The South Bank is usually a hive of activity on evenings and weekends when special events are happening. For such a busy place, there aren’t many great places to eat as most the places around there are all of the chain variety. However, some chains are better than others. One of these that offer a…
My new new thing all this summer was making ice cream, with lots of summer fruits and experimenting with other strange flavours. One of the favourite recipes was making Strawberry Ice Cream. The first time I made it was such a lovely surprise as it produces a delightful pink coloured concoction and it was really…
There is always excitement and buzz when something new appears in an area. On this stretch of St John’s Hill, the area is seeing an influx of new restaurants with the opening of The Plough Clapham and Ben’s Canteen recently.The Plough is yet another Youngs pub who seem to be dominating this corner of South…
Walking around Soho looking for a quick casual meal might stump you as there are so many choices of new restaurants with cuisine ranging from Indian wraps to Venetian Cichetti to Asian street food. A welcome new addition offering Indochinese Cuisine is opening on Wardour Street this week, Banana Tree Soho. Banana Tree Soho is…
Ever wondered how to get onto the guest lists of the top members only clubs in London? Here is an idea, book a table for dinner and you won’t have to suffer the indignity of being selected from the queue. The Cuckoo Club on Swallow Street has been a fashionable venue for a long time…
Being stuck in boarding school and starving was a regular event in my school days. We were always shipped off to school with our stash of instant noodles, biscuits and chocolate as the mums were always afraid we would be underfed. Another girl in my dorm used to have a massive cake sent to her…
Do you know the feeling like you have won the lottery when you discover an amazing new ingredient? There is this unrational thrill that a foodie gets when finding and loving a fab tasting new ingredient and my newest one is nduja, which I tasted here. An email popped into my inbox inviting me to…
PrintChocolate dipped orange shortbread biscuits Ingredients100g (3 ½ oz) Kerrygold butter, softened and diced, plus extra for greasing 150g (5oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting 50g (2oz) caster sugar 75g (2½ oz) dark chocolate, broken in to pieces The grated zest of one orangeInstructionsMakes 15–20 biscuits Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°f/Gas mark 4. Grease…
PrintGrilled spring lamb cutlets with anchovy, olive and caper butter served with buttered courgettes Ingredients2 tbsp olive oil 12 lamb cutlets Salt and pepper For the flavoured butter: 125g (4 ½ oz) Kerrygold butter, softened 1 tbsp parsley, chopped 2 anchovies, chopped 0 capers, chopped 6 black olives, pitted and chopped A squeeze of lemon…