Everyone has their 'go to steakhouse'. I'm here to tell you it's the wrong one – I know a better one. I went to Italian owned and run Macellaio recently in South Kensington and emerged wowed, soused and with more…
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Brunch at a Casino? Sounds like the end of an all night bender, rather than the start of what turned out to be a somewhat civilised afternoon. This is the new offering from the Heliot Steak House at the iconic Hippodrome Casino off Leicester…
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Lurking in South London is a gem of a spot: The Lido Cafe at Brockwell Lido. If you didn't know that there is an epic outdoor pool in a leafy park by Brixton, neither did I. Apparently lots of people do though –…
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The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival is just around the corner and we were fortunate to catch a preview of the ‘World’s Greatest Imaginary Jazz Bar’ at Kansas Smitty's in Broadway Market, just before its month long residency up north throughout August. London’s favourite jazz…
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Recently I was whisked away from the grey skies of London, to subtropical Cuba, tasked with finding out all about Cuban rum at the hands of its masters, Havana Club rum. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to…
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Summer's here and it's time to dust off those shorts, drag the BBQ out of the shed and get involved in some serious summertime slurpage. For me, nothing goes better with sunshine than a delicious rum cocktail and I learnt how to…
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Great hunks of barbequed meat, rice and peas, goat curry, and pepperpot stew. Caribbean food, though a rare pleasure, is one of my favourite cuisines. Perhaps it’s the quite unbelievable fusion of different influences (African, East Indian, Arab, Chinese, and…
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