1,000 CITY MENU TO STAGE A COMEBACK June 7, 2009 LAST year, one of the City’s favourite restaurants, Vivat Bacchus, made headlines all around the globe for introducing a £1,000 tasting menu despite the onset of the credit crunch, as a treat for hard-working financiers celebrating their (albeit reduced) bonuses. The menu – which included royal sevruga caviar, lobster linguini flavoured with 40-year-old Armagnac, grilled [...]
1,000 CITY MENU TO STAGE A COMEBACK June 7, 2009 LAST year, one of the City’s favourite restaurants, Vivat Bacchus, made headlines all around the globe for introducing a £1,000 tasting menu despite the onset of the credit crunch, as a treat for hard-working financiers celebrating their (albeit reduced) bonuses. The menu – which included royal sevruga caviar, lobster linguini flavoured with 40-year-old Armagnac, grilled [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK June 7, 2009 A GROUP of nine City boys arrived at the Mint Leaf Lounge in Angel Court to cool off during that all-too-brief spell of hot, sunny weather last week. They wolfed down the restaurant’s new chilled mango and canteloupe soup, prawn mango salad and scallops, followed by lobster tails, lamb biryani and seabass. But though the [...]
BILL OF THE WEEK June 7, 2009 A GROUP of nine City boys arrived at the Mint Leaf Lounge in Angel Court to cool off during that all-too-brief spell of hot, sunny weather last week. They wolfed down the restaurant’s new chilled mango and canteloupe soup, prawn mango salad and scallops, followed by lobster tails, lamb biryani and seabass. But though the [...]
The Apprentice winner Yasmina uncovers the sweet side of Sugar June 7, 2009 Yasmina is excited. Very excited. “It just feels amazing”, she says of her victory. “Phenomenal. Amazing. Great. Ecstatic. You’ve caught me at a good time. I’m in the Apprentice bubble. I’m loving it.” She’s obviously delighted by her win, but not surprised. “Before I met the other candidates in the house I was petrified. I [...]
Chocolate gives finalists plenty to chew on June 7, 2009 Nearly there. After 13 firings, ten challenges and one peerage, the lowest budget Apprentice to date was drawing to a close. Sir Alan congratulated his finalists before bringing on The Apprentice alumnus to help out with the make-or-break task. Kate and Yasmina grinned as their old friends strutted back in, looking like a Marks and [...]
Oscar-winner who loves London stage June 7, 2009 I ARRIVE 20 minutes early at Ronald Harwood’s Chelsea mansion block, and rather than knock, I sit on the steps outside. I don’t want to risk the ire of the man who won an Oscar for The Pianist and who has two West End plays about Nazi Germany on simultaneously – Taking Sides and Collaboration [...]
BROWN CRUSHED AS VOTERS DUMP LABOUR June 7, 2009 PRIME Minister Gordon Brown will today face renewed pressure to quit after Labour suffered a drubbing in the European elections. Labour was humiliated in the polls, with support around 16 per cent of the national vote, putting it on a par with the eurosceptic UK Independence Party (Ukip). The Conservative party swept to victory, even [...]
Brown in key MPs’ meeting June 7, 2009 GORDON Brown will be fighting for his political survival today in a make-or-break meeting with MPs. Rebel MPs have still not come up with the 100 signatures they promised in a letter of no confidence. They need the backing of 71 of Labour’s 350 lawmakers to trigger a leadership contest, which would take about three [...]
Brown in key MPs’ meeting June 7, 2009 GORDON Brown will be fighting for his political survival today in a make-or-break meeting with MPs. Rebel MPs have still not come up with the 100 signatures they promised in a letter of no confidence. They need the backing of 71 of Labour’s 350 lawmakers to trigger a leadership contest, which would take about three [...]