A perfect recipe for a leisurely Sunday is a warm kitchen, lots of friends around a table laden with fabulous home cooking. Recently, The London Foodie hosted another London Cooking Club and theme was not around a cuisine but an ingredient, Nduja. This year seems to be the year of the nduja. It seems to…
I found this recipe on another food blog and they looked so lovely that I had it on my list to try. Then came along the Let’s Make Christmas event, so I made it for my swap contribution. See below for my adapted recipe. They are really easy to make and the recipe makes about…
The fabulous Vanessa Kimbell started a conversation on Twitter to organise a Christmas gift swap between food bloggers, with handmade edible. This eventually turned into an event held at Fortnums and Masons and a very competitive competition judged by Dan Lepard. Let’s Make Christmas was born. 50 food bloggers, many, many amazing handmade foodie gifts…
Slurping your food and drink loudly is seen as rude in some cultures but in tasting beverages like wine, tea and coffee, it’s quite essential as the oxygenation releases the flavours and aromas. Up to this point, I have never had much of an occassion to taste more than one coffee at a time and…
It’s the time of year when there are r in the months again and many London restaurants are doing special Oyster Festival Menus. One of these is the Patara Thai Restaurant in Soho. Patara is a fine dining Thai Restaurant chain in London serving authentic Thai flavours in their beautifully designed modern Thai interiors. At…
A little corner of Park Lane has been revived with the transformation of the old International Casino into 45 Park Lane, a new luxury boutique hotel that is part of the Dorchester Collection. The hotel is a complete contrast to the Dorchester, it’s modern, contempary and has only 45 rooms. The site has been languishing…
London is such a stunning city when seen from different vantage points. The view from the top of the Royal Festival Hall is particularly stunning as you can see all the famous landmarks of London along the river like the London Eye, the Houses of Parliamenet, Big Ben and St Pauls further down the river….
A few days ago, I was invited to the Google London HQ to sample some dishes from Ferran Adria’s new cookbook, The Family Meal. For a foodie is also a bit of a geek, this was heaven. Lunch was really chaotic as we were in one of their many staff canteens and had to join…
Recently, The London Foodie, Love Leluu, Meemalee and I put on an Asian Supper Club, Grazing Asia, for Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Foundation. My earlier post talked about how this came about and this post is all about what happened on the day. Since the event, our new Grazing Asia site has been updated with some stunning…