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New Restaurant Review: Inamo St James

Capitalizing on success at their two year old Soho location, this second Inamo venture brings their “interactive ordering system” and “Oriental fusion” menu to Mayfair. With its living wall, water feature and Japanese garden feel, the new restaurant is an attractive setting to dine. The …

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Reindeer Pie at Battersea Pie Station, Covent Garden

Poor Rudolph. Ostracised for his abnormalities until Santa figured out how to exploit him. Then, when no longer of use, the red nosed flying hoofer got sent off to a North Pole abattoir to be made into pie for Londoners. Battersea Pie Station inside Covent …

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Steampunk Brunch at A Fluid State This Sunday

A “mash up of the Aussie-brunch lifestyle and Victorian-era Britain”, A Fluid State’s Steampunk Brunch this Sunday the 5th offers a weekend recovery of mini breakfast foods for £6 by Clerkenwell eatery Giant Robot, alcohol infused porridges for £3 by Crussh, coffee from Taylor Street …

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Exhibition Review: Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts

Considerably more profound than one might expect, Aware: Art Fashion Identity at the Royal Academy of Arts sets an often haunting and thoroughly thought provoking tone as it examines how artists and designers (and indeed those of us who merely dress ourselves each day) use …

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New Restaurant Review: Made in Camden

Roughly a month old and in place of a once seldom open cafe, Made in Camden is the onsite restaurant at the Roundhouse. As expected, just before and right after shows at this performance venue (the Royal Shakespeare Company‘s settling in at the moment), Made …

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Chefspective: Allan Pickett, Head Chef at Plateau

A few months back, Allan Pickett became Head Chef at Canary Wharf mainstay Plateau. Here are the highlights from our interview with him.

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The Mad Men of Jazz and a Three Martini Lunch at A Fluid State

Improv jazz, whisky pairings, foodie finds from New York street vendors and a Plymouth gin cocktail bar: it’s going to be a Mad Man kind of time at The Palm, Upper East Side – one of five main experience areas to transform an as-yet undisclosed Central …

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New Restaurant Review: Wright Brothers Soho

Kumamoto oysters (three for £8). We’d never had these slightly sweet and delicately flavourful morsels before, but after a lovely meal at the newly opened Wright Brothers in Soho we’d be quite keen to slurp ‘em down again … and soon. Moreover, we wouldn’t turn …

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Island Restaurant & Bar Now Serving its Own Honey

Back in the summer of 2009, the Lancaster London became the first central London hotel to install beehives on its roof. A half million bees later (talk about sweet occupancy rate!), the hotel had its first honey harvest this summer and is now making their …

Photography by Chris Osburn

Wafflemeister Opens on Portobello Road

Photography by Chris Osburn Wafflemeister opens its third London store to the public tomorrow in Notting Hill. Londonist went along this evening for the launch, talked shop with the founder of the chain and generally had a good time nibbling waffles and sampling gelato. Founder …