Weekly Grill: Barboun’s Fez Ozalgan on vomiting chicken hearts and cooking steak February 10, 2020 Who are you and what do you do? My name is Fez Ozalgan. I’m the head chef of Barboun on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch. Tell us about Barboun It’s an Eastern Mediterranean grill restaurant, specialising in dishes cooked over open fire. The menu features a lot of fish and vegetables but, in my opinion, a [...]
The rise of the vegans: Where to get your plant-based meat this January January 14, 2020 Whether you’re flexitarian, vegetarian, vegan or something in between, you’ll want to sample these meatless marvels. Now available everywhere. Greggs Vegan Steak Bake The rampant veganisation of Greggs continues apace with the lauch of a plant-based alternative to its most popular menu item. The vegan steak bake employs Quorn chunks in a rich onion gravy, [...]
The best films, art and theatre from now till Easter, from Andy Warhol to Margot Robbie January 10, 2020 Birds of Prey With the best will in the world, DC’s comic caper Suicide Squad was not a good movie. It was, in fact, a proper stinker, and the fact it grossed three quarters of a billion at the box office says more about the likes of you and I than it does David Ayer’s [...]
Weekly Grill: Chris Leach, chef founder of Manteca, on rediscovering bananas and being interrupted by Ross from Friends January 9, 2020 Who are you and what do you do? My name is Chris Leach, and I’m chef founder of Manteca, a new restaurant on Great Marlborough Street, which I’m opening alongside David Carter of Smokestak. We’ve just finished a residency at 10 Heddon Street, so Manteca will be an evolvement of that. Tell us about Manteca Manteca [...]
Planning on popping the big question? Here are an expert’s top tips December 20, 2019 Picking a diamond engagement ring can be difficult. How many potential marriages never had a chance to blossom because one partner found the ring-buying process a little too daunting? So here’s some insider knowledge you might consider if you’re planning on asking a certain question over the coming months, by Nikolay Piriankov CEO & Co-founder [...]
48 Hours In Tbilisi: How to get the most out of a trip to the capital of Georgia November 28, 2019 Things to do Tbilisi is easy to navigate on foot and by metro. Explore the old part of the city, from the museums on Rustavelli Avenue to the cobbled back streets of the old town, ducking into art galleries, churches, cafes or enjoying a scrub down in the sulphur baths. Head to Narikala Fortress for [...]
The definitive guide to the best Christmas sandwiches of 2019: Don’t eat lunch without it November 21, 2019 Cranberry-sodden turkey sandwiches seem to arrive earlier and earlier every year, and 2019’s parade of oppressively festive Christmas offerings from the City’s favourite high-street food chains is no exception. This year’s sandwich selection is a more mixed bag than ever, hiding some delectable surprises among a real cavalcade of limp bread and lacklustre bird. With [...]
The Long Weekend: How to get the most out of a trip to Lake Como November 1, 2019 The weekend: Lake Como is one of the original modern holiday destinations, a place where well-to-do Victorians would flock to enjoy the combination of crisp Alpine air, picture-perfect lake views and low rainfall year-round. Today it’s a Mecca for young couples splashing out on expensive weddings, and a home-from home for the super-rich, with the [...]
How to mix: Hide’s Oskar Kinberg on the inspiration behind his Smoke & Mirrors cocktail October 30, 2019 Many of the cocktails we drink today are recipes that have been passed down through the generations, from bartender to bartender, their measurements exact and their flavours timeless. These are the mainstays of cocktail books that pass between collectors for many hundreds of pounds, perfect and unchanging. Some, on the other hand, are the result [...]
The Last Supper: Actor, rapper, comedian and YouTube star Michael Dapaah tells us why his last meal on earth would be his mum’s jollof rice October 30, 2019 Food has always been a big thing in my house. My mum was a catering officer back in Ghana and she’s a great cook. She cooks everything from Ghanian dishes like jollof rice to a really good Sunday roast or lasagne. I do a bit of cooking myself, too. I started learning how in food [...]
