue full of young, fashionable folk, I was a bit alarmed and worried about the event… until I realised the line was actually for the American … Continue reading »
After an hour or so at the UK RumFest, sampling a silly amount of rum, my friend Rob turns to me and says, “I think I’ve had enough rum.” I respond, “Did you ever think you would say those words?” It was Saturday, the 15th of October, and the first day of the UK RumFest, … Continue reading »
So, I got invited to attend a chocolate truffle-making workshop with other London-based bloggers (and a Facebook contest winner) by Great British Chefs at Homemade London. We’d be making a modified version of a recipe featured on the Great British Chefs app that I reviewed not so long ago. I made the jaunt out to … Continue reading »
So I was invited to cover the upcoming UK RumFest for this humble little food & drink blog, as well as for The Other Side magazine (whom I also have begun writing for). I’m quite intrigued, as I normally don’t drink rum, although I have used it to bake with in various rum cakes–particularly a … Continue reading »
Hello, there. I’ve made up a survey for some research I’m doing for London pub-goers. If you have 5 or 10 minutes to spare–about the time it takes to drink that morning coffee or tea (or pint)–and you live in London, please fill this survey out, and pass it around to your friends, associates, Twitter … Continue reading »
Hey there, just a quick update on this blog that I *swear* I will update soonish: I’m back in London. Yay! More entries soon, including further updates on the 100 Pubs Project (as well as an update for the 50 American Beers, too!). I’ve been busy putting together photo entries to revive Abandoned in London as well … Continue reading »
Hi there. In addition to writing about food, or really, about beer, I also write about other things, and I take lots of pictures. I’ve recently decided to start a photojournal project about my first year in London, told primarily through pictures and short essays. The project will be called I See London: A Love … Continue reading »
Exmouth Market is a decent place to be if you’re hungry in London, but my favourite place to go to on the street is Necco, the Japanese cafe with the pink awning with a cat on it. For those of you who know me and my obsession love of cats, I assure you there are … Continue reading »
The Yorkshire Grey was a pub I often passed on the bus, and I thought it looked quite cool from the outside. A grey pub front that looked quite modern, it looked like a gastropub that probably was quite nice. My visit back in August to the Yorkshire Grey was due to an aborted attempt … Continue reading »
