Three other chinese restaurants December 14, 2009 HAKKASAN Still one of the most glamorous and fashionable of London’s restaurants, Hakkasan is also one of the best places to eat Oriental food anywhere. Taking Cantonese food as its inspiration, it spins this into the kind of wondrous cuisine that gets you Michelin stars and gourmet adulation. Hakkasan, 8 Hanway Place, W1T 1HD. www.hakkasan.com. [...]
FOOD & BOOZE NEWS December 14, 2009 DEAN STREET TOWNHOUSE OPENS There’s a new place to go to in Soho, from the people behind Soho House. Dean Street Townhouse is a chic little boutique hotel with a restaurant overseen by The Ivy’s former senior sous chef, Stephen Tonkin. There’s an old school British sensibility with oysters, fish and chips and mince with [...]
Cricket club out for a crispy duck December 14, 2009 Chinese Cricket Club Crowne Plaza London, 19 New Bridge Street, EC4V 6DB. Tel: 020 7299 0400 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £32 LONDON isn’t short of excellent Chinese restaurants, but the City certainly is. Perhaps with the exception of Imperial City in the basement of the Royal Exchange, the Square Mile has [...]
OUT OF OFFICE December 14, 2009 V&A’S MEDIEVAL GALLERIES The Victoria & Albert museum’s newly-opened rooms of exhibits from the era of 300-1600 are a magnificent triumph, perhaps the finest museum space in London now. Discover why the Dark Ages were anything but, with extraordinary tapestries, clothes, sculptures, paintings, wedding chests, manuscripts, reliquaries and an awful lot more besides. Entry free, [...]
New book reveals the City by night December 14, 2009 WORKING in the City, our lives are often stressful and fast-moving. It is easy when you are rushing from meeting to meeting to forget that the Square Mile is also one of the most striking places in the world. From the Victorian banks to the modern sky-scrapers, the centuries have left their imprint on the [...]
CONFUSION MOUNTS OVER BANK BONUSES SUPER-TAX December 14, 2009 THE GOVERNMENT is today set to bow to City fury by issuing a clarification on its super-tax on bank bonuses, after being swamped by a deluge of queries from firms unsure if they will be hit by the damaging levy. Confusion in the UK’s financial hub has been rising daily since last Wednesday’s pre-Budget Report, [...]
Ding takes second UK title December 14, 2009 SNOOKER: China’s Ding Junhui secured four of the last five frames to stun world champion John Higgins and claim a second UK Championship success at Telford last night. Ding, the 2005 champion, came from 7-6 down to beat the Scot 10-8 in a tense finale. Higgins missed a routine brown to throw away a near [...]
More history for Martin December 14, 2009 GOLF: Spaniard Pablo Martin created more European Tour history after claiming the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa. Two years after becoming the first amateur to win on the circuit, the 23-year-old has now become the first player ever to capture titles both as an amateur and a professional. The Malaga player, who had scored [...]
Obama hits out at fat cat US bankers December 14, 2009 US PRESIDENT Barack Obama last night lashed out at Wall Street bankers, labeling them “fat cats” who “don’t get it”. Speaking on the eve of today’s meeting with top US bankers at the White House, Obama said he was frustrated with the banks that the government had bailed out. “I did not run for office [...]
Yelling joy but Farah collapses December 14, 2009 ATHLETICS: Britain’s long distance hope Mo Farah had to be carried away on a stretcher after securing a second place finish at the European Cross Country Championships. Farah, who won the event in 2006, collapsed at the line after missing out to Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh in Dublin. It still proved a good day, however, for [...]
