Review: Soul Mama Stratford London – Live Music and Dining

Soul Mama, the hot new, live music and dining spot in Stratford, East London. We have to thank MOBO Awards winner, saxophonist and broadcaster YolanDa Brown OBE who has created a “home for dreamers and believers” bathed in the warmth of African, Caribbean and South American cooking. Soul Mama is already a winner after crowdfunding […]

Music Review: Etienne Charles at New Jazz Club Soul Mama Stratford London

“Let’s get cooking” exclaims trumpeter and Professor of Jazz,  Etienne Charles as his Creole Orchestra launches into jazz standard ‘Night Train’. In fact, we are just a few platforms up from Stratford International station or a quick shunt through Westfield shopping centre from the underground and into new grassroots music venue and dining spot ‘Soul […]

Journey Into The World of NoMad Cocktails at NoMad Hotel London

So this is not a ‘here are your ingredients, now go and make something, or a ‘here’s how I made this, now you try’. No, this cocktail experience was a bespoke meander down drinks memory lane with an in depth conversation, almost as a therapy session, with cocktail connoisseur Liana Oster, Director of Drinks at […]

Cocktails in The City 2016

Cocktails In The City showcases some of London’s most exciting bars and guest bars from Europe. Taking place at the spectacular venue One Mayfair from 10-12 March,  the Crypt has new bar openings, the Grand Hall has ‘established’ cocktail bars with the mezzanine level hosting Patron Tequila and international bars as Paris’s uber-hip Little Red Door and Door 74 from Amsterdam,  while the rooftop BBQ and bar is a […]