Royal Ascot besides being one of the major events in the horse racing calendar, it is also an essential part of “The Season” and is one of the highlights of summer. Everyone knows the famous ladies day at Ascot where the ladies vie for attention wearing the most outrageous hats and outfits. Whether you…
Sonny’s Kitchen is hidden away in Barnes and has been a favourite of West Londoners for many years. If you don’t live around here, you probably would not even know of this place. Let me introduce you. This local Barnes eatery has been owned by restauranter Rebecca Mascarenhas for a long time and she has…
This has been one of our favourite dim sum places in London for the longest time. It was one of the first Chinese restaurants that started serving dim sum in a nicer environment and with better service than the brusque approach in most Chinatown places. Royal China in Queensway has a very big dining room,…
The 4 Hour Chef is a really catchy title, which immediately makes you think that you can learn to be a chef in 4 hours, but the books is not about that. More on this later. It’s Tim Ferriss’ latest best selling book. It has 14 carefully chosen meals each using only 4 ingedients and…
It’s not often that you find a topic that doesn’t have Wikipedia entry and Suspended Coffee is one of those terms. It’s called Caffe Sospeso in Italian and is a movement that supposedly started in Naples, Italy. The description in Wikipedia says: A tradition in the cafés of Naples is to order a caffè sospeso…
Wine pairing is quite a tricky thing, especially when it is with non European food. So many wines are overpowered by food with strong or spicy flavours. When trying to match wine and specifically Chablis in this case with takeaway food, the brain cells had to be awakened and taste buds had to be tingled….
London never ceases to surprise me. Every now and then I still find parts of London that are a complete revelation to me. Recently I discovered this stretch of the river just down the hill from St Pauls and in the shadow of the Millenium Bridge. Unless you had business in any of those ugly…
Cooking Japanese food has always been a mystery to me. I have been eating Japanese food for years but have only attempted to cook a few dishes like sushi and oyako don. It is one thing that I want to learn more about, especially the unfamiliar ingredients. A new Japanese Cooking school was launched in…
I love to learn about different cultures and their cuisine. One that is quite alien to me is Syrian food until recently. I was invited along to a supperclub hosted by a newcomer to the supperclub scene, Yasmine. This evening was held at her elegant family home in Holland Park. Yasmine Syrian heritage comes from…