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Only a Few Days Left for Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Survey – Get a Free Book!

Okay folks, as we mentioned last month, we’re teaming up with the Hardens to help spread the word about their 19th annual restaurant survey. As you probably already know (or at least definitely should!), all of the survey participants will receive a complimentary copy of …

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Tiny Melons Coming To London

Fifty melons for £10. Sounds like a bargain, until you see their Lilliputian dimensions. The Pepquino melon measures just 3 cm across, is said to taste of slightly sour cucumbers and resembles a swollen caterpillar. The diminutive fruit is set to become the foody fad …

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Harden’s 2010 Restaurant Guide, Londonist, and YOU!

Back in the beginning of March, when we sat down to interview Peter Harden (one half of the mastermind brothers behind the ever resourceful Harden’s restaurant guides), we had no idea what kind of fruitful seeds we were sowing. Now a little over a month …

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Interview with Peter Harden of Harden’s Restaurant Guides

Meet with Peter Harden (one half of the mastermind brothers behind the handy dandy Harden’s restaurant guides) and there’s a good chance you’ll be treated to an insightful and entertaining lesson in the history of restaurants … or of Brits and our relationship with food …

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Extra, Extra

The atheist advert campaign has doubled in donations since we reported at midday. Over £33,000 has now been pledged towards the vehicular proselytizing. Something altogether more sinister may have traveled on our buses. Arachnophobes: avoid Brentford. More money thrown at knife problem. Michelin-starred chef turned …

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Spice Grill

People may have scoffed at a gaggle of underdressed girls wiggling their glutes and calling it Girl Power, but twelve years after invoking ladies to “slam their bodies down and wind them all around”, Emma Bunton has finally done Emmeline Pankhurst proud: she’s bankrolling her …

Win a Free Copy of Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009

Here’s a chance to win a copy of Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009 (which we think is particularly useful for finding the right place to dine in London). Simply click here to take a quick survey . Complete the super quick ‘n’ easy survey …

Enjoy London’s Restaurants Like a Campion

Foodie wordsmith Charles Campion’s London Restaurant Guide 2009 is now available from Profile Books. This ‘09 edition is his biggest to date, featuring reviews of more than 400 London eateries. After our first skim of this handily-sized guide, we reckon Campion’s take of the London …

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Last Minute Restaurant Bookings from Your Mobile

Online travel agent lastminute.com has launched a new tool which allows folks to search for and make bookings at local restaurants from their mobile. London restos available for booking include Harvey Nichols, The Ritz, Le Gavroche and Bank Restaurants. There’s more info on the lastminute.com …

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Londonomics: Splitting Headache

Ugh, splitting the bill. At worst it’s like showing your parents around the touristy bits of town — expensive, unfun, leaving everyone involved with the feeling that they’ve been shafted. Inevitably someone skips the starter; someone else orders two sides; somebody’s off the sauce; puddings …

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New Restaurant Bucks Credit Woes

Our economy is being crunched by a credit conundrum, and the pennies in your pocket are being squeezed to within an inch of their copper lives – a loaf of bread now costs approximately £1,600 plus VAT, and financial planners are offering guidance on weighty …