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July 2008 - Posts
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Those looking for something a little different to do on their Wednesday evenings need look no further than Prism , which is running a series of educational drinking games on hump days this summer. Past events have featured a food-and-wine quiz challenge Read More...
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The St. James’s Hotel and Club is set to emerge from refurbishment with a new restaurant, Andaman by Dieter Müller, opening 2nd September. Müller was previously at the acclaimed Schlosshotel Lerbach, near Cologne in Germany, where he was Read More...
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Nobu Matsuhisa photo: Steven Freeman Nobu Matsuhisa 's eponymous restaurants are among the hottest tickets wherever they are around the world. From London to LA to Tokyo , Matsuhisa titillates palates with his Peruvian-Japanese cuisine and oft-mimicked Read More...
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Hélène Darroze at The Connaught photo: Cindy Chen The fruits of a £70-million revamp of The Connaught in Mayfair continue to emerge with the unveiling of lauded French chef Hélène Darroze’s elegant dining room, Read More...
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Devonshire Terrace photo: Cindy Chen Set in the striking new Devonshire Square development near Liverpool Street station, the expansive brasserie/bar Devonshire Terrace offers an expensive, diverse Modern European menu that adds creative twists to familiar Read More...
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– Tacky restaurant themes, from "Guns 'n' Buns" to Nazi memorabilia. [ Word of Mouth ] – Potential restaurateurs are facing a scarcity of space and licenses.[ FT ] – The French oyster crop is unexpectedly dying off. Read More...
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You may remember that last year chef Henry Harris left his Racine restaurant to join the Soho House Group ( Soho House , The Electric , High Road Brasserie , etc.) as chef director and oversee the food and beverage side of the group's expansion. But Read More...
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The Compleat Angler Hotel in Marlow ups the dining ante with the opening of a country outpost of Aubergine , a fine-dining French that's one of London's top-rated restaurants for food. William Drabble, head chef at Aubergine for 10 years, will Read More...
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Punch Bowl , a moderately priced Mayfair watering hole bedecked with pretty hanging baskets, has seen its fair share of action since its circa-1730 inception, but nothing could have prepared it for the media attention that followed when Guy Ritchie (Mr. Read More...
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Our waiter would have been better cast as an undertaker. Read More...
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Barrafina photo by Cindy Chen Dining alone is not just the preserve of those stood up for a date. London has a fantastic range of restaurants where eating by yourself is a pleasure. Here are some of the best. Arbutus 63-64 Frith St. W1; 020-7734 4545 Read More...
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Ambassade de l'Ile photo: Cindy Chen With Ambassade de l'Ile , chef Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex has stretched his wings from his renowned Auberge de l’Ile in Lyon, spending over £2 million to turn the former Lundum’s space in Read More...
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– "I'm not fat," says Britain. But we are. [ Independent ] – Restaurants need to stop skimming waiters' tips. [ Independent ] – The endangered baobab fruit is appearing on English tables. [ Gaurdian ] – The Cinnamon Read More...
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Murano, the new Mayfair venture from chef Angela Hartnett (ex Menu at The Connaught), debuts 21st August in the former Zen Central space. Part of the Gordon Ramsay empire, the restaurant is aiming for sophisticated and glamourous with a classically tailored Read More...
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Hakuba Courtesy Of Cindy Chen One of the owners of the now defunct Kobe Jones in Bloomsbury has reopened the space as Hakuba, giving it a brighter look and introducing a Westernised twang (and some cheaper dishes) to the pricey modern Japanese menu; in Read More...
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Chelsea's Manicomio will open its offshoot in the City, Manicomo Gutter Lane, on Monday. Set in the new striking three-story Sir Norman Foster–designed building, the Italian destination will have a ground-floor cafe and takeaway, a first-floor Read More...
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Most of the food here tastes like cheese with extra cheese on top. Read More...
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Nothing is more English than bringing your own hamper full of goodies to an outdoor event – whether you're going to the opera at Glyndebourne, to see the Royal Opera House ballet or opera performances on the Big Screen in Trafalgar Square or Read More...
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– Between eight-course meals, G8 leaders discuss world food shortages. [ Telegraph ] – Oh, and Gordon Brown wants you to finish your peas. [ Eat Out ] – GM farming never went the way animator Tex Avery imagined , but that doesn't Read More...
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Colonne de Juillet marks the site of the Bastille photo: Hervé Dissaux 14th July is the big holiday for our neighbours across the channel. And in honour of the famous storming of the Bastille, a few restaurants around London are preparing special Read More...
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photo: Angela Rutherford Dear Readers, Zagat Buzz is on break until 7th July, when we’ll be back with all the latest news and openings. The Zagat Buzz Team Read More...
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My husband-to-be ordered a brain burrito. I married him anyway. Read More...
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Alain Ducasse's "Rose and Raspberry Pleasure" photo: Christian Trampenau The arrival of fresh strawberries and raspberries marks one of Britain’s greatest seasonal highlights. They’re popping up on most summer dessert menus, Read More...
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Devonshire Square gets an enormous newcomer 14th July, when restaurateurs Alex Langlands Pearse and Simon Prideaux ( The Admiral Codrington and Vingt-Quatre ) open their 8,000-sq.-ft., 250-seat Devonshire Terrace. Filling all that space are a restaurant, Read More...
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L'Anima photo: Cindy Chen An airy, glass-fronted Italian that looks as slick as the flash City offices on the floors above it, L'Anima offers an expensive Calabrian-inspired menu, served in a cool, serene setting with brown porphyry walls, limestone Read More...
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