He gets all green-eyed when I go out networking March 2, 2011 DEAR VEXED: I have been going to more and more work functions of late and my partner is starting to get suspicious/jealous. What should I do? Dara, 26, solicitor OH dear. A?jealous boyfriend.?Jealous of what exactly, though? Of the prospect of your spending time out of his sight in the witching hours following work, and [...]
OUT OF OFFICE March 2, 2011 BOOK AHEAD: TERRY GILLIAM’S FAUST AT THE COLISEUM If you’re looking for a chance to get your operatic juices flowing, then Terry Gilliam’s new production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust for the ENO should do it. Co-produced with Antwerp’s De Vlaamse Opera, the show looks to be a must-book. Based on a translation of [...]
The toast of New York brings a riot of spices to Leicester Square March 2, 2011 IN the Friends episode called The One Where Ross Can’t Flirt (Season Five, obviously), Chandler divulges to Ross that he has scored dinner reservations at Jean Georges to celebrate his ten-month anniversary with Monica. Jean Georges is the Manhattan restaurant owned by Jean Georges Vongerichten, an Alsace-born, New York-based celebrity chef. To have penetrated pop [...]
Need to boost office morale? Just set up a bar in the boardroom March 2, 2011 IT’S 6 o’clock and it’s been a long day at work. You’re not quite finished yet – but lord could you do with a drink. Suddenly, your wildest dream becomes reality.? We’re talking about an actual, zippy bar setting up shop in the conference room or kitchen, with a couple of cute and enthusiastic barmen [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS March 2, 2011 CINNAMON CLUB’S LAVISH TENTH The Cinnamon Club, stalwart of the Westminster fine dining scene and easily the most atmospheric restaurant in the radius of our governmental seat, has reached the grand old age of ten. So what? Well, the chance to win, via lottery, a ticket to what has to be one of the most [...]
Meet the hottest of HOT HATCHES March 1, 2011 DESPITE the fact that Citroën has been doing rather well these past several years in the World Rally Championship, it’s taken until now for the French manufacturer to create a road car with WRC credentials. Citroën has created its new 204bhp 1.6-litre DS3 Racing model to be an extremely sporty rival to cars including Mini’s [...]
CAR TALK March 1, 2011 Vauxhall’s new Zephyr Officially it’s only a concept, but make no mistake: most of what you see here is Vauxhall’s new Zephyr. The rakish exterior design of this Zafira Tourer Concept has been inspired by high-speed train design and is conceived to be a “lounge-on-wheels”. Ambient mood lighting, a panoramic windscreen and flexible seating for [...]
Episode three: Sunday Lunch Blitz February 28, 2011 EMMA peers over the top of the Sunday supplement. “That smells wonderful, darling.” I add a stalk of rosemary to the bubbling casserole and glance at my wife. After a couple of days’ biding my time I sense my opportunity. Returning the casserole to the oven I make my move. “I think you should have [...]
Dinner’s on Heston: Fat Duck chef makes a grand entrance to London February 28, 2011 Dinner by Heston Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA Tel: 020 7201 3833 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: XXX LEARNING that Heston’s new restaurant was to be called Dinner, I grimaced and sneered. How pretentious! Plain old Dinner indeed – this from the man behind snail porridge and yam flakes [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS February 28, 2011 FINE WINE AND BURGERS AT HAWKSMOOR Beloved steakhouse Hawksmoor, which recently added a Covent Garden restaurant to its Spitalfields restaurant, will be making top-end wines available by the glass at both restaurants, and teaming them with classic dishes from the Hawksmoor menu in a series of tasting events over the coming months. Think lobster rolls [...]