Giggling Squid Spreads Tentacles to Stratford-upon-Avon, Maidstone and Marlow

Giggling Squid, the rapidly expanding chain of Thai restaurants, has secured three new sites, including its first in the Midlands, as part of its quest to become the first national Thai chain. Contracts have been signed on locations in Stratford-upon-Avon, Maidstone and Marlow which will add to the six-strong portfolio in Brighton, Hove, Crawley, Henley, […]

Blackout at Butler’s Wharf for Thames Festival 6th – 15th September 2013

“The name of the river ‘Thames’ itself is said to derive from the Sanskrit term for ‘dark’ and it has often been known as the dark river” –Peter Ackroyd D&D London’s collective of iconic riverside restaurants at Butler’s Wharf – Le Pont de La Tour, Cantina del Ponte, Blueprint Café and Butler’s Wharf Chophouse – will be  ‘blacking out’ […]

Celebrate National Bacon Day With WJ London

The London Eating Challenge celebrates the culinary delights of the capital and wants to find a budding Adam Richman (the legend from Man vs. Food). It just so happens it is National Bacon Day on Saturday 31st of August, so come down to LOAF on Tottenham Court Road to enter the next challenge and celebrate in style. From 6pm […]

Eat, Pray, Love – Pizza Pilgrims Park Up on Dean Street, London

Ever since that scene in Eat, Pray Love at famed Naples pizzeria L’Antica Pizzeria Da Michele I’ve been praying for something like it in London. Neapolitan pizza, for me it’s all about the thickness, or should that be thinness.  None of that tomato paste on soggy cardboard bases. Pizza should be crisp and simple. There are a […]

All aboard the #DiscoverRum Appleton Estate Bus

“Tickets please, tickets please” Appleton Estate Jamaican Rum announces the first stop of the #DiscoverRum journey beginning with the official launch of the Appleton Estate Rum Bus at the Red Gallery Market, Shoreditch on Thursday 1st August 2013, where it will stay for two nights until Saturday 3rd August. As part of the #DiscoverRum campaign […]

La Hechicera – the Colombian Rum Enchantress

Bienvenido to Colombian rum La Hechicera,  a serious contender in the grown-ups drinks cabinet. Described as ‘exotically Latin with a dash of danger,’ the same could be said for the glamorous Riascos family, founders of the brand.  Theirs is a story of banana plantations, guerilla kidnap, unsigned deals with Fidel Castro and the gentle sway […]

Sud de France Joie de Vivre Festival at South Bank London

The first large-scale Sud de France Festival will recreate a perfect day in the South of France. The adventurous gastronomy and wines of the sun-kissed Languedoc-Roussillon are brought to London with an authentic food market and music curated by DJ Gilles Peterson. The vibrant event will be free to enter and take place on Saturday 31 […]